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Kawasaki recall 10V507: Model Year 2009-2010 Vulcan Motorcycles

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Kawasaki Vulcan, model years 2009 to 2010. Filed by Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.s.a. and reported to NHTSA on 19 October 2010. 6,187 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Kawasaki is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 vulcan motorcycles. the engine may stall if the rider is coasting with the clutch pulled in due to an improper setting of the engine control unit (ecu).

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V507 cover?
Kawasaki Vulcan, model years 2009-2010.
What is wrong with them?
KAWASAKI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 VULCAN MOTORCYCLES. THE ENGINE MAY STALL IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN DUE TO AN IMPROPER SETTING OF THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT (ECU).
What can happen if it is not put right?
ENGINE STALLING COULD CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ECU WITH ONE CONTAINING REVISED SETTINGS TO ADDRESS THE ENGINE STALLING. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 1, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KAWASAKI CONSUMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 1-866-802-9381.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “ENGINE STALLING COULD CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.”

6,187vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 19 October 2010owners told 1 November 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 19 October 2010. Owners were written to 13 days later, on 1 November 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10V507
Filed byKAWASAKI MOTORS CORP., U.S.A.
System at faultService Brakes, Hydraulic:Pedals And Linkages
Reported to NHTSA19 October 2010
Model years2009-2010
Vehicles namedKAWASAKI VULCAN

What the notice says today

The consequence

ENGINE STALLING COULD CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ECU WITH ONE CONTAINING REVISED SETTINGS TO ADDRESS THE ENGINE STALLING. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 1, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KAWASAKI CONSUMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 1-866-802-9381.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V507, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v507/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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