2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300
Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
42
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-29 | 13V328000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 11,097 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CONNECTING ROD BOLTS BACK OUT AROUND 6000 MILES ON A LOT OF BIKES INCLUDING MINE STARTS WITH KNOCKING NOISE LET ME KNOW… |
| 2014-01-13 | TIRES | No | 0 | KAWASAKI IS SELLING THEIR 2012, 2013 AND 2014 NINJA 650S WITH A DEFECTIVE FRONT TIRE. THE TIRE IS DUNLOP'S SPORTSMAX 2,… |
| 2013-10-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN BARKER CYPRESS I WAS APPROACHING A LIGHT. I STARTED DOWNSHIFTING AND APPLYING MY REAR BRAKE. WHEN … |
| 2013-08-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA 300 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, … |
| 2013-07-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES IN TRAFFIC, WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS ENGAGED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE BUT THE… |
| 2013-07-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE ON A PUBLIC STREET. A VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING ME ON A NARROW ROAD, WHEN I DOWNSHIFTED FROM … |
| 2013-07-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA 300 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED T… |
| 2013-07-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE BIKE SHUTS OFF AS SOON AS YOU PULL IN THE CLUTCH TO START BRAKING. IT HAS DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT I… |
| 2013-07-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AS I WAS CRUISING ALONG I CAME UP TO A STOP SIGN I PULL IN THE CLUTCH TO DOWN SHIFT AND THE RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO, I HEL… |
| 2013-07-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY FIRST BIKE, I RIDE HER WHEN THERE ISN'T TRAFFIC,3 DAYS/WK FROM MAY-JULY '13. I RODE HER TO WORK MONDAY. AS I APPROAC… |
| 2013-07-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | JUST PURCHASED THE NINJA 300 WITH 2 MILES ON IT, FIRST 2 WEEKS WAS FINE, UNTIL I STARTED TO TAKE IT TO WORK. EVERY TIME… |
| 2013-07-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE. IT MADE IT 3 TIMES AND THE ENGIN… |
| 2013-06-28 | ENGINE | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLE… |
| 2013-06-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH THE KAWASAKI NINJA 300 SE IS THE STALLING ISSUE THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. THE ISSUE … |
| 2013-06-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE ON THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHEN I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH TO DOWNSHIFT. I WAS IN 6TH GEAR AND GOING AROUND 40 M… |
| 2013-06-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD IT PARKED AT WORK AND WHEN I LEFT TO COME HOME IT STALLED OUT FIVE SEPARATE TIMES IN 2 MILES. EVERY TIME WAS WHEN … |
| 2013-06-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH DOWNSHIFTING SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP. WHEN I GOT TO ABOUT 20MPH I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH AND TH… |
| 2013-06-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF 40 MILES PER HOUR, WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH LEVER TO DOWNSHIFT, THE… |
| 2013-06-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA 300 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS APPLIED, THE VEH… |
| 2013-05-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS COMING TO A STOP. WHEN I PULLED THE CLUTCH IN. THE ENGINE STALLS AND ONE TIME SO FAR I NEARLY GOT HIT BY A CAR. |
| 2013-05-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE MOTORCYCLE STALLS CONTINUOUSLY WHEN APPROACHING A FULL STOP. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF YOU SHOULD EVER NEED TO… |
| 2013-05-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING 40MPH, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DOWN SHIFT, I PULLED MY CLUTCH IN, THE BIKE'S RPM FALLS TO ZERO AND THE ENGI… |
| 2013-05-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN COMING TO A STOP, DOWNSHIFTING, OR JUST COASTING TO MAKE A TURN THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND DIE SPORADICALLY. I HAVE… |
| 2013-05-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN IN SECOND GEAR. I APPLIED A NORMAL AMOUNT OF BRAKE PRESSURE TO BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BR… |
| 2013-05-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE FOUND THAT DURING APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 10 MIN YOU ARE RIDING THE BIKE, IF YOU ARE ABOVE 3500 RPM AND PULL IN … |
| 2013-05-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER WARMING UP THE MOTORCYCLE PER MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS, I PROCEEDED TO RIDE. UPON COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN… |
| 2013-04-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HELLO, THE KAWASAKI NINJA 300 ABS BIKE STALLS WHEN SLOWING DOWN HOLDING THE CLUTCH, THE ENGINE CUTS OFF AND THE BIKE LO… |
| 2013-04-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE FIRST TIME THIS BIKE STALLED ON ME WAS AROUND 400 MILES. I WARMED THE BIKE UP FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN PULLED OUT O… |
| 2013-04-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A KAWASAKI NINJA MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WIT… |
| 2013-04-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM ALMOST ANY SPEED , AS YOU DOWN SHIFT THE GEARS THE BIKE WILL DIE COMPLETELY, THUS FORCING ME TO … |
| 2013-04-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | BAD WOBBLE THRU HANDLE BARS ON DECELERATION FROM ABOUT 100 KMPH. IF YOU LIFT YOUR HANDS OFF THE BARS ABOUT 1 CENTIMETRE… |
| 2013-04-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS MOTORCYCLE HAS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS FLAW WITH THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF WHEN IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO. AFTER A SUFFI… |
| 2013-03-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HI I HAVE A 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA 300 AND I BEEN HAVING PROBLEM OF SLOWING DOWN AND THE ENGINE WOULD STALL DOESN'T MATTER… |
| 2013-03-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I OWN A BRAND NEW STOCK NINJA 300. ON THE DAY I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 80+ DEGREES OUTSI… |
| 2013-03-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS COMING UP TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD GATE AND I PULLED MY CLUTCH IN AND STARTED BRAKING TO STOP SO THE GATE CAN OPEN, THE… |
| 2013-03-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE A NINJA 300. IT STALLS WHEN I PULL IN THE CLUTCH. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT, LIKE OTHER PEOPLE THEY … |
| 2013-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE MOTORCYCLE FREQUENTLY STALLS WHEN SLOWING DOWN, SUCH AS TO STOP IN TRAFFIC. THIS ISSUE TYPICALLY ONLY OCCURS AT LOW… |
| 2013-02-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF COASTING APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I PULLED THE CLUTCH IN AND THE RPM DROPPED CAUSING THE ENGIN… |
| 2013-02-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE AND COMING TO A RED LIGHT. I HELD IN MY CLUTCH TO GET READY TO DOWNSHIFT, BEFORE I COULD EV… |
| 2013-01-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I GOT A BRAND NEW KAWASAKI NINJA 300, BUT HAVE ISSUES WITH IT STALLING. I ALLOW IT TO WARM UP FOR AT LEAST 5-10 MINUTES… |
| 2012-11-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE BIKE STALLS WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR PULL IN THE CLUTCH. ITS DANGEROUS. THE THING WILL JUST KEEP TURNING OFF FOR THE F… |
| 2012-11-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE MOTORCYCLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN AND CREATES A DANGEROUS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT FOR MYSELF AN… |