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1998 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 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 8, 2003
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 Nov 12, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic. 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 1–4 of 4

Brakes
Filed Oct 8, 2003

BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK

NHTSA ID
10042561
Incident
Oct 8, 2003
Fuel system
Filed Sep 20, 1999

WHEN STARTING MOTORCYCLE GASOLINE POURED, CAUSING FIRE HAZARD. DEALER HAS REPLACED CARBURETOR ONCE, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED. *AK *MJS

NHTSA ID
844611
Driver assistance
Filed Aug 9, 1999

MOTORCYCLE TOOK OFF WHILE IN NUETRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER CANT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
844650
Transmission
Filed Nov 12, 1998

HAD EMERGENCY STOP. COULD NOT DOWNSHIFT. HAD TO BRAKE. WOULD NOT GO INTO 1ST GEAR. HAD TO LET CLUTCH OUT, STOP/STALL CYCLE & THEN RESTARTED IT & THEN SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR. HAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP YET. *AK

NHTSA ID
830660
Incident
Oct 25, 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.

Data sources

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