Kawasaki Drifter

Owners filed 5 complaints across 2 model years of the Kawasaki Drifter. The 1999 drew the most (4); the 2000 the fewest (1).

Model years2

Complaints5

Recalls1

Fires0

Deaths0

Every Kawasaki Drifter model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Relative volume	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2000	1		0	—	—	Structure	Routine
1999	4		1	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine

Which Kawasaki Drifter years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 1999 is the weakest year on record, with 4 complaints concentrated in the unknown or other. It carries 1 recall.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.