Kawasaki Kvf750. Published by Transport Canada as 2004340 on 16 September 2004. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, the left front upper suspension A-arm pivot bolt was tightened incorrectly. Consequently, the nut can loosen, allowing the bolt to back out partway and the A-arm to separate from the rear side of the frame mount-bracket. While the A-arm is still secured to the vehicle via the lower shock …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004340
- Recall date
- 16 September 2004
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- KVF750
- Model years
- 2005
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 967
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, the left front upper suspension A-arm pivot bolt was tightened incorrectly. Consequently, the nut can loosen, allowing the bolt to back out partway and the A-arm to separate from the rear side of the frame mount-bracket. While the A-arm is still secured to the vehicle via the lower shock mount and steering knuckle, separation of the frame-mounted end of the A-arm causes front wheel misalignment which affects steering control and could lead to an accident, resulting in injury or death. Correction: Dealers will inspect the gap between the collar and the A-arm mounting bracket on the frame, add washer as required, and tighten the nut of the pivot bolt with specified torque.
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 2004340.
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.
- 2004278 · 5 August 2004 · Vulcan 2000 · Brakes
- 2004272 · 30 July 2004 · Ninja Zx-10r · Wheels
- 2004032 · 28 January 2004 · Vulcan 1600 Classic, Vulcan 1500 Classic, Vulcan Nomad · Engine
- 2004034 · 28 January 2004 · Vulcan 1600 Classic · Other
- 2004018 · 20 January 2004 · Vulcan 800 Classic, Vulcan 800 Drifter, Vulcan 1500 Classic · Fuel System
- 2003335 · 16 December 2003 · Vulcan 1500 Mean Streak · Label
- 2005197 · 30 June 2005 · KVF400, KVF300, KVF650 · Suspension
- 2003249 · 20 October 2003 · Zx636-B1, Zx600-K1, Zx636-B2 · Other
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004336 · 14 September 2004 · H3-45 Coach, H3-41 Coach, H3-45 Vip · Suspension
- 2004346 · 22 September 2004 · Grain Trailer · Suspension
- 2004319 · 10 September 2004 · Freestar · Suspension
- 2004354 · 28 September 2004 · Bonneville T100, Bonneville America, Speedmaster · Suspension
- 2004357 · 28 September 2004 · FM617, FH211, FH210 · Suspension
- 2004358 · 28 September 2004 · FM617, FM657, Fm64f · Suspension
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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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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