Kawasaki EX500

Owners filed 3 complaints across 2 model years of the Kawasaki EX500. The 1993 drew the most (2).

Model years2
Complaints3
Recalls0
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Kawasaki EX500 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kawasaki EX500 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Kawasaki EX500 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19941
01—Fuel System, GasolineRoutine
19932
0——Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail PipeRoutine

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