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2013 Zero Ds 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 Jun 9, 2018
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 Jun 9, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 Zero Ds. 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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Suspension
Filed Jun 9, 2018

BOUGHT USED 2013 ZERO DS. BIKE WOULD EMIT NOISE WHILE COMING TO A STOP THAT SOUNDED LIKE RUBBING METAL BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE SOURCE. NOW I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS THE FORKS. WAS ADJUSTING SUSPENSION AND DISCOVERED FORK OIL LEAKING OUT OF LEFT FORK AT THE BOTTOM AFTER SHORT RIDE. FORTUNATELY, ABLE TO CLEAN UP OIL BEFORE IT GOT ON FRONT ROTOR. LEAKED A TEASPOON AMOUNT IN A SHORT TIME. DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH WEB SEARCH, THAT COULD LEAD TO FORK BECOMING LOOSE (SEE YOUTUBE VIDEO IN FIRST LINK). HTTP://ELECTRICMOTORCYCLEFORUM.COM/BOARDS/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=3790.0 HTTP://ELECTRICMOTORCYCLEFORUM.COM/BOARDS/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=6487.0 HTTP://ELECTRICMOTORCYCLEFORUM.COM/BOARDS/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=3784.0 BIKE ONLY HAS 4K MILES ON IT. OIL ON ROTOR IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BIKE BRAKING PERFORMANCE WILL DIMINISH. FORK OIL LEAKING OUT OF FORK CAN AFFECT HANDLING, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. FORK BECOME LOOSE COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

NHTSA ID
11100650
Incident
May 30, 2018
Mileage
4,000 mi

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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