NHTSA Complaint #10521827 — 2013 KAWASAKI NINJA 300

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH DOWNSHIFTING SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP. WHEN I GOT TO ABOUT 20MPH I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH AND THE ENGINE DIED, I PANICKED A LITTLE BUT WAS ABLE TO GET THE BIKE STOPPED. I STARTED IT BACK UP WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND COMMITTED TO MY TURN AND PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT STOP. THE BIKE DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, THIS TIME I WAS DOING BETWEEN 10-15MPH AND AS SOON AS I PULLED IN THE CLUTCH IT DIED. I WAS ABLE TO START THE BIKE BACK UP AND CONTINUE ON. NOW ON A STRAIGHT ROAD I TRIED TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AGAIN BY JUST CRUISING ABOUT 35MPH AND LETTING OFF THE THROTTLE AND PULLING IN THE CLUTCH AND THE BIKE DIED ONCE AGAIN. I THEN PROCEEDED TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE BIKE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM OR REPLICATE THE ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT ONCE THE BIKE GETS UP TO OPERATING TEMP, MIND YOU IT WAS SITTING IN 95+ DEGREE HEAT, IT RUNS OK. I CAN EASILY REPLICATE THIS BY LEAVING THE BIKE IN HIGH HEAT/DIRECT SUNLIGHT FOR A FEW HOURS AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TWO OR THREE STOPS I MAKE IT WILL CAUSE THE ISSUE. MY DEALERSHIP HAS CALLED KAWASAKI AND THEY DENIED THERE BEING A PROBLEM WITH THE BIKE. *TR