On October 1, 2026, NHTSA logged a Honda motorcycle recall built around one small part: the fuel pump. American Honda told the agency that certain pumps may malfunction because of a manufacturing defect, and that a failed pump can stall the engine. The campaign covers 4,206 cruisers across two model lines, the VT1300CX and the VT750.
Honda’s own recall number is KU9, and the federal identifier is 26V633000. The two model families sit at different points in Honda’s cruiser range, one a mid-displacement bobber and the other a larger twin, yet the campaign treats the pump as the shared weak link. Everything in the public record points at a single failure chain: a defective pump, an engine that quits, and a rider who loses drive while still moving. The record names no other component, no software, and no second hazard.
A pump that can quit while the bike is moving
The wording comes straight from the NHTSA campaign record. The component is listed as the gasoline fuel system, specifically the fuel pump in delivery. The summary says the pump “may malfunction due to a manufacturing defect,” and the consequence line states that fuel pump failure can stall the engine, and a bike that quits at speed is the failure Honda’s filing describes.
A motorcycle that loses power at speed leaves a rider with a bike that keeps balancing only while momentum and steering input hold, with no engine braking to manage a corner and no margin in traffic. The record does not describe any crash or injury tied to this defect,, and the public record carries no field-report count or failure rate for the pump. Honda’s remedy is blunt: dealers replace the fuel pump at no cost to the owner, and the record lists no interim fix, no software reflash and no inspection step ahead of the swap.
On a fuel-injected engine the pump is not optional equipment. Honda says the Shadow Phantom runs programmed fuel injection with a 34mm throttle body, and in a system of that kind an electric pump supplies the fuel the injectors meter out, so a pump that falters starves the engine rather than merely degrading it. That is why NHTSA’s consequence wording jumps straight to a stall instead of a loss of performance or a rough idle, and why the record treats the pump as a safety component and not an emissions or reliability fix.
VT1300CX and VT750 model years named in the filing
The record lists the VT1300CX in model years 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the VT750 in model years 2024 and 2025, for a combined 4,206 motorcycles. NHTSA’s open recall table, which carries the same unit count labeled “Fuel Pump May Fail,” shows the filing as received on October 1.
The VT750 designation is the 745cc liquid-cooled V-twin that Honda sells as the Shadow Phantom. Honda describes the 2024 Shadow Phantom as a bobber-inspired cruiser with programmed fuel injection and a shaft final drive, sold in a standard version, model VT750C2B, and an ABS version, with a long-stroke crankshaft aimed at low-rpm torque and a wide-ratio five-speed gearbox. Honda’s product page for the bike lists the VT750C2B at a $8,399 base price.
The VT1300CX is the larger machine, a V-twin cruiser sold under the Fury name. It has appeared in NHTSA’s files before, though for a different reason. In December 2017 Honda recalled about 20 VT1300CX Fury motorcycles because fuel tanks may have lacked welds around a mounting bracket, under campaign 17V805000. That recall concerned tank construction; the current one concerns the pump inside the fuel system, and the two share no cause in the public record.
Honda’s filing, as carried by NHTSA, gives no estimate of how many of the 4,206 are expected to carry a faulty pump. It also does not name the pump supplier or the build window, so it is unclear whether the fault is confined to a production lot or runs through the model years listed.
Notification dates and the VIN search
Honda told NHTSA that owner letters will go out beginning November 27, 2026, which is nearly two months after the filing. The agency’s records show the vehicle identification numbers becoming searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 8, 2026, so that date has already passed and any owner can check a bike now at NHTSA’s recall lookup. Honda’s customer line for the campaign is 1-866-784-1870, and callers are asked to quote recall number KU9.
That gap between the VIN lookup and the mailed letters, roughly seven weeks if the lookup date and the mailing date are both met, is the practical window for owners. A rider who finds a match in the lookup can contact a Honda dealer about the pump replacement before a letter arrives, though the record is silent on whether replacement pumps are already in stock.
Honda’s filing leaves one gap that matters to owners of bikes just outside the list: the 2022-and-earlier VT1300CX and any VT750 before 2024 are not named, and NHTSA’s record gives no explanation of where the affected pumps stop.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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