2001 Kawasaki Vulcan 750

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Dec 3, 2002FL

WHILE DRIVING THEIRS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLES' DRIVE SHAFT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INDICATED IF THE NOISE CONTINUES IT CAN CAUSE THE SHAFT TO SEIZE UP WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE BACK WHEELS LOCKING UP. THIS CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER IS AWARE THAT THEIRS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT DON'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBLILTY FOR IT.

Electrical System
Filed Mar 27, 2001GA

WHILE DRIVING, THE MOTOTCYCLE SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN AND WILL NOT RESTART, THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT THE BIKE CONTINUES TO SHUT DOWN, THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM, THE HEADLAMPS ARE ALSO INOPERATIVE, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. NLM

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2001 — this page2000Routine
20002000Routine
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.