Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › rearview mirrors/devices. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Visibility | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Visibility/Wiper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure › Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equipment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
THE SIDE MIRRORS FOR MY KAWASAKI VERSYS HAS HAD REPEATED FAILURES. I'VE HAD TO TRY TO REPAIR AND THEN REPLACE THE MIRRORS MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MIRROR CAN NOT BE TIGHTENED AND HAT SPEEDS > 30MPH THE WIND PUSHES THE MIRROR ALL THE WAY IN MAKING IT INOPERABLE. I'VE TIRED TO HAVE REPAIR SHOPS FIX BUT THEY SAID IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
KAWASAKI VERSYS MOTORCYCLE HAS SIDE MIRRORS THAT ARE ALWAYS SHAKING WHILE DRIVING SO IT IS HARD TO SEE AND IDENTIFY THE TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU CLEARLY. *TR
REAR VIEW MIRRORS LOOSEN DURING RIDE, EVEN AFTER TIGHTENING, WHICH MAKES IT UNSAFE TO SEE BEHIND. I HAVE TIGHTENED THE BOLTS SEVERAL TIMES AND LOOKED ONLINE FOR ADVICE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPAIR. ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONE DATE BELOW, IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KAWASAKI VERSYS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MIRRORS WOULD NOT REMAIN STATIONARY. THE WIND PUSHED AGAINST THE MIRROR AND PUSHED THEM BACK TOWARD HIM WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. HE TRIED TO TIGHTEN THE MIRRORS AND IT BROKE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200.
2009 KAWASAKI VERSYS MOTORCYCLE LEFTHAND MIRROR COMES LOOSE AND SPINS WHILE UNDERWAY. OCCURS APPROXIMATELY EVERY RIDE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, EVEN AFTER RE-ALIGNMENT AND TIGHTENING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL NUTS. *TR
2009 KAWASAKI VERSYS MOTORCYCLE MIRRORS COME LOOSE AND SPIN WHILE UNDERWAY. OCCURS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 300 MILES AFTER RE-ALIGNMENT AND TIGHTENING. *TR
LEFT MIRROR ON 2009 KAWASAKI VERSYS STARTED SPINNING WILDLY AND PROMPTLY BROKE OFF AT INTERSTATE SPEED (70MPH ON I 64). CAUGHT THE MIRROR AS IT SNAPPED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HAD I NOT BEEN RIDING FOR YEARS I MUST CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE LAID THE BIKE DOWN. PLEASE HAVE KAWASAKI ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. A NEW RIDER MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. *TR
7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.