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1995 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 May 21, 1999
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 2, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 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 1–5 of 5

Suspension
Filed May 21, 1999

WHEN TURNING OR STOPPING FRONT END WANDERS. DEALER PUT STIFFER SPRINGS ON THE FRONT END OF MOTORCYCLE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID
838300
Suspension
Filed Apr 6, 1998

FRONT FORKS (SUSPENSION) SHAKES.

NHTSA ID
533604
Filed Nov 4, 1997

MOTORCYCLE SIDE STAND DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE, WHEN HANDLE BAR IS TURNED TO THE RIGHT IT IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND FALLS. THE MOTORCYCLE FELL AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GAS TANK, EXHAUST PIPES AND HANDLEBAR GRIP.

NHTSA ID
524246
Incident
Sep 9, 1997
Suspension
Filed Apr 29, 1996

KICK STAND ON MOTOR CYCLE WILL NOT HOLD MOTOR CYCLE, WHEN WHEEL WAS TURN ON ANGLE MOTORCYCLE FELL OVER. *AK

NHTSA ID
983709
Incident
Apr 28, 1996
Engine
Filed Oct 2, 1995

OIL LIGHT COME ON EVERY TIME MOTORCYCLE COMES TO A STOP, INDICATING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE. TT

NHTSA ID
972795
Incident
Aug 5, 1995

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.

Data sources

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