Recall Register

Zero DS: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns for the Zero DS, model years 2009 to 2025. NHTSA has 4 complaints on file for this model line. 2 of the 12 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.

  1. 20091
  2. 20101
  3. 20112
  4. 20120
  5. 20131
  6. 20141
  7. 20151
  8. 20171
  9. 20181
  10. 20211
  11. 20243
  12. 20251
Zero DS: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2025 Zero DS NHTSA page100%118
2024 Zero DS300%481
2021 Zero DS NHTSA page100%64
2018 Zero DS NHTSA page100%36
2017 Zero DS NHTSA page100%61
2015 Zero DS NHTSA page11300%96
2014 Zero DS NHTSA page100%94
2013 Zero DS NHTSA page11300%667
2012 Zero DS NHTSA page02600%
2011 Zero DS200%718
2010 Zero DS NHTSA page100%160
2009 Zero DS NHTSA page100%160

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

6 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.

Zero DS: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System5003
Engine333.32
Suspension166.71

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Zero DS, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2013, with 2 campaigns.
Complaints about the Zero DS, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2018, with 2 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Zero: all 14 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Zero DS: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/zero/ds/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file
ZERO MOTORCYCLES INC.

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 Zero DS model years have the most recall campaigns?
2024 with 3, 2011 with 2, 2025 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Zero DS model year has the most complaints?
The 2012 model year, with 2 of the 4 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Zero DS name?
Electrical System: 3 component mentions. Engine: 2 component mentions. Suspension: 1 component mention.