We found the following complaints for HONDA TRX650 (2003)
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This involves a 2003 honda trx350 rancher atv. My wife was riding down a trail and both front shocks broke causing her to lose control of the vehicle . She went off of the road and down a slight embankment causing bumps and bruises. Fortunately she was not traveling faster or down a steeper road or it would have been much worse. After retrieving the vehicle we ordered new shocks at the local honda dealer and he told me it was a fluke that the shock broke. When i got home i checked the shocks on my sons 4-wheeler which is also a 2003 honda 350 rancher and found that one of those shocks were broken also. I have just ordered a new shock for it also .i also cut the shock open to see what the problem was figuring that is was probably metals fatigue, but to my amazement i saw that the nut that holds the piston on inside had come unscrewed. These are normally spot welded or riveted to help keep them in place, mine had broken. I am writing because i feel this is a very unsafe condition and if this would have happened at a higher speed my wife or son could have been killed.
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