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Motorcycles - fuel tank in Kawasaki motorcycles – Kawasaki

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 2 Aug 2007In the weekly report of 3 Aug 2007 (week 30, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Motorcycles - fuel tank in Kawasaki motorcycles
Brand
Kawasaki (58 alerts)
Brand as notified
KAWASAKI
Type / model
Model VN1600 (type VNT60A1H for Europe, VN1600-A1/A1L for other countries than European)
Description
Model year 2003, with serial numbers:- from JKBVNT60AAA000042 to JKBVNT60AAA005907 (Europe), and - from JKBVNKA1*3A000044 to JKBVNKA1*3A005941 (for other countries than Europe), where * is any digital number from 0 to 9.
Risk
The fuel tank is mounted to the chassis by means of tabs that are spot welded to the tank, then braised/welded around a portion of their circumference. Under certain conditions, repeated stress could crack the tank at the location of the tabs, with the possible risk of fuel leaks.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective action taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Japan
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0755/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-30 (XML)
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