1997 Kawasaki Kawasaki

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline › differential unit. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Feb 29, 20044,400 milesIL

BALANCER IDLER LEVER FAILURE. FOUND IT BROKEN IN MY ENGINE WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO ENGINE SEIZURE AND A POSSIBLE LOST OF VEHICLE CONTROL IF LEFT UNCHECKED. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED WITH HIGHER QUALITY COMPONENT. *JB

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed Sep 17, 1999CA

POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW OF FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS EXPERIENCED FAILURE. *YC

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Sep 29, 1998AL

WHILE IN SECOND GEAR AND HAND ON THE BRAKE THE MOTORCYCLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. *AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Sep 11, 1997MA

THE VIBRATION FROM THE MOTORCYCLE RATTLED THE BOLTS LOOSE THAT HOLD THE SPEEDOMETER/ODMETER, AND THE MADE CABLE MOVE FREELY. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. MODEL- KL250-D14. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed May 27, 1997NY

WHEN MOTORCYCLE IS RUNNING AND ON IT'S SIDE STAND (KICKSTAND), THE VIBRATION CAUSES IT TO FALL OVER ON ITS SIDE.

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Dec 30, 1996AZ

REAR PINION AND RING GEAR FAILURE. .

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20039000Routine
200214010Routine
20016000Routine
200011010Routine
199911020Routine
19984000Routine
1997 — this page6000Routine
19966000Routine
19956010Routine
19941000Routine
19932000Routine
19921000Routine
19914010Routine
19901000Routine

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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.