Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2002 Kawasaki Vulcan

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline › driveshaft. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Power Train1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train
Filed May 17, 201879,000 milesOH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR; HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED BACK INTO NEUTRAL AND THE MOTORCYCLE LOST ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH INTO FIRST GEAR, BUT THE MOTORCYCLE SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO DRIVE THE MOTORCYCLE HOME. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Nov 25, 2002FL

NO PARTS AVAILABLE THE CONSUMER RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT. THE BUSINESS NAME IS FLORIDA SPORTS 772 286 1850 [XXX] TS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Aug 30, 2002CA

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20100100Routine
20095100Routine
20063000Routine
20056000Routine
20041100Routine
20038110Routine
2002 — this page3000Routine
20013000Routine
20005000Routine
19998000Routine
19982000Routine
19977110Routine
19969000Routine
19952100Routine

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Other Kawasaki models

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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.