Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2000 Kawasaki Vulcan 750

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages1
000
Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft
Filed Jun 10, 2005100 milesAL

DT: MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER SAYS THAT REAREND ON MOTORCYCLE IS LEAKING GREASE, AND THE GREASE IS GETING SLUNG ONTO THE REAR TIRE. THIS IS CAUSING TRACTION/LOSS OF REAR TIRE. CONSUMER SAYS IF TURNING LEFT THE GREASE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF TIRE, SO THIS CAUSES MAJOR TRACTION LOSS. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM FOUR TIMES. IT HAS BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL NOW. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE WITHOUT CONSUMER PAYING. CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEM FIXED.*AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed May 10, 2001MD

THE THROTTLE GRIP CABLE STAY FAILED DROPPING A SMALL PIECE INTO THE CABLE PATH AND JAMMED THE THROTTLE OPEN AT 65 MPH. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP NOR DID THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WERE ANY OTHER FAILURES OF THIS TYPE. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE AND ALSO THE DANGER TO OTHERS IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TO SOMOEONE ELSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS INCIDENT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED. ALSO THE MANUFACTURERS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE FAILURE WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION. IF WANTED I CAN PROVIDE PICTURES OF THE FAILED PART.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20012000Routine
2000 — this page2000Routine
19945010Routine
19932000Routine

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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.