Kawasaki KLR650
Owners filed 207 complaints across 18 model years of the Kawasaki KLR650. The 2008 drew the most (116).
Which Kawasaki KLR650 years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kawasaki KLR650 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 KLR650 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 116 | 1 | 1 | — | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Tires | Fatalities reported | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2002 | 11 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Suspension › Front | Routine | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.