Kawasaki Z900 Abs, Z900 Rs. Published by Transport Canada as 2019057 on 8 February 2019. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the anti-lock braking system (ABS) may have been contaminated when it was made. This could cause the ABS to malfunction and could result in locking of the front or rear tire when the ABS is activated.
Safety Risk:
A wheel lock-up could cause a loss of stability and increase the …
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Kawasaki Z900 ABS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kawasaki Z900 ABS is named on 2 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019057
- Recall date
- 8 February 2019
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- Z900 ABS, Z900 RS
- Model years
- 2019
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 127
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the anti-lock braking system (ABS) may have been contaminated when it was made. This could cause the ABS to malfunction and could result in locking of the front or rear tire when the ABS is activated.Safety Risk:
A wheel lock-up could cause a loss of stability and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer for an inspection of the ABS hydraulic unit. If it was made within a specific time period, it will be replaced.
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 2019057.
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.
- 2019046 · 4 February 2019 · Mule Pro · Fuel System
- 2019045 · 1 February 2019 · Mule Pro · Engine
- 2019401 · 13 August 2019 · Teryx4, Teryx · Steering
- 2019670 · 23 December 2019 · Mule Pro FX, Mule Pro FXT, Mule Pro FXR · Engine
- 2019671 · 23 December 2019 · Mule Pro FXR, Mule Pro FX, Mule Pro FXT · Engine
- 2018687 · 6 December 2018 · Z900 ABS, Z900 RS · Brakes
- 2018465 · 31 August 2018 · Ninja H2 SX · Structure
- 2020050 · 10 February 2020 · Mule Pro FXR, Mule Pro FX, Mule Pro FXT · Steering
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2019027 · 17 January 2019 · 258 · Brakes
- 2019104 · 1 March 2019 · Impreza WRX, Impreza, XV Crosstrek · Brakes
- 2019109 · 1 March 2019 · C600 Sport, C650gt · Brakes
- 2019112 · 4 March 2019 · Scout Bobber, Scout · Brakes
- 2019125 · 11 March 2019 · Seismic Fifth Wheel Trailer · Brakes
- 2019212 · 2 May 2019 · Acx Xpeditor · Brakes
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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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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