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.
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
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSteering
Filed Jul 5, 2016PA
1 of 1 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.