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2001 Kawasaki ZX900 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.
2
Latest Jun 5, 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.
0
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 Feb 28, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Kawasaki ZX900. 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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Transmission
Filed Jun 5, 2003

THE CLUTCH BRACKET FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB

NHTSA ID
10022426
Incident
May 26, 2003
Mileage
7,500 mi
Transmission
Filed Feb 28, 2002

TRANSMISSION IS KICKING INTO GEAR AT IDLE. MOTOR IS LOCKING UP, AND CAUSING BACK WHEEL TO LOCK, THEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. DRIVER HAS BEEN THROWN FROM MOTORCYCLE BECAUSE OF PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION.*AK

NHTSA ID
8004778
Incident
Dec 28, 2001

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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