10006534
Date: 2003-10-10. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: WHEELS.
CLICKING NOISE FROM REAR WHEEL. ALSO INCLUDES THE 2003 KAWASAKI VIN1500 SERIES. *MR
2001 Kawasaki VN1500 problems
NHTSA lists 3 complaints for the 2001 Kawasaki VN1500, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as KAWASAKI VN1500.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 3
- With crash
- 0
- With fire
- 0
- With injury (complaints)
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Recalls
- 0
- Do not drive recalls
- 0
- Park outside recalls
- 0
- Recall potential units (maximum)
- Unavailable
- 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
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 | 33.3% |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 1 | 33.3% |
| POWER TRAIN | 1 | 33.3% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | WIRING | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | ENGINE | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN | MANUAL TRANSMISSION | 1 |
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.
Recalls
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0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
1 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| WHEELS | 1 |
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.
Other names NHTSA uses
None listed.
Matched NHTSA models
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| VN1500 | 3 |
Same model, other years
- 2000 VN1500: 2 complaints
- 2001 VN1500 (current year): 3 complaints
- 2002 VN1500: 1 complaints
Other Kawasaki models, 2001
- KLR650: 19 complaints
- Ninja: 7 complaints
- Kawasaki: 6 complaints
- Vulcan: 3 complaints
- Vulcan Classic: 3 complaints
- Vulcan 750: 2 complaints
- ZX1000: 2 complaints
- ZX1200-A2: 2 complaints
Sources
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