1999 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE OIL LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 43000.

LODGED ORIGINAL COMPLAINT UNDER SUBCATEGORY 'OTHER'. PLASTIC (NYLON) OIL GEAR FAILURE. MINE FAILED AT 41000 MILES. MOST HAVE FAILED AT EARLIER MILEAGE. FAILURE OCCURRS WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTS IN SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL OIL PRESSURE, CAN LEAD TO ENGINE LOCK-UP, AND LOSS OF CONTROL. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS YET. KAWASAKI IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT ARE WAITING FOR FAILURE BEFORE REPLACEMENT. FAILURE ONLY OCCURRS WHILE RIDING, WHICH ALWAYS LEAVES THE RIDER STRANDED, REQUIRING A TOW. I HOPE DEATH AND INJURY ARE NOT PREREQUISITES TO RECALL. *AK

1999 KAWASAKI NOMAD MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE'S OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE MOTORCYCLE LOST ALL POWER. THE BIKE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER'S HOME. THE CONSUMER REMOVED THE OIL FILTER AND FOUND DEPOSITS OF NYLON MATERIAL. THE CONSUMER WENT ONTO A KAWASAKI CLUB WEBSITE AND SAW INFORMATION THAT A NYLON OIL PUMP GEAR WAS USED IN THAT SERIES BIKE AND THAT IT WOULD FAIL BELOW 30K MILES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A FACTORY ISSUE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMERS MOTORCYCLE OIL PUMP GEAR FAILED, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN REGARDING THIS DEFECT, CONSUMER IS WONDERING WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED, CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT PARTS WERE BACKORDERED AND IS REQUESTING THAT THE REPLACEMENT GEAR GET EXPEDITED QUICKLY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMERS MOTORCYCLE OIL PUMP GEAR FAILED, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN REGARDING THIS DEFECT, CONSUMER IS WONDERING WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED, CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT PARTS WERE BACKORDERED AND IS REQUESTING THAT THE REPLACEMENT GEAR GET EXPEDITED QUICKLY. *SLC

MOTORCYCLE HAS A PLASTIC GEAR MESHED INTO A METAL GEAR. PLASTIC GEAR IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING, AND WILL STOP LUBRICATING THE ENGINE, CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL. DEALER IS AWAREOF PROBLEM. *AK

FREL ENGINE OIL PUMP HAS SUSPECTED HIGH INCIDENT FAILURE, CAUSING POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH. ALSO, REAR WHEEL LOSES TRACTION BECAUSE OF POWER FAILURE. DEALER IS LOOKING INTO PROBLEM. SUDDEN LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, CAUSING ENGINE VALVE LIFTERS TO MALFUNCTION (GO FLAT). ENGINE WILL NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, AND LOSE POWER SUDDENLY. THE INHERENT DESIGN OF THIS MOTORCYCLE IS FOR OPEN HIGHWAY INTERSTATE TYPES OF USAGE. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 75MPH COULD END IN SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, RESULTING IN A FATALITY OR INJURY. ESPECIALLY, WITH SUSPECTED FREQUENCY HIGHER THAN USUAL. *AK