CPSC: I1420504A. KAWSAKI EN-500. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED THE EXHAUST SUDDENLY POPPED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. HE DISCOVERED THAT UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, FUEL DID NOT FLOW FROM THE FUEL TANK TO THE ENGINE. THE RUBBER FUEL LINE FROM THE FUEL TANK TO THE CARBS WAS ROUTED OVER A FRAME MEMBER AT THE REAR OF THE FUEL TANK AND THE SEAT SAT ON TOP OF THE RUBBER FUEL LINE. HE WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ENGINE FAILURE BY SITTING FORWARD ON THE SEAT, THEREBY PINCHING THE FUEL LINE AND STOPPING THE FLOW OF FUEL TO THE ENGINE. HE ADDED SPACERS TO THE FRAME THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE FRONT OF THE SEAT OFF OF THE FUEL LINE. HE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AGAIN. *JB
2007 Kawasaki EN500
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsFuel System, Gasoline
Filed Apr 11, 2014TX
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.