07 ZX-14 SAYS ITS IN NEUTRAL AND COMES UP 1ST GEAR EVEN WITH NEUTRAL LIGHT ON. WHILE AT STOP LIGHT LETTING OFF CLUTCH BIKE'S SUPPOSE TO BE IN 1ST GEAR AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN NEUTRAL. LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING, WHILE RIDING BEEN TO DEALERSHIPS BACK AND NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING, TO CORRECT IT, CONTACTED TECH SUPPORT A…
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07 ZX-14 SAYS ITS IN NEUTRAL AND COMES UP 1ST GEAR EVEN WITH NEUTRAL LIGHT ON. WHILE AT STOP LIGHT LETTING OFF CLUTCH BIKE'S SUPPOSE TO BE IN 1ST GEAR AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN NEUTRAL. LATEST INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING, WHILE RIDING BEEN TO DEALERSHIPS BACK AND NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING, TO CORRECT IT, CONTACTED TECH SUPPORT AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT IT EITHER... *TR
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PE08021 · Frame Fracture/suspension Collapse
Opened Mar 24, 2008 · Closed Jul 2, 2008
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Structure:frame And Members
THIS PE WAS OPENED BASED ON OWNER COMPLAINTS, EWR FIELD REPORTS, AND WEB FORUM DISCUSSIONS ALLEGING THAT SOME MY 2006-2007 KAWASAKI ZX14 HIGH PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLES' REAR SUSPENSION COLLAPSED DUE TO CROSSMEMBER FAILURE.IN ITS RECALL FILING, KAWASAKI WROTE, THE LOWER REAR ENGINE MOUNT HAS A THREADED COLLAR DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE ENGINE CASES BEFORE THE ENGINE MOUNTING BOLT IS TIGHTENED.ON SOME OF THE AFFECTED UNITS, THE COLLAR WAS TIGHTENED EXCESSIVELY, WHICH CREATED STRESS ACROSS THE LOWER CROSSMEMBER.KAWASAKI DEALERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO INSPECT THE AFFECTED UNITS AND INSTALL A NEW FRAME ON THOSE ZX14'S WITH SUSPECT CROSSMEMBERS.IN ITS OWNER NOTIFICATION LETTER, KAWASAKI CAUTIONS THAT A FRAME REPLACEMENT MAY REQUIRE A FEW WEEKS DUE TO THE TIME REQUIRED TO PREPARE AND SHIP THE NEW FRAME AND LABELS WITH THE CORRECT VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
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