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1999 Kawasaki ZX1100 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 Sep 20, 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.
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Reports on file since Sep 21, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Kawasaki ZX1100. 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

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EngineFuel systemExterior lighting
Filed Sep 20, 2000

FUEL AIR SCREWS WERE TURNED ALL THE WAY IN AT THE FACTORY, VEHICLE NEEDED VALVE ADJUSTMENT, CARBORATORS ADJUSTED 4 TIME WITH NO SUCCESS, DEALER SCRATCHED EXHAUST CANISTER, WINDSCREEN, DROPPED MOTORCYCLE ON ITS SIDE DURING WHEN BEING SERVICED & REFUSES TO MAKE ALL NEEDED REPAIRS, ENGINE EMITS INFREQUENT BUT LOUD NOISE AT SPEEDS OF ~ 30 MPH, KAWASAKI DIDN'T INSTALL GREASE INTO THE SWING ARM PRIOR TO DELIVERY, HEADLIGHT IMPORPERLY ADJUSTED BY DEALERS, PAINT CHIPS EASILY FROM EXHAUST, CONCERNED THAT REPAIRS WERE NEVER IDENTIFIED PROPERLY & BECAUSE WARRANTY IS OVER, DEALER AND KAWASAKI REFUSE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER EFFORTS.

NHTSA ID
732005
Incident
Sep 1, 1999
Transmission
Filed Sep 21, 1999

MOTORCYCLE EXPERIENCED LOCK-UP, CAUSED SKIDDING WHICH RESULTED IN DRIVER FALLING OVER, POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *YC

NHTSA ID
548581
Incident
Aug 27, 1999

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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