Safety Score
97
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
19
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2001 Kawasaki Klr650.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAM CHAIN ADJUSTER OTHERWISE KNOW AS A DOOHICKEY. IF IT FAILS IT MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SEIZE UP WITHOUT WARNING, I C… |
| 2012-04-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE IDLER SHAFT LEVER (AKA "DOOHICKEY") BROKE IN HALF AND THE PIECES OF IT WERE FLOATING AROUND IN THE CRANK CASED. TH… |
| 2009-08-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE IDLE SHAFT LEVER IN MY 2001 KAWASAKI KLR650 HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN INTO 2 PIECES. I DISCOVERED THIS WHEN UPGRADING T… |
| 2007-03-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | AFTER 14,000 MILES OF USE I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE MOTORCYCLE THE IDLE SHAFT LEVER FAILED. WITH THE FREQUENCY OF TH… |
| 2006-07-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN I TORE INTO MY 2001 KLR 650 TO INSPECT AND REPLACE THE FAULTY "DOOHICKEY". I FOUND THE FACTORY ONE BROKE. BOTH THE… |
| 2006-06-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DOOHICKEY AND SPRING ON THE COUNTER BALANCER OF THE ENGINE WITH 14000 MILES WAS BROKEN DURING MOTORCYCLE USAGE. THIS IS… |
| 2006-01-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS A 2001 KAWASAKI KLR 650 MOTORCYCLE. DISMANTLED ENGINE CASE AND FOUND BALANCER CHAIN TENSIONER BROKEN INTO T… |
| 2005-07-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 1)POOR PERFORAMANCE SEEMED LIKE CARBURATER PROBLEM. 2)SUDDEN LOUD KNOCK AND ENGINE STALLED AT 40MPH. UPON INTERNAL … |
| 2004-10-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CHANGED OIL AND DISCOVERED PIECES OF METAL IN CRANKCASE. HAD A BROKEN IDLER SHAFT LEVER THAT SPLIT IN TWO. LUCKILY I… |
| 2004-01-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | BALANCER SHAFT FAILURE ON A 2001 KAWASAKI KLR 650 MOTORCYCLE. *AK |
| 2003-09-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IDLER SHAFT LEVER RETAINER CAME APART INSIDE ENGINE, CAUSED SPRING TO FAIL EARLY WHICH ALSO CAME APART INSIDE ENGINE. T… |
| 2003-08-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE NOTICED RATTLE IN ENGINE ALMOST SINCE NEW. AT 21000 MILES I OPENED UP THE L SIDE ENGINE CASE. THERE WAS A BROK… |
| 2003-05-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | COUNTER BALANCER ADJUSTER FAILURE. *NLM |
| 2003-02-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | BROKEN BALANCER CHAIN TENSIONER ON A 2001 KAWASAKI KLR650 MOTORCYCLE. |
| 2003-01-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | FAILURE OF COUNTERBALANCE ADJUSTER. PART SHATTERED INTO THREE PIECES. ONE PIECE LOST IN CRANKCASE, REQUIRING FURTHER DI… |
| 2002-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | KAWASAKI KLR650 BALANCER TENSIONER AND CAM SPRING ON MOTORCYCLE LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD WITH LOW MILEAGE. AFTER READING … |
| 2002-03-14 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD NOTICED THE SWING ARM BOLTS HAD BEEN COMING APART FROM MOTORCYCLE FRAME, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO SUSPENSION,… |
| 2002-03-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BALANCER IDLER SHAFT, TENSIONER LEVER FAILURE ON A 2001 KAWASAKI KLR 650 MOTORCYCLE, RESULTING IN PIECES OF STEEL ENTER… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN HOLDING CLUTCH IT SUDDENLY ENGAGED, CAUSING UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHICH COULD… |