NHTSA campaign 09E015000 · Equipment recall

KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP., U.S.A. Recall 09E-015: FMVSS 108/AFTERMARKET SADDLE BAGS BLOCK REFLECTORS

NHTSA recall 09E015000 is an equipment recall reported by KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP., U.S.A. on April 13, 2009, with 560 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Kawasaki KLE650 for model years 2008–2009. Owners were notified on April 24, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP., U.S.A.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 09E015000 (also written 09E-015 or 09E015)
Filed by: KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP., U.S.A.
Report received: April 13, 2009
Potentially affected: 560 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: April 24, 2009
Safety standard: FMVSS 108
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09E015000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Kawasaki

Kawasaki KLE650
- 2008, 2009

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09E015000.

Defect description

KAWASAKI IS RECALLING CERTAIN AFTERMARKET ACCESSORY SADDLE BAGS SOLD FOR USE EXCLUSIVELY FOR MY 2008 AND 2009 KAWASAKI KLE650 (VERSYS) MOTORCYCLES. INSTALLATION OF THE ACCESSORY SADDLEBAGS COVERS UP THE REAR SIDE REFLEX REFLECTORS WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

Safety consequence

OBSCURED REFLECTORS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.

Manufacturer remedy

KAWASAKI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 24, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KAWASAKI CONSUMER SERVICES DEPARTMENT TOLL-FREE AT 1-866-802-9381.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09E015000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.