Kawasaki VN1700

Owners filed 4 complaints across 2 model years of the Kawasaki VN1700. The 2010 drew the most (3); the 2012 the fewest (1).

Model years2

Complaints4

Recalls0

Fires0

Deaths0

Every Kawasaki VN1700 model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Relative volume	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2012	1		0	—	—	Power Train	Routine
2010	3		0	—	—	Visibility	Routine

Which Kawasaki VN1700 years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2010 is the weakest year on record, with 3 complaints concentrated in the visibility.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.