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1999 Kawasaki Ninja 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 Aug 10, 2000
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 Oct 15, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Kawasaki Ninja. 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Transmission
Filed Aug 10, 2000

WHEN CHANGING GEARS CLUTCH SLIPS. CLUTCH HAS BEEN ADJUSTED SEVERALTIMES, AND REPLACED ONCE. OWNER IS NO LONGER EXPERIENCING CLUTCH PROBLEM, BUT SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS ARE GONE IN THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
867383
Incident
Aug 8, 1999
Engine
Filed Oct 15, 1999

WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE ENGINE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE REAR PART OF THE MOTORCYCLE TO LOCK UP AND SKID, AND MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. CURRENTLY AT DLRS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
850877
Incident
Oct 9, 1999

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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