2011 Kawasaki ZX600

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control1
101
Steering1
101

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Jul 24, 2012KY

ATTORNEY WRITES TO REQUEST INFORMATION CONCERNING DEFECTS OR RECALLS ON 2011 KAWASAKI NINJA ZX600 MOTORCYCLES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HIS CLIENT WENT AROUND A CURVE, AFTER CROSSING A SPEED BUMP AND WHEN HE SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, THE MOTORCYCLE REVVED TO FULL THROTTLE AND HE CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL.

SteeringCrash1 injured
Filed Dec 27, 2011102 milesCA

DURING A LOW SPEED (LEFT) U-TURN, HANDLE BAR ON RIGHT SIDE (THROTTLE) SNAPPED AT CLAMP CAUSING ACCELERATION AND CRASH. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20121000Routine
2011 — this page2000Routine
19991010Routine
19952000Routine
19940100Routine
19933100Routine

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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.