The Used Car Index

2023 Zero DS problems

NHTSA lists 1 complaints for the 2023 Zero DS, 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 2026-10-07.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as ZERO DS.

At a glance

Complaints
1
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
4

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1100.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMIGNITION1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
loss of control1100.0%0.98
Severities
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
critical1100.0%0.71

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 1 tagged complaints of 1 complaints (100.0%).

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.

Recalls

0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

4 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2
ENGINE1
EQUIPMENT1
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM1

11034503

Date: 2026-06-09. Type: Over The Air. Systems: ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

CYPHER III OTA FIRMWARE RELEASE Coming Soon The latest firmware release (MBB V45, BMU V21, BMS V27) for 2020+ Cypher III motorcycles will be available Over The Air to customers on June 17. This release includes: Bug fixes Security improvements General system stability enhancements While customers m

11033764

Date: 2026-05-13. Type: Other. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

New diagnostic tool Tuner is available for 2017 and newer model.s On May 15th, a new firmware will be released for our FST / Cypher III models, primarily focused on improving cybersecurity.

10246232

Date: 2023-10-24. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT.

Dealer notification of Chain Kit Recall (23E074).

10227027

Date: 2022-11-22. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

Zero Motorcycles Dealer News 11.22.22 - New Firmware, Diag4Zero, Holiday Hours

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 labelComplaints
DS1

Same model, other years

All model years | All Zero models

Other Zero models, 2023

  • DSR: 0 complaints
  • Dsr/x: 0 complaints
  • Dsrp: 0 complaints
  • FX: 0 complaints
  • FXE: 0 complaints
  • FXP: 0 complaints
  • FXS: 0 complaints
  • S: 0 complaints

Sources

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