Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2004 Kawasaki ZX636 B2

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system › manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe1
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Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control1
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1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe03V387000
Filed Oct 16, 200311,018 vehiclesKawasaki Motors Corp., U.s.a.

Defect. ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE WELDS SECURING THE MUFFLER TO ITS CLAMP COULD FAIL FROM VIBRATION, ALLOWING THE MUFFLER TO SEPARATE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE.

Risk. THIS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE MUFFLER AND INSTALL A RUBBER DAMPER. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT KAWASAKI AT 1-866-802-9381.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control
Filed Feb 10, 2005KY

I FOUND A BROKEN IDLER LEVER ON MY 2004 A18 KAWASAKI KLR 650.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Sep 20, 20044,430 milesSC

EXHAUST BOLT FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. MUFFLER FELL INTO THE STREET. DEALER FILED A CLAIM WITH THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THIS WAS NOT A MANUFACTURING ISSUE.*AK

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.

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Most recent recall on file: Oct 16, 2003. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.