623150
Date: 2001-07-18. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
ON ELIGIBLE UNITS COOLANT CAN SEEP OUT OF THE COOLANT RESERVE TANK BECAUSE THE RUBBER CAP DOES NOT SEAL PROPERLY AGAINST THE FILLER NECK. NLM
2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 problems
NHTSA lists 6 complaints for the 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500, 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 1 complaints mention an injury, with 1 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-09.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as KAWASAKI VULCAN 1500.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 6
- With crash
- 1
- With fire
- 0
- With injury (complaints)
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | 4 | 66.7% |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 1 | 16.7% |
| POWER TRAIN | 1 | 16.7% |
| TIRES | 1 | 16.7% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | REAR | 2 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | ENGINE | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN | DRIVELINE | 1 |
| SUSPENSION | FRONT | 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 |
|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 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 |
|---|---|
| VULCAN 1500 | 6 |
Same model, other years
- 2002 Vulcan 1500 (current year): 6 complaints
Other Kawasaki models, 2002
Sources
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