1991 Kawasaki ZX1100

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc92V002000
Filed Jan 9, 19921,760 vehiclesKawasaki Motors Corp.

Defect. THE REAR BRAKE HOSE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE CALIPER CAN CONTACT THE REAR DISC BRAKE, POSSIBLY ABRADING THE HOSE.

Risk. ABRASION OF THE REAR BRAKE HOSE CAN CAUSE BRAKE FLUIDLEAKAGE, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF REAR BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS.

Remedy. REROUTE REAR BRAKE HOSE TO AVOID ABRASION FROM THE REAR DISC BRAKE.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed May 28, 1996TX

POSITIONING OF OVERFLOW TUBE IS ALLOWING BATTERY ACID OVERFLOW TO GET ON REAR BRAKE CALIPER; ATE PAINT OFF CALIPER; COULD CAUSE BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jun 21, 1995CA

#93V219000 RECEIVE RECALL TOOK TO DEALER AND CALL THE MANUFACTURER SAY THEY WOULDN'T FIX THE MOTORCYCLE BECAUSE THE CHAIN IS AN AFTER MARKET CHAIN. TT

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20001000Routine
19992000Routine
19964000Routine
19952000Routine
19932000Routine
19922000Routine
1991 — this page2100Routine
19901000Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jan 9, 1992. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.