2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering
Filed Jul 5, 2016PA

IF RIDING ON A SMOOTH ROAD, IF YOU TAKE ONE HAND OFF THE HANDEL BARS YOU GET A SHAKE IN FRONT END. IF YOU RELAX YOUR OTHER HAND BY NOT GRIPPING BARS TIGHTLY, YOU GET WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DEATH WOBBLE. THIS IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY SAFE. I WONDER HOW MANY HAVE CRASHED DUE TO THIS? OR EVEN DIED.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2011
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20150100Routine
20141100Routine
20131100Routine
20120100Routine
20112100Routine
2009 — this page1000Routine

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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.