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2013 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero 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 Apr 4, 2017
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 Apr 4, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Vaquero. 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.

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Steering
Filed Apr 4, 2017

STEERING HAS A UNSAFE WOBBLE IF YOU LET GO OF THE HANDLEBARS AT ALL THE FRONT TIRE STARTS TO WOBBLE REAL BAD CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITION GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 35 MPH AND ABOVE. THE DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND SAYS IT IS CAUSED BY CHEAP STEERING BEARINGS. I KNOW OF ABOUT 100 PEOPLE IN OUR CLUB WITH THIS PROBLEM

NHTSA ID
10970597
Incident
Jun 25, 2015
Mileage
10,000 mi

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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