By year
Owner complaints about Kawasaki vehicles peaked at 44 in 2025
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Kawasaki
The complete NHTSA record for Kawasaki vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Kawasaki recalls are filed by Kawasaki Motors U, part of Kawasaki.
Owner complaints in the last five years93119 on file in all, across 64 models
Recall campaigns3216 in five years
Severity index10.1Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations051 service bulletins
Components
Engine and cooling draws the most owner complaints about Kawasaki vehicles, 38% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The Ninja ZX-6R has the most complaints of any Kawasaki model
Every Kawasaki model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninja ZX-6R | 2015 to 2026 | 47 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| KLR650 | 2017 to 2024 | 19 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Concours 14 | 2016 to 2021 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vulcan 900 | 2015 to 2023 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ninja | 2015 to 2021 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ninja ZX-10R | 2016 to 2026 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Versys 650 | 2015 to 2023 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| ZX400 | 2023 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ninja ZX-14R | 2022 to 2024 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z125 PRO | 2017 to 2023 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ninja 400 | 2021 to 2024 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KL650 | 2022 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KLX230 | 2020 to 2022 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ZX-6R | 2023 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ninja H2 | 2017 to 2023 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Z7 Hybrid | 2024 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ninja 500 | 2024 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vulcan 1700 Voyager | 2015 to 2023 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Z500 | 2024 to 2025 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brute Force 300 | 2016 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eliminator EL450 | 2024 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KLX250 | 2019 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ninja 300 | 2015 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ninja 650 | 2017 to 2023 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z 650 | 2017 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z H2 SE | 2023 to 2025 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ZX10R | 2017 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ninja H2 SX | 2018 to 2023 | 0 | None | 9 | 0 |
| Ninja 1000 | 2015 to 2018 | 0 | None | 7 | 0 |
| W800 | 2019 to 2022 | 0 | None | 6 | 0 |
| ZX1002A | 2018 to 2020 | 0 | None | 5 | 0 |
| ZR1000K | 2021 to 2023 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| W230 | 2025 to 2026 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| Z900 | 2017 to 2022 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| ZR1000L | 2021 to 2023 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| ZX1002D | 2019 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| LX230A | 2020 to 2021 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| Ninja 7 Hybrid | 2024 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| Z H2 | 2020 to 2023 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| ZX1002B | 2019 to 2020 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| ZX1002E | 2019 to 2020 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| ZX1002F | 2019 to 2020 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| ZX1002G | 2019 to 2020 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| ZX1002R | 2022 to 2023 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| ZX400P | 2023 to 2024 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| BR125 | 2017 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| EX400G | 2021 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| LX230G | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Ninja E-1 | 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Ninja ZX-4RR | 2023 to 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Vulcan 1700 Vaquero | 2015 to 2023 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Z E-1 | 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Z400 | 2021 to 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZR1002L | 2023 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZR900 | 2017 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZR900C | 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZR900E | 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZR900N | 2024 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZX1002J | 2022 to 2023 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| ZX1002L | 2021 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
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Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Kawasaki product
- 26V-387 Jun 12, 2026
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A
Lighting · 840 vehicles - 25V-798 Nov 18, 2025
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A
Engine and cooling · 20k vehicles - 25V-363 Jun 23, 2025
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A
Electrical system · 482 vehicles - 25V-376 Jun 4, 2025
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A
Engine and cooling · 18k vehicles - 25V-146 Mar 6, 2025
Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.A
Powertrain · 3,742 vehicles - 25V-118 Feb 24, 2025
Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.A
Electrical system · 216 vehicles - 24V-833 Nov 5, 2024
Connection between the head pipe (steering head) to the frame may have been improperly welded and crack, resulting in a loss of vehicle handling…
Steering · 299 vehicles - 24V-680 Sep 12, 2024
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A
Engine and cooling · 1,150 vehicles - 24V-270 Apr 16, 2024
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A
Tires · 525 vehicles - 24V-221 Mar 21, 2024
Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.A
Electrical system · 1,579 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.