2004 Kawasaki VN1600-A2 problems

NHTSA lists 2 complaints for the 2004 Kawasaki VN1600-A2, 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 2026-10-10.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as KAWASAKI VN1600-A2.

At a glance

Complaints: 2
With crash: 0
With fire: 0
With injury (complaints): 0
Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Recalls: 1
Do not drive recalls: 0
Park outside recalls: 0
Recall potential units (maximum): 5,850
Investigations: 0
Open investigations: 0
Manufacturer communications: 0

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
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM	1	50.0%
POWER TRAIN	1	50.0%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
POWER TRAIN	AXLE ASSEMBLY	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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1 recalls.

04V063000

Date: 2004-02-18. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

Defect: ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE MUFFLER BRACKETS COULD CRACK ALLOWING THE MUFFLER TO BECOME LOOSE AND POTENTIALLY SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN EXHAUST PIPES.

Consequence: THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REINFORCE THE MUFFLER BRACKETS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 17, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT KAWASAKI AT 1-866-802-9381.

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

0 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count

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

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
VN1600-A2	2

Same model, other years

2004 VN1600-A2 (current year): 2 complaints

All model years | All Kawasaki models

Other Kawasaki models, 2004

Ninja: 7 complaints
Ninja ZX-10R: 6 complaints
ZX1000-C1: 5 complaints
VN2000 A1: 4 complaints
Concours: 3 complaints
VN1500-E7: 3 complaints
Nomad FL: 2 complaints
VN800-A10: 2 complaints

Sources

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