2004 Kawasaki VN1500-E7

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip › control unit/module. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes	Injuries
Unknown or Other	1	0	0
Tires › Tube	1	1	1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Control Unit/Module	1	0	0

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports

Vehicle Speed Control04V008000

Filed Jan 6, 20042,082 vehiclesKawasaki Motors Corp., U.s.a.

Defect. ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, ACCELERATOR PUMP DIAPHRAGMS MAY BE DAMAGED FROM EXCESSIVE ASSEMBLY CLAMPING PRESSURE, WHICH CAN ALLOW FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE PUMP ACTUATING ROD AREA.

Risk. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PUMP DIAPHRAGM. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JANUARY 20, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT KAWASAKI AT 1-949-770-0400.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor System03V255000

Filed Jul 24, 2003405 vehiclesKawasaki Motors Corp.

Defect. ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, CONTAMINATED FUEL USED DURING THE FINAL ENGINE INSPECTION PROCESS MAY HAVE CAUSED DETERIORATION OF THE CARBURETOR ACCELERATOR PUMP DIAPHRAGM, WHICH COULD LEAD TO FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE ACCELERATOR PUMP CHAMBER.

Risk. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PUMP DIAPHRAGM. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JULY 29, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT KAWASAKI AT 1-866-802-9381.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Tires › TubeCrash1 injured

Filed Oct 9, 20041,000 milesAZ

(1) FRONT TIRE RAPIDLY LOST AIR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. (2) I DISLOCATED MY LEFT KNEE AND LEFT HIP. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE METAL INNER TUBE VALVE HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE RUBBER TUBE. (3) I REPLACED THE TUBE AND TIRE AND GOING TO SELL THE MOTORCYCLE. *NM

Unknown or Other

Filed Sep 20, 2003250 milesOK

PARKED MY 2004 KAWASAKI VULCAN 750 ON A FLAT CONCRETE SURFACE. GOT OFF AND WAS ABOUT TWO STEPS AWAY WHEN IT ROLLED FORWARD AND FELL OFF OF THE KICKSTAND, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. DID SOME TESTING AND IT TAKES ABOUT 20LBS OF FORWARD PRESSURE TO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD AND OFF THE KICKSTAND. ALSO TESTED MY OLDER MC, AN 81 YAMAHA 650, AND IT TAKES ABOUT 60LBS OF FORWARD FORCE BEFORE IT ROLLS OFF THE KICKSTAND. A SMALL CHILD COULD EASILY PUSH THIS KAWASAKI ENOUGH TO CAUSE IT TO FALL. I THINK THE KICKSTAND NEEDS SOME MODIFICATION TO INCREASE THE FORCE NEEDED TO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FALL. THE MODEL IN THE VEHICLE SECTION IS INCORRECT. YOUR WEBSITE DID NOT HAVE AN OPTION FOR A VN750-A20. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Control Unit/Module

Filed Jul 27, 2003520 milesUT

2004 BMW MOTORCYCLE R1150GS INTEGRAL BRAKE FAILURE TWICE IN ONE MONTH/500 MILES NO REAR BRAKE UNSTABLE FRONT BRAKE. I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED THIS FORM BUT UNDER VEHICLE INFORMATION BMW OR MOST OTHER MAKES ARE NOT LISTED SO I JUST PICKED, COULD NOT ENTER ONE OR SKIP IT, AT RANDOM KINDA STUPID .*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jan 6, 2004. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.