Kawasaki Ninja Zx-10R. Published by Transport Canada as 2006098 on 1 May 2006. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, the bolt that attaches the steering damper body to the frame bracket may not have been tightened sufficiently during vehicle assembly. If the bolt loosens and backs out completely, the steering damper could inhibit free movement of the steering assembly leading to a loss of steering control …
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Kawasaki NINJA ZX-10R in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kawasaki NINJA ZX-10R is named on 3 American notices and 3 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006098
- Recall date
- 1 May 2006
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- Ninja Zx-10r
- Model years
- 2006
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 400
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, the bolt that attaches the steering damper body to the frame bracket may not have been tightened sufficiently during vehicle assembly. If the bolt loosens and backs out completely, the steering damper could inhibit free movement of the steering assembly leading to a loss of steering control which could cause a crash with injuries or death. Correction: Dealers will tighten the steering damper mounting bolt to specs.
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 2006098.
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.
- 2006125 · 26 May 2006 · Ninja Zx-14 · Other
- 2006338 · 5 December 2006 · KVF300, KVF400, KLF300 - Bayou 300 · Electrical
- 2006367 · 21 December 2006 · KFX50, KFX90 · Steering
- 2005385 · 8 December 2005 · KVF750 · Steering
- 2005197 · 30 June 2005 · KVF400, KVF300, KVF650 · Suspension
- 2007190 · 12 June 2007 · Kfx450r · Fuel System
- 2007202 · 19 June 2007 · Vulcan 900 Classic LT, Vulcan 900 Classic · Engine
- 2007217 · 28 June 2007 · Vulcan 1600 Classic · Fuel System
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.
- 2006108 · 8 May 2006 · XC90 · Steering
- 2006114 · 23 May 2006 · American Dream · Steering
- 2006128 · 24 May 2006 · 308, 238, 338 · Steering
- 2006129 · 30 May 2006 · Prius · Steering
- 2006009 · 12 January 2006 · Columbia, Century S/T, Coronado · Steering
- 2006003 · 5 January 2006 · Breeze, Stratus, Cirrus · Steering
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 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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