Recall · 24V680000
Kawasaki Motors Corp. recalled 2 models over engine and engine cooling
1,150
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
September 12, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE
- The defect
- Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) is recalling certain 2024 Z7 Hybrid ABS and Ninja 7 Hybrid ABS motorcycles. The electronic control unit (ECU) may cause the transmission to shift into neutral when the operator attempts to shift from first to second gear.
- What it can cause
- The unintended shift to neutral can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will reprogram the ECM software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 27, 2024. Owners may contact KMC customer service at 1-866-802-9381. KMC's number for this recall is MC24-13.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| KawasakiNinja 7 Hybrid | 2024 | Not published here |
| KawasakiZ7 Hybrid | 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,150 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 60% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Kawasaki vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 14 times before this, most recently in December 2022 as 22V912000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 24V833000 (steering).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. with NHTSA on September 12, 2024 as campaign 24V680000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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