2015 KAWASAKI VULCAN 1700 VOYAGER

1 recalls — 3 complaints

15V550000 Sep 1, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (Kawasaki) is recalling certain model year 2009-2015 Vulcan 1700 Voyager and 2011-2015 Vulcan 1700 Vaquero motorcycles manufactured February 2, 2009, to March 20, 2015. In the affected vehicles, an ignition wire may chafe due to contact with the fuel tank, resulting in a short circuit and possible engine stall.
Remedy: Kawasaki will notify owners, and dealers will install additional shielding and padding to prevent the ignition wire from shorting. Any igniton switch that has damaged wires will be replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on September 15, 2015. Owners may contact Kawasaki customer service at 1-866-802-9381. Kawasaki's number for this recall is MC15-10.
11,836 vehicles affected
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Mar 12, 2023
Rode the motorcycle on the Interstate using cruise control at 70 MPH and suddenly the cruise control cut-off with no warning. Vehicle directly behind me nearly rear-ended me. This happened twice so I no longer can use cruise control. VERY DANGEROUS. After further troubleshooting it appears the Motorcycle Gear position sensor is flakey and will cause the computer to see the wrong gear selected and disable cruise control. This is intermittent. Apparently this is extremely common on the Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 series motorcycles.
POWER TRAIN Mar 12, 2023
Rode the motorcycle on the Interstate using cruise control at 70 MPH and suddenly the cruise control cut-off with no warning. Vehicle directly behind me nearly rear-ended me. This happened twice so I no longer can use cruise control. VERY DANGEROUS. After further troubleshooting it appears the Motorcycle Gear position sensor is flakey and will cause the computer to see the wrong gear selected and disable cruise control. This is intermittent. Apparently this is extremely common on the Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 series motorcycles.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Mar 12, 2023
Rode the motorcycle on the Interstate using cruise control at 70 MPH and suddenly the cruise control cut-off with no warning. Vehicle directly behind me nearly rear-ended me. This happened twice so I no longer can use cruise control. VERY DANGEROUS. After further troubleshooting it appears the Motorcycle Gear position sensor is flakey and will cause the computer to see the wrong gear selected and disable cruise control. This is intermittent. Apparently this is extremely common on the Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 series motorcycles.