Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R

Owners filed 12 complaints across 7 model years of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. The 2004 drew the most (6).

Model years7
Complaints12
Recalls6
Fires1
Deaths1

Which Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 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 Ninja ZX-10R model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20221
0——EngineRoutine
20163
1——Power TrainRoutine
20112
011Electrical SystemRoutine
20100
1———Routine
20090
2———Routine
20080
1———Routine
20046
1—1Structure › BodyFatalities reported

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