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2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200-A 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 Nov 16, 2009
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 16, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200-A. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 16, 2009

PURCHASED IN APRIL, 2009 AND INSTALLED SET OF AVON STORM MOTORCYCLE TIRES. THE REAR TIRE, SIZE 180/55ZR17 (DOT AT8E IC 3208) LESS THAN 3000 MILES AND ABOUT 6 MONTHS SINCE INSTALL BEGAN LOSING AIR. THIS WAS A SLOW LEAK THAT LOST AIR FASTER AS PRESSURE DROPPED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT BEAD AREA WAS LEAKING, CAUSED BY CORROSION AT FAIRLY EVEN INTERVALS AROUND THE BEAD AREA, ALONG WITH A GOUGE INTO THE RIM AT THE SAME SPACING AS THE CORROSION. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SHARP STEEL WIRE JUST AT THE SURFACE OF THE BEAD WHERE IT MATES TO THE RIM. TIRE WAS INSTALLED USING MURPHY'S TIRE LUBE, AND IS USED ON ALL MY TIRE CHANGES WITHOUT PROBLEM. THE CORROSION SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE TIRE BEAD. IT CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT COULD CAUSE TIRE PRESSURE FAILURE, POSSIBLY A LOSS OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT CRASH WITH POSSIBILITY OF INJURY OR DEATH. I AM TAKING THE TIRE TO THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR EXCHANGE. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE TIRE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IT FOR EXCHANGE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10292433
Incident
Oct 25, 2009

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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