2012 Kawasaki KL650E

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed May 16, 201537,372 milesAZ

THE BALANCER IDLE LEVEL SPRING BROKE AND SENT METAL THROUGH THE ENGINE. AFTER DOING SOME READING I GUESS THIS IS A COMMON FAIL FOR ALL KLR650S THE AFTERMARKET WORLD CAME UP WITH AN UPGRADE TO FIX THE FLAW. THE CALL IT THE DOOHICKEY REPAIR. WHY IS KAWASAKI NOT TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2008
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2012 — this page1000Routine
20096200Routine
200812300Routine
20061000Routine

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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.