| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006101318 | Incident Date: Jun, 30 2006 |
| Consumer's City: WINDHAM | Consumer's State: NH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. |
| Model Name: ZX636C1 | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JKBZXJC155A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 05 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 14 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I bought a 2005 kawasaki zx-6r in august of 2005. since then the bike has developed a serious problem within the transmission. starting around 7000 miles the bike will frequently come out of second gear and shift itself back into neutral while riding. it also frequently takes two or three tries to get into second gear from first, usually kicking and jerking and refusing to go into gear. i have contacted my dealer and kawasaki. they both told me i would need to have the bike opened up, and it would most likely not be covered under their warranty, and kawasaki deemed it a wear and tear item. a transmission should not be a wear and tear item with a 7000 mile replacement to be expected. i am not the only one with these issues, the majority of people with the bike made in the years 2005 and 2006 who have crossed the 5000 mile mark have discussed the having the problem on the kawasaki sponsored online forum at tp://www.kawiforums.com there are countless threads in the appropriate forum, one of the more lengthy threads can specifically be seen here http://kawiforums.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=79076 this poses a major safety issue for a motorcycle. we have a difficult enough time staying out of accidents as it is, but pulling through congested traffic and finding ourselves in neutral is asking to be rear ended. should we be about to get rear ended, attempting to get out of the way and then finding ourselves powerless will make it impossible to get out of the way. it also poses a problem because we do not know what is the next symptom in a progressing problem, it could be the gears breaking and jamming other gears. thank you for reading my long winded description, i hope you will also take the time to page through that thread, and maybe a few others, as there are many like myself who are still "in the wood work. *ak |
