Suspension › Front
Filed May 21, 1999PA
WHEN TURNING OR STOPPING FRONT END WANDERS. DEALER PUT STIFFER SPRINGS ON THE FRONT END OF MOTORCYCLE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
1995 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500
Routine
Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension › Front | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suspension | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSuspension › Front
Filed Apr 6, 1998MN
FRONT FORKS (SUSPENSION) SHAKES.
Unknown or Other
Filed Nov 4, 1997NY
MOTORCYCLE SIDE STAND DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE, WHEN HANDLE BAR IS TURNED TO THE RIGHT IT IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND FALLS. THE MOTORCYCLE FELL AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPES AND HANDLEBAR GRIP.
Suspension
Filed Apr 29, 1996PA
KICK STAND ON MOTOR CYCLE WILL NOT HOLD MOTOR CYCLE, WHEN WHEEL WAS TURN ON ANGLE MOTORCYCLE FELL OVER. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 2, 1995NM
OIL LIGHT COME ON EVERY TIME MOTORCYCLE COMES TO A STOP, INDICATING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. TT
5 of 5 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.