| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000038606 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: LA MARQUE | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. |
| Model Name: VULCAN | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JKBVNAG12XA | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 30 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The plastic oil pump gear has a history of failures in the 1999 model kawasaki vulcan motorcycles. the result at hiway speeds could be fatal. many reports from http://www.vroc.org members who have experienced failures say they are lucky they were not in the fast lane when the engine locked up. kawasaki refuses to issue a recall even though that have stopped using the plastic gear in newer models. *ak |
