2014 Kawasaki Ninja

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
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Sep 24, 201513,000 milesNY

WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS 100 KM/HR OR SO - NOTICED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL POWER ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST HIGHWAYS IN CANADA THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING TO HAPPEN.... MANAGED TO SAFELY NAVIGATE TO THE INSIDE SHOULDER/DIVIDER TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM THE FAST EXPRESS LANES WITHOUT GETTING REAR ENDED BY SEVERAL CARS AND TRUCKS TRAVELING AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. UPON GETTING OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE SHOULDER I NOTICED A HOLE PUNCHED THROUGH THE TOP OF MY ENGINE CASE...ALSO NOT A GOOD THING TO HAPPEN.... UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS A BEARING BROKE OFF INSIDE THE MOTOR AND CAUSED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND MASS MAYHEM INSIDE THE ENGINE, IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING INTERNALLY. LUCKILY THIS NEVER CAUSED ME TO CRASH OR THE WHEELS/CHAIN LOCK-UP - THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIFE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE DEALERSHIP MAINTAINS THAT THIS WAS MY FAULT AND I SHOULD HAVE HEARD OR FELT THE BEARING INITIALLY FALL/BREAK FREE INSIDE THE MOTOR, WHILE IT WAS CAUSING CARNAGE TO EVERYTHING ELSE (LOUD EXHAUST, HELMET ON, HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, 3 OTHER BIKES RIDING BESIDE/IN FRONT OF ME...) SO YEAH I GUESS I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING AROUND ME WHILE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. BEST PART ABOUT IT, LESS THAN 30 DAYS OUTSIDE OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY PERIOD - GO FIGURES.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20211000Routine
20200100Do not drive
20191100Do not drive
20182200Do not drive
2014 — this page1000Routine
20051000Routine
20047000Routine
20035100Routine
20023100Routine
20017100Routine
20008300Routine
19992100Routine
19982000Routine
19962000Routine
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.