1996 Kawasaki Ninja

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jul 25, 1996KY

MOTORCYCLE MOTOR SITS IN THE FRAME, CAUSING CYCLE TO DRIFT TO ONE SIDE.

Suspension › Front
Filed Jul 3, 1996KY

SUSPENSION PROBLEM MOTORCYCLE DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AT ANY SPEED.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20211000Routine
20200100Do not drive
20191100Do not drive
20182200Do not drive
20141000Routine
20051000Routine
20047000Routine
20035100Routine
20023100Routine
20017100Routine
20008300Routine
19992100Routine
19982000Routine
1996 — this page2000Routine
19950200Routine

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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.