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2006 Kawasaki ZX14A6F Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 30, 2012
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2006 Kawasaki ZX14A6F, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Body & structure150.0%
  • Suspension150.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Body & structure

Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

AS I WAS RIDING IN TO THE HARVEY TUNNEL AND HEARD A CRACK TYPE NOISE THEN ALL A SUDDEN SMOKE APPEARED EVERY WHERE. THE REAR TIRE WAS RUBBING UNDER THE SUBFRAME, SLOWING THE BIKE DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO DRAG THE BIKE OFF THE ROAD. LOOK UNDER THE MOTORCYCLE AND THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD COLLAPSED AND THE CROSSMEMBER SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME, ALL I CAN SEE IS THE SHOCK MOUNT HANGING OFF OF THE FRAME ON THE MOTORCYCLE. GOD WAS ON MY SIDE! THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID 10482644 · filed Oct 30, 2012

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

AS I WAS RIDING IN TO THE HARVEY TUNNEL AND HEARD A CRACK TYPE NOISE THEN ALL A SUDDEN SMOKE APPEARED EVERY WHERE. THE REAR TIRE WAS RUBBING UNDER THE SUBFRAME, SLOWING THE BIKE DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO DRAG THE BIKE OFF THE ROAD. LOOK UNDER THE MOTORCYCLE AND THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD COLLAPSED AND THE CROSSMEMBER SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME, ALL I CAN SEE IS THE SHOCK MOUNT HANGING OFF OF THE FRAME ON THE MOTORCYCLE. GOD WAS ON MY SIDE! THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID 10482644 · filed Oct 30, 2012

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .