2000 Kawasaki VN1500

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Dec 1, 2000MI

MODEL #VN1500N1, ONE OF TEH FRONT BRAKE CALIPER ANCHOR BOLTS ON THE FRONT WHEEL FELL OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK CONSUMER NOTICED THE CALIPER DRAGGING AND A NOISE. DISCOVERED THE LOOSE BRACKET AND MISSING BOLT WHEN BACKING UP AND STOPPING. *JG

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 24, 2000GA

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH TREAD SEPARATED FROM REAR FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE TIRES. TIRES DID NOT DEFLATE.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20013000Routine
2000 — this page2000Routine
19992100Routine
19981000Routine
19972200Routine
19961100Routine

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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.