Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1996 Kawasaki VN1500

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › rearview mirrors/devices. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › Cables97V007000
Filed Jan 15, 19975,208 vehiclesKawasaki Motors Corp.

Defect. PRESSURE ON THE BATTERY GROUND LEAD (THE CRIMPED AND SOLDERED TERMINATION OF THE BATTERY CABLE) FROM THE BASE OF THE OPERATOR'S SEAT CAN CAUSE THE BATTERY TERMINAL TO SHORT OUT INSIDE THE BATTERY.

Risk. THIS CONDITION COULD DISABLE THE BATTERY AND THE MOTORCYCLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING BATTERY CABLES WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED CABLE AND INSPECT THE BATTERY TO VERIFY THAT NO DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices
Filed Apr 2, 1998GA

MIRROR CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20013000Routine
20002000Routine
19992100Routine
19981000Routine
19972200Routine
1996 — this page1100Routine

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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.

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 15, 1997. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.