Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
Owners filed 64 complaints across 13 model years of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R. The 2025 drew the most (24); the 2026 the fewest (1).
Model years13
Complaints64
Recalls9
Fires0
Deaths2
Every Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2025 | 24 | 2 | — | 1 | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2024 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine |
Which Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2025 is the weakest year on record, with 24 complaints concentrated in the engine. It carries 2 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.