NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE13-023: Motorcycle stalling
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE13-023 on June 20, 2013 and closed it on September 20, 2013. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Kawasaki EX300 and Ninja 300 for it and links recall 13V-328 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE13-023 (also written PE13023)
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
- Status
- Closed September 20, 2013
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
- Component
- Fuel System, Other — Fuel Injection System
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 13V-328: Motorcycle May Stall, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- Kawasaki EX300 and Ninja 300
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE13-023.
ODI opened this PE with eighteen (18) allegations of stalling while riding a subject motorcycle.
During the course of gathering information about this subject, Kawasaki decided to address the stalling issue.
Kawasaki has informed ODI they intend to remedy approximately 11,097 2013 Model Year Ninja 300 and 300 ABS motorcycles by replacing the Engine Control Unit.
Kawasaki's recall (13V-328) resolves the issue raised by this investigation and therefore this investigation is closed.
The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following 56 complaint identification numbers:10498192,10498532,10503493,10503834,10505012,10505031,10505117, 10505548,10505580,10509113,10509756,10510493,10510706,10512296, 10512579,10513051,10513978,10515717,10519423,10521588,10521827, 10521883,10521889,10521959,10521981,10522157,10522286,10522328, 10522426,10522861,10522984,10522991,10523178,10523506,10524022, 10524290,10525055,10525055,10525289,10525289,10525910,10525910, 10531686,10531686,10532034,10532034,10532226,10532226,10532373, 10532373,10532447,10532447,10532590,10532590,10534559,10536049
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE13-023. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Kawasaki
All Kawasaki recallsWhat an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE13-023
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.