| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002192959 | Incident Date: Oct, 31 2002 |
| Consumer's City: SAN DIEGO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. |
| Model Name: KLR650 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 14 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 1 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Kawasaki klr650 balancer tensioner and cam spring on motorcycle less than one year old with low mileage. after reading of similar failures in other motorcycles some of which reportedly resulted in injury, i decided to open the engine housing to investigate. both components had shattered resulting in metalic fragmentation residue drawn into the oil pump mechanism (but stopped by oil pump metalic screening). |
