Kawasaki Fuel System, Gasoline: Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

Kawasaki is recalling about 450 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, gasoline. This could allow fuel to be pumped onto the fuel tank.also, motorcycles will not comply to applicable california evaporative emissioncontrol standards.

Campaign
88V003000
Manufacturer
KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP.
Reported
12 January 1988
Vehicles
450
Built between
Until Jan 1987
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
25 January 1988
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between an unspecified date and January 1987. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1988 Kawasaki EX250Built unknown to January 1987

What the defect is

Rubber hoses connecting fuel tank to evaporative emission control system fuel separator are incorrectly installed.

What could happen

This could allow fuel to be pumped onto the fuel tank.also, motorcycles will not comply to applicable california evaporative emissioncontrol standards.

What gets fixed

RECONNECT HOSES TO PROPER LOCATIONS AND INSTALL CORRECT VACUUM HOSE ROUTING DIAGRAMS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtunknown to January 1987
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 January 1988
  3. Owners notified25 January 1988

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 12 January 1988.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP.
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

System: fuel hosesvehicle description: motorcycles

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.

Same component

Same brand