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1994 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 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 Oct 16, 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.
0
Reports on file since Dec 7, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. 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 1–3 of 3

Fuel system
Filed Oct 16, 2000

A CRACK DEVELOPED AT THE REAR CORNER OF GAS TANK ,CAUSING FUEL TO DRIP ONTO A HOT GAS TANK.*AK

NHTSA ID
873036
Filed Dec 7, 1998

WHILE OWNER WAS DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE FOOT PEG BROKE OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
831944
Incident
Dec 6, 1998
Fuel system
Filed Dec 7, 1998

WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE DRIVER COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL. UPON TAKING MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, DEALER FOUND FUEL TANK TO BE LEAKING FROM THE WELDS. THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN REPAIRED.

NHTSA ID
831943
Incident
Oct 10, 1998

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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