- Vehicles
- 3,964
- Built between
- Sep 2015 – Dec 2017
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 26 February 2018
- Repaired
- 72%
- Unrepaired
- 625
Safety advisories
Do not drive this vehicle
NHTSA and the manufacturer advise that affected vehicles should not be driven until the recall repair has been completed. Contact your dealer to arrange the repair, and ask about transport in the meantime.
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 2015 and December 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2016-2018 Kawasaki Ninja 1000Built September 2015 to December 2017
Repair progress
625 of 3,964 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2019.
72% repaired — 2,841 of 3,964 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 105
- Scrapped or exported
- 393
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) is recalling certain 2016-2018 ZX-10R and ZX-10RR (ZX1000R, ZX1000S, and ZX1000Z) motorcycles. A high impact force may cause the transmission gears to break during shifting.
What could happen
If the transmission gears break it can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
KMC will notify owners, and dealers will replace the 2nd, 3rd, 4th output gears and the 2nd input gear, free of charge. Owners are advised to not ride their motorcycles until the repair has been performed. The recall began on February 26, 2018.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 2015 to December 2017
- Recall reported to NHTSA1 February 2018
- Owners notified26 February 2018
- Latest repair reportQ2 2019 — 72% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 February 2018.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact KMC customer service at 1-866-802-9381. KMC's number for this recall is MC18-01.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- MC18-01
- Recalling manufacturer
- Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.