Kawasaki preliminary evaluation PE13023
Motorcycle stalling. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the fuel injection system on 2 model years (2013). Opened Jun 20, 2013, closed Sep 20, 2013 after 3 months. It led to safety recall 13V328000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedODI opened this PE with eighteen (18) allegations of stalling while riding a subject motorcycle. During the course of gathering information about this subject, Kawasaki decided to address the stalling issue. Kawasaki has informed ODI they intend to remedy approximately 11,097 2013 Model Year Ninja 300 and 300 ABS motorcycles by replacing the Engine Control Unit. Kawasaki's recall (13V-328) resolves the issue raised by this investigation and therefore this investigation is closed. The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following 56 complaint identification numbers:10498192,10498532,10503493,10503834,10505012,10505031,10505117, 10505548,10505580,10509113,10509756,10510493,10510706,10512296, 10512579,10513051,10513978,10515717,10519423,10521588,10521827, 10521883,10521889,10521959,10521981,10522157,10522286,10522328, 10522426,10522861,10522984,10522991,10523178,10523506,10524022, 10524290,10525055,10525055,10525289,10525289,10525910,10525910, 10531686,10531686,10532034,10532034,10532226,10532226,10532373, 10532373,10532447,10532447,10532590,10532590,10534559,10536049
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2013 Kawasaki EX300; 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE13023 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 13V328000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE13023 still open?
No. It closed on Sep 20, 2013 and led to recall 13V328000.
Which vehicles does PE13023 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 2 model years: 2013 Kawasaki EX300, 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.