2009 Kawasaki VN1700C9F

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Jan 21, 2011NY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 KAWASAKI 1700 NOMAD. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM KAWASAKI IN OCTOBER 2010 AND CALLED TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT ON NOVEMBER 9, 2010. THE CONTACT HAD BEEN WAITING OVER TWO MONTHS FOR THE PARTS TO BE AVAILABLE AND THE MANUFACTURER ONLY STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. THE MANUFACTURER INSISTS THE CONTACT NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FAIL. THE RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE SINCE IT WAS ISSUED DIRECTLY FROM KAWASAKI. THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT GIVE A TIME FRAME WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Feb 1, 2010500 milesMN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KAWASAKI VULCAN 1700 VOYAGER. HE STATED WHATEVER SPEED IN WHICH THE THROTTLE WAS ENGAGED, IT WOULD STAY STUCK IN POSITION. WHILE KILLING THE THROTTLE AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP-LIGHT, HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT 10-12 SECONDS BEFORE HE COULD ENGAGE THE THROTTLE AND MOVE FROM THE STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE THROTTLE, TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500 AND THE CURRENT WAS 3500. UPDATED 03/26/10. *LJ THE CONSUME STATED THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER ADJUSTED THE IDLE ONE OF THE SEVERAL TIMES. UPDATED 05/13/10.*JB

2 of 2 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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.