2002 Kawasaki ZG1000A17

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Power Train › Driveline	1		0	0	0
Electrical System	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Driveline

Filed Jul 10, 20081,200 milesLA

DIFFERENTIAL BROKE 3 TIMES IN ABOUT 1 YEAR. ALMOST HIT CAR HEAD ON THE 3RD TIME BECAUSE IT FROZE UP. 1ST TIME REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP DUE TO BEING SOAKED WITH OIL FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL. ALMOST HIT CAR WHEN SLIDING IN CURVE. 2ND TIME I PASSED BETWEEN TWO CARS AT THE CENTER STRIPE TO BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO STOP FROM 40 MPH. 3RD TIME I ALMOST HIT A CAR COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN THE ENTIRE DIFFERENTIAL LOCKED UP AND THE TIRE WAS COCKED TO ONE SIDE. ALSO GOING ABOUT 40MPH AT THAT TIME. REPAIRS WERE DONE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE BARELY RIDE THE BIKE WAITING FOR IT TO FAIL AGAIN. *TR

Electrical System

Filed Jul 10, 200812,000 milesLA

HEAD LIGHT AND ALL DASH LIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF AT ALL SPEEDS, INCLUDING IDLE. IT HAPPENS ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME. SOME TIMES IT WILL NOT HAPPEN FOR DAYS, THEN IT WILL HAPPEN CONTINUOUSLY FOR DAYS. NOT CERTAIN BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE FOUND IT IS PROBABLY A BROKEN SOLDER JOINT IN THE GENERATOR. THE MOTORCYCLE IS ALMOST NEVER RIDDEN AT NIGHT DUE TO THIS DEFECT. WHEN IT BLINKS ON AND OFF IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. WORKS GOOD IN THE DAY TIME BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A HEAD LIGHT FLASHING DEVICE INSTALLED. ENGINE CAN BE HEARD LOOSING POWER AS THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH AND HEAD LIGHT BLINKS. ALMOST HAD A WRECK THE FIRST TIME IT DID IT AT NIGHT ( I RARELY RIDE AT NIGHT AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS) LAST THANKSGIVING. *TR

2 of 2 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.