Kawasaki Vulcan 900

Owners filed 11 complaints across 9 model years of the Kawasaki Vulcan 900. The 2008 drew the most (3).

Model years9
Complaints11
Recalls1
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Kawasaki Vulcan 900 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Kawasaki Vulcan 900 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20231
0——Power TrainRoutine
20211
0——Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/StudsRoutine
20201
0——Power TrainRoutine
20171
0——EngineRoutine
20151
0—1EngineRoutine
20110
1———Routine
20101
0——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20092
0—1Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
20083
0——Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/PanelRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.