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1993 Kawasaki KLR650 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 12, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 23, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Kawasaki KLR650. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Jan 12, 2003

THE BALANCER CHAIN BROKE CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCK UP WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND LOCKING UP THE REAR WHEEL

NHTSA ID
10000975
Incident
Apr 22, 1999
Mileage
3,600 mi
Brakes
Filed Aug 23, 2000

THERE WAS A CRACK DEVELOPING IN THE CALIPER SPACER WHICH COULD CAUSE A LOSS IN BRAKING ABILITY. AFTERMARKET BRAKES. BRAKING BRAKE SYSTEMS IS THE NAME.*AK THE BRAKE PROBLEM STILL NOT SOLVED BECAUSE THE COMPANY NO LONGER MANUFACTURES THE BRAKES FOR THE MOTORCYCLE PLUS HAS NO REPLACEMENT PARTS. *YH

NHTSA ID
868432
Incident
Aug 1, 2000

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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