Kawasaki Kvf400. Published by Transport Canada as 1999150 on 13 August 1999. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, if the steering is turned to the full-lock position, the shock of striking an object with one of the front wheels can fracture the front steering knuckle even if the vehicle speed is not excessive. The fracture occurs between the junction with the steering tie rod and the wheel and will result in …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999150
- Recall date
- 13 August 1999
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- KVF400
- Model years
- 1998
- Vehicle class
- A.T.V.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 50
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, if the steering is turned to the full-lock position, the shock of striking an object with one of the front wheels can fracture the front steering knuckle even if the vehicle speed is not excessive. The fracture occurs between the junction with the steering tie rod and the wheel and will result in loss of steering control to one front wheel of the vehicle. Correction: The upper steering stop bolts will be replaced with rubber dampers and will receive a modification to the lower steering stop mounting bracket and frame boss. Owner's manuals will be updated with information regarding the new steering stop dampers.
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 1999150.
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.
- 1999089 · 18 May 1999 · KVF400, KVF300 · Steering
- 1999090 · 18 May 1999 · Vulcan 1500 Drifter · Fuel System
- 1999229 · 16 December 1999 · Voyager Xii, Ninja Zx-7r, Concours · Powertrain
- 1999230 · 16 December 1999 · Vulcan 1500 Drifter · Fuel System
- 1998241 · 14 December 1998 · KF300 · Fuel System
- 2000259 · 28 October 2000 · KVF400, KVF300 · Powertrain
- 1998077 · 20 April 1998 · Vulcan 1500 · Electrical
- 1998078 · 20 April 1998 · KX125, KX250 · Structure
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999123 · 21 June 1999 · FLN · Steering
- 1999205 · 12 November 1999 · 9200i, 9400i, 9100i · Steering
- 1999208 · 15 November 1999 · Range Rover · Steering
- 1999211 · 15 November 1999 · Es 300, Camry · Steering
- 1999213 · 15 November 1999 · SLS, STS, Lesabre · Steering
- 1999227 · 15 December 1999 · Grand Cherokee · Steering
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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 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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