Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. Published by Transport Canada as 1998077 on 20 April 1998. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The bottom of the seat may contact the battery cable terminals. this can break off a battery terminal and cause electrical system failure and the engine to stop unexpectedly. this could cause loss of operator control and a possible crash.
correction: battery cables will be replaced, battery damper under the battery …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998077
- Recall date
- 20 April 1998
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- Vulcan 1500
- Model years
- 1996 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 650
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT MAY CONTACT THE BATTERY CABLE TERMINALS. THIS CAN BREAK OFF A BATTERY TERMINAL AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AND THE ENGINE TO STOP UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF OPERATOR CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: BATTERY CABLES WILL BE REPLACED, BATTERY DAMPER UNDER THE BATTERY WILL BE REMOVED AND THE BATTERY CHECKED FOR DAMAGE. IF A TERMINAL HAS BEEN DAMAGED, THE BATTERY WILL BE REPLACED AS WELL.
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The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1998077.
Kawasaki elsewhere in this register
Kawasaki is named on 145 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998078 · 20 April 1998 · KX125, KX250 · Structure
- 1998241 · 14 December 1998 · KF300 · Fuel System
- 1997242 · 30 December 1997 · Vulcan 1500 · Powertrain
- 1999089 · 18 May 1999 · KVF400, KVF300 · Steering
- 1999090 · 18 May 1999 · Vulcan 1500 Drifter · Fuel System
- 1997005 · 15 January 1997 · Prairie 4x4 · Brakes
- 1999150 · 13 August 1999 · KVF400 · Steering
- 1999229 · 16 December 1999 · Voyager Xii, Ninja Zx-7r, Concours · Powertrain
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998101 · 20 May 1998 · Beetle · Electrical
- 1998116 · 5 June 1998 · 9300, 9800, 9200 · Electrical
- 1998025 · 16 February 1998 · Diablo Roadster · Electrical
- 1998023 · 10 February 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
- 1998020 · 2 February 1998 · Durango · Electrical
- 1998015 · 27 January 1998 · LS 400, SC 400 · Electrical
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Kawasaki: 145 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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