Kawasaki ZX Series

Owners filed 7 complaints across 5 model years of the Kawasaki ZX Series. The 2000 drew the most (2); the 1998 the fewest (1).

Model years5
Complaints7
Recalls0
Fires0
Deaths0

Every Kawasaki ZX Series model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20002
0Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
19992
0Power Train › Clutch AssemblyRoutine
19981
0Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
19971
01Suspension › RearRoutine
19961
0Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine

Which Kawasaki ZX Series years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2000 is the weakest year on record, with 2 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

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