Kawasaki Ninja Zx-10R. Published by Transport Canada as 2020237 on 29 May 2020. System: Engine.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the engine could backfire when the quick shift function is used at high engine load. If this happens, the air suction valve(s) could become damaged. As a result, hot exhaust gas could blow back through a damaged air suction valve(s) and melt surrounding parts.
Safety Risk:
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Transport Canada carries this recall as 2020237, dated 29 May 2020. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 22V909, dated 8 December 2022. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 22527.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2020237 | 22V909 |
| Dated | 29 May 2020 | 8 December 2022 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Kawasaki | |
The two registers are 923 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 22V909, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
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
- 2020237
- Recall date
- 29 May 2020
- Make
- Kawasaki
- Models
- Ninja Zx-10r
- Model years
- 2019 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 94
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, the engine could backfire when the quick shift function is used at high engine load. If this happens, the air suction valve(s) could become damaged. As a result, hot exhaust gas could blow back through a damaged air suction valve(s) and melt surrounding parts.Safety Risk:
An exhaust leak could damage parts and create the risk of a fire.Corrective Actions:
Kawasaki will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your motorcycle to a dealer to reprogram the engine control unit (ECU). Dealers will also replace the air suction valves and inspect surrounding parts. Damaged parts will be will be replaced as required.
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 2020237.
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.
- 2020407 · 31 August 2020 · Ninja Zx-6r · Electrical
- 2020050 · 10 February 2020 · Mule Pro FXR, Mule Pro FX, Mule Pro FXT · Steering
- 2020542 · 12 November 2020 · Ninja H2 SX · Powertrain
- 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
- 2019401 · 13 August 2019 · Teryx4, Teryx · Steering
- 2021473 · 30 July 2021 · Ninja H2 SX · Wheels
- 2021474 · 30 July 2021 · Ninja H2 SX, Z H2, Ninja H2 · Engine
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020121 · 22 March 2020 · S Class, S Class Coupe · Engine
- 2020408 · 1 September 2020 · Business Class M2, 114sd, 108sd · Engine
- 2020501 · 21 October 2020 · J4500 · Engine
- 2020633 · 21 December 2020 · E350, E450 · Engine
- 2019670 · 23 December 2019 · Mule Pro FX, Mule Pro FXT, Mule Pro FXR · Engine
- 2019611 · 6 December 2019 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Engine
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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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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