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2012 Kawasaki KLX250

Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Jun 26, 2012
Safety recallsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
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InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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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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Overview

Our database contains 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 Kawasaki KLX250, most frequently naming the suspension category.

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

What owners report

Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded

  • Suspension1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Safety recalls

No recalls in our database for this model year

That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.

Recent owner complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words

Suspension
Filed Jun 26, 2012

2012 KAWASKI KLX250 MOTORCYCLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRONT WHEEL CAMBER PROBLEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE RIDING THE BIKE, HE NOTICED THE HANDLEBARS WERE NOT SQUARE TO THE BIKE WHEN TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. INSTEAD, THEY WERE COCKED TO THE RIGHT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THE FRONT WHEEL HAD A CAMBER PROBLEM. HE NOTICED THE AXLE WAS NOT SQUARE TO THE FRONT FORKS, WHICH CAUSED THE TOP OF THE WHEEL TO BE CLOSER TO THE LEFT FORK, THAN THE RIGHT FORK AND CAUSED THE BIKE TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN TRAVELING WITH THE HANDLEBARS SQUARE TO THE BIKES FRAME. BY TURNING THE HANDLEBARS TO THE RIGHT, THE BIKE WOULD TRAVEL IN A STRAIGHT LINE, BUT WAS CAUSING THE BIKE TO RUN ABNORMALLY AND THE FRONT WHEEL NOT TO SPIN IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE REAR WHEEL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS CAUSING THE FORKS TO BIND. THE CONSUMER STATED THE BINDING PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE FACTORY USING EVERY BIT OF THE CLEARANCE OF THE INVOLVED PARTS TO SOMEWHAT CORRECT THE CAMBER ISSUE. THEY DID SO, BY CLAMPING THE LEFT FORK SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE YOKE THAN THE RIGHT FORK. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE DEFECT WAS PRODUCED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS; EITHER THE AXLE JOURNALS WERE DRILLED INCORRECTLY, AT AN ANGLE OTHER THAN 90 DEGREES TO THE FORKS, OR THE ALUMINUM CASTINGS WHICH CONTAINED THE AXLE JOURNALS WERE CASTED INCORRECTLY ONTO THE STEEL TUBES THAT ACCEPTED THEM. EVEN THOUGHT THE AXLE JOURNALS WERE DRILLED INCORRECTLY, THEY WERE NOT AT 90 DEGREES TO THE FORKS BECAUSE OF THE MISALIGNED CASTINGS. AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION, THE CONSUMER WAS MORE INCLINED TO BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO IMPROPER CASTING. *JB

NHTSA ID
10463666
Incident
Jun 1, 2012

Compare model years

Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model

Kawasaki KLX250 by model year
YearComplaintsRecallsInvestigationsIssue Index
2019100—
2012Viewing100—
2010010—
2009110—

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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.