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Kawasaki Ninja 500

Every Kawasaki Ninja 500 model year on file, 2024 to 2024. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years12024 to 2024
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 2024 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75120241
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Kawasaki Ninja 500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kawasaki Ninja 500 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Kawasaki Ninja 500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2024Motorcycle1100.0100100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kawasaki Ninja 500

  • 25V-146 Mar 6, 2025
    Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.A
    Powertrain ยท 3,742 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.