EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Motorcycle Kawasaki “KLX125” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1564/14
Summary
null The insulation on the spark plug cap may not be sufficient under certain operating conditions such as high temperature and high humidity climates. This can lead to electrical leakage and a misfire or, in the worst case, cause the engine to stall.
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Product
Motorcycle — Kawasaki
- Brand
- Kawasaki
- Name / model
- KLX125 · Models KLX125CA/CB/CC/CD and KLX125DA/DB/DC/DD
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Motorcycle
- Production dates: The recall affects motorcycles with serial numbers: 1. KLX125CA/CB/CC/CD - JKALX125CCDA00054 to JKALX125CCDA08629 2. KLX125DA/DB/DC/DD - JKALX125CDDA00077 to JKALX125CDDA08315
What is the risk?
- null The insulation on the spark plug cap may not be sufficient under certain operating conditions such as high temperature and high humidity climates. This can lead to electrical leakage and a misfire or, in the worst case, cause the engine to stall.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 24/09/2014
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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