2003 Kawasaki ZX600 K1L problems

NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2003 Kawasaki ZX600 K1L, 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 ZX600 K1L.

At a glance

Complaints: 1
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): 11,018
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
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	1	100.0%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	EXHAUST SYSTEM	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.

03V387000

Date: 2003-10-16. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

Defect: ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE WELDS SECURING THE MUFFLER TO ITS CLAMP COULD FAIL FROM VIBRATION, ALLOWING THE MUFFLER TO SEPARATE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE.

Consequence: THIS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE MUFFLER AND INSTALL A RUBBER DAMPER. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2003. 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
ZX600 K1L	1

Same model, other years

2003 ZX600 K1L (current year): 1 complaints

All model years | All Kawasaki models

Other Kawasaki models, 2003

Kawasaki: 9 complaints
Vulcan: 8 complaints
KLR650: 6 complaints
Ninja: 5 complaints
VN1600-A1: 5 complaints
KL650A17: 2 complaints
Nomad FL: 2 complaints
VN1500-L4: 2 complaints

Sources

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