| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001314012 | Incident Date: Dec, 07 2001 |
| Consumer's City: HIGLEY | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. |
| Model Name: KLR650 | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JKAKLEA16YA | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 16 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 14 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 1 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The classic kawasaki klr 650 balance shaft tensioner failure. 2000 model year motorcycle maintained as per factory recommendations broke a balance shaft system. occurred at low speed so it was not dangerous as if it happened at speed. that was the first failure. recently i found it was cracked during service of the water pump. installed the 3rd adjuster at that point. recently i found aftermarket parts to prevent future failures as this is actually a very common problem on these motorcycles as the get high in miles. at this point i have had 2 failures of a part that is a very well known about. just look at "known issues" here http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html#intake. *jb |
