Kawasaki Zr1000k, Kawasaki Zr1000l, Kawasaki Zx1002d, Kawasaki Zx1002j, Kawasaki Zx1002l, Kawasaki Zx1002m, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. and reported to NHTSA on 30 July 2021. 1,523 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Ninja H2, Ninja H2 Carbon, Z H2, 2021 Ninja H2 SX SE+, ZX-10R, ZX-10R ABS, ZX-10R KRT Edition, ZX-10R ABS KRT Edition, ZX-10RR, and Z H2 SE motorcycles. The engine oil pressure relief valve may come apart, causing a loss of oil pressure and possible …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: MC21-05. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V593 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V593 cover?
- Kawasaki Zr1000K, Kawasaki Zr1000L, Kawasaki Zx1002D, Kawasaki Zx1002J, Kawasaki Zx1002L, Kawasaki Zx1002M, Kawasaki Zx1002N, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Ninja H2, Ninja H2 Carbon, Z H2, 2021 Ninja H2 SX SE+, ZX-10R, ZX-10R ABS, ZX-10R KRT Edition, ZX-10R ABS KRT Edition, ZX-10RR, and Z H2 SE motorcycles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the relief valve, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 23, 2021. Owners may contact KMC customer service at 1-866-802-9381. KMC's number for this recall is MC21-05.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall MC21-05, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V593 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Oil/Lubrication |
| Reported to NHTSA | 30 July 2021 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | KAWASAKI ZR1000K, KAWASAKI ZR1000L, KAWASAKI ZX1002D, KAWASAKI ZX1002J, KAWASAKI ZX1002L, KAWASAKI ZX1002M, KAWASAKI ZX1002N |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the relief valve, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 23, 2021. Owners may contact KMC customer service at 1-866-802-9381. KMC's number for this recall is MC21-05.
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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 21V593, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v593/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 21V593 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
1ebaf8b2 - Consequence
b9a2531f - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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