| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006101790 | Incident Date: Feb, 02 2006 |
| Consumer's City: LAUGHLIN AFB | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. |
| Model Name: KLR650 | Model Year: 2002 |
| 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#: JKAKLEA132D | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 10 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 1 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own a 2002 kawasaki klr650 with approximately 9500 miles on it. i was riding at low speed on the date below when i heard a loud metal clang in the engine and the motorcycle came to a screeching halt. luckily, i was only traveling at 30 mph and i was not in traffic. the cause of the incident was not immediately known. when i brought the motorcycle into the repair shop, i observed after the engine was opened that the idler shaft lever , a welded piece of steel, snapped in half, sending both broken pieces into the lower end of engine, and dislodging the balancer chain from the sprocket, which caused near-catastrophic damage to the engine. after significant time and financial investment, 40% of the total value of the motorcycle, it was put back on the road having been repaired with only kawasaki factory parts and ran fine for a time. about 2000 miles later, i was doing routine maintenance when i noticed a piece of metal attached to the magnetic oil plug. after some investigation i found this to be a piece of the newly installed idler shaft lever. once again the piece needed to be replaced. had i not installed a magnetic oil plug another major problem most definitely would have occurred.*ak |
