Manufacturer profile

Kawasaki Motors U

Kawasaki Motors U has filed 32 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2015, covering 95k vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date1Ranked 41 of 202 manufacturers by campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected8402026 to date
Campaigns on file322015 to 2026
Do-not-drive or park-outside9Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.".

Campaigns per year

Kawasaki Motors U filed 5 campaigns in 2025, its most in 11 years

Kawasaki Motors U recall campaigns by report date, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

02462015201620172018201920202021202220232024202552026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Electrical systems are Kawasaki Motors U's most recalled component since 2016

Kawasaki Motors U campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Electrical system
9
Engine and cooling
7
Brakes
4
Suspension
3
Lighting
2
Powertrain
2
Steering
2
Tires
1
Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Kawasaki Motors U uses software fixes less than the industry: 0% of its 2025 campaigns

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Kawasaki Motors U against all manufacturers, by year.

Kawasaki Motors UAll manufacturers
020%40%60%2016201820202022202420260%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Model year 2018 is covered by the most Kawasaki Motors U campaigns, 8

Kawasaki Motors U campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

024682015201620172018820192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Kawasaki Motors U filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Kawasaki Motors U campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
26V-387Jun 12, 2026Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.ALighting840Part replacement
25V-798Nov 18, 2025Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.AEngine and cooling19,823Repair or modification
25V-363Jun 23, 2025Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.AElectrical system482Part replacement
25V-376Jun 4, 2025Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.AEngine and cooling17,792Part replacement
25V-146Mar 6, 2025Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.APowertrain3,742Part replacement
25V-118Feb 24, 2025Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.AElectrical system216Part replacement
24V-833Nov 5, 2024Connection between the head pipe (steering head) to the frame may have been improperly welded and crack, resulting in a loss of vehicle handling…Steering299Part replacement
24V-680Sep 12, 2024Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.AEngine and cooling1,150Software update
24V-270Apr 16, 2024Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.ATires525Part replacement
24V-221Mar 21, 2024Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.AElectrical system1,579Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Kawasaki Motors U's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2025 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A0.02M
  2. 2025 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A0.02M
  3. 2015 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A0.01M
  4. 2017 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A0.01M
  5. 2018 Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.