Kawasaki Ninja: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Kawasaki Ninja, model years 1995 to 2021. NHTSA has 42 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 15 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 36% | |
| 2020 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 799 |
| 2019 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 36% | 799 |
| 2018 Kawasaki Ninja | 2 | 2 | 71% | 1,189 |
| 2014 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 36% | |
| 2005 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 36% | |
| 2004 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 0 | 7 | 250% | |
| 2003 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 179% | 9,787 |
| 2002 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 107% | 9,787 |
| 2001 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 1 | 7 | 250% | 9,787 |
| 2000 Kawasaki Ninja | 3 | 8 | 286% | 11,289 |
| 1999 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 71% | 3,504 |
| 1998 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 71% | |
| 1996 Kawasaki Ninja NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 71% | |
| 1995 Kawasaki Ninja | 2 | 0 | 0% | 15,298 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
53 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 188.7 | 10 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 150.9 | 8 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 113.2 | 6 |
| Structure | 113.2 | 6 |
| Suspension | 75.5 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 75.5 | 4 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 56.6 | 3 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 37.7 | 2 |
| Unknown or Other | 37.7 | 2 |
| Exterior Lighting | 37.7 | 2 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- KLR6501 campaign
- Ninja ZX-6R3 campaigns
- Concours 145 campaigns
- Ninja 3001 campaign
- KL650E3 campaigns
- Ninja ZX-10R4 campaigns
- VN15003 campaigns
- ZX1200-A13 campaigns
- VN900D6F2 campaigns
- VN900B6F2 campaigns
- ZG1400A8F3 campaigns
- VN1600-A13 campaigns
- VN1500-E72 campaigns
- Ninja H22 campaigns
- EX250J8F3 campaigns
- EX250J8FL3 campaigns
- VN1500-E63 campaigns
- ZG1400B8F3 campaigns
- VN1500-E7L2 campaigns
- VN800-B82 campaigns
- VN900D6FL2 campaigns
- VN900D8F2 campaigns
- Z7 Hybrid2 campaigns
- ZX1200-A1L2 campaigns
- Ninja H2 SX4 campaigns
- KZ10004 campaigns
- Ninja 10002 campaigns
- W8002 campaigns
- ZX1002A3 campaigns
- ZR1000K2 campaigns
- KZ11002 campaigns
- VN1600-A1L3 campaigns
- W2302 campaigns
- Z9003 campaigns
- ZG1400A8FL3 campaigns
- ZG1400B8FL3 campaigns
- ZR1000L2 campaigns
- ZX1002D3 campaigns
- BN 125-A42 campaigns
- Ninja 7 Hybrid2 campaigns
- VN1500-P12 campaigns
- VN800-B8L2 campaigns
- VN900B6FL2 campaigns
- VN900C8F2 campaigns
- Z H22 campaigns
- ZX1002R2 campaigns
- ZX600-F12 campaigns
- ZX600-F1L2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Kawasaki Ninja: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kawasaki/ninja/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Kawasaki Ninja model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2000 with 3, 2018 with 2, 1995 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Kawasaki Ninja model year has the most complaints?
- The 2000 model year, with 8 of the 42 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Kawasaki Ninja name?
- Power Train: 188.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 150.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Fuel System, Gasoline: 113.2 per 1,000 component mentions.