Consumer Complaint Detail

KAWASAKI / VULCAN / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004298268 Incident Date: Aug, 23 2004
Consumer's City: PILOT MOUNTAIN Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
Model Name: VULCAN Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:driveline:driveshaft
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 13 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 07 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Rear drive splines on 2003 kawasaki vulcan 750 motorcycle were insufficiently lubricated at factory. dealer failed to check lubrication as requred at 6000mi maintenance. read drive failed (splines sheared) at 9900 miles. fortunatly rider was able to pull to side of road with out injury. rear drive was replaced under extended warranty. vulcan-riding community has noted this problem multiple times on 2003 model vulcan 750 bikes. return of failed part was requested however was not returned to consumer.