NHTSA lists 24 complaints for the 2025 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 1 complaints mention an injury, with 1 injuries and 1 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-6R.
At a glance
Complaints
24
With crash
1
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
1
Injuries
1
Deaths
1
Recalls
2
Do not drive recalls
2
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
19,823
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
1
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
Top systems
System
Complaints
Share of this vehicle's complaints
ENGINE
20
83.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
4
16.7%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1
4.2%
POWER TRAIN
1
4.2%
Top subsystems
System
Subsystem
Complaints
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Date: 2025-11-18. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Defect: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (Kawasaki) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Ninja ZX-6R, ZX-6R KRT Edition, ZX-6R KRT 40th Anniversary Edition ABS, ZX-6R ABS, and ZX-6R KRT Edition ABS motorcycles. The motorcycles may lose engine power during operation due to seizure of a metal crankshaft bushing. (excerpt)
Consequence: An engine stall increases the risk of a crash. (excerpt)
Remedy: Owners are advised not to ride their motorcycles until the repair has been completed. Dealers will re-tighten the metal crankshaft bushing, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 15, 2025. Motorcycles in this recall that were previously repaired under recall 25V376 will need to have the new remedy performed, once available. Owners may contact Kawasaki customer service at (excerpt)
Date: 2025-06-04. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Defect: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (Kawasaki) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Ninja ZX-6R motorcycles. The motorcycles may lose engine power during operation due to seizure of a metal crankshaft bushing. (excerpt)
Consequence: An engine stall increases the risk of a crash. (excerpt)
Remedy: Owners are advised not to ride their motorcycles until the repair has been completed. The #5 metal crankshaft bushing must be inspected on all eligible units already in operation. If there is no abnormality with or damage to the bushing, the bolts holding the crankshaft together in the crank case must be re-tightened with proper torque. If there is any abnormality with or damage to the bushing, th (excerpt)
Do not drive: Yes. Park outside: No.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
1 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
ENGINE
1
11026893
Date: 2025-12-12. Type: Other. Systems: ENGINE.
2024 ~ 2025 ZX636J/K OIL & FILTER CHANGE (Factory Authorized Repair). This bulletin only applies to motorcycles that were eligible for recall MC25-08 and not repaired. Owners that did not have recall repairs completed under recall MC25-08 require an oil change under recall MC25-11.
Notes on this record
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.