2000 Kawasaki ZX Series

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine2
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Apr 5, 20045,000 milesFL

THE MOTORCYCLE HAS AN OIL LEAK. IT IS FORCING THE OIL INTO THE POURES INSTALLATION AND DRIPS ONTO THE REAR WHEEL. THE OWNER DROVE THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER WHO GAVE HIM A REPAIR KIT WHICH INCLUDED A TUBE OF GLUE AND A INSTRUCTION PACKET. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE REPAIR KIT WILL NOT PREVENT THIS PROBLEM FROM RECURRING. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 23, 2000OH

THE CRACK IS OCCURRING IN THE REAR MOTOR MOUNTING TAB, JUST ABOVE WHERE IT IS WELDED TO THE CROSSMEMBER.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2000 — this page2000Routine
19992000Routine
19981000Routine
19971000Routine
19961000Routine

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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.