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2001 Kawasaki KLR650 engine and engine cooling problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2001 Kawasaki KLR65074% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
74%
share of all complaints
13,500 mi
median reported mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The idler shaft lever (aka "doohickey") broke in half and the pieces of it were floating around in the crank cased. This is very dangerous because if a piece of the idler shaft lever gets caught in the counterbalance chain or causes a crank bearing failure the engine could lock up at speed causing…

    filed Apr 5, 2012

  • The idle shaft lever in my 2001 kawasaki klr650 had completely broken into 2 pieces. I discovered this when upgrading the part. It could have caused catastrophic engine failure. *tr

    filed Aug 17, 2009

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other KLR650 years

YearReportsShare
2008 KLR6501210%
KLR650 engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Other reported problem areas on the 2001 Kawasaki KLR650

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.