Tl* the contact owns a 2014 kawasaki ninja 300. While driving 65 MPH, the battery indicator began to flash and the speedometer display turned off. The contact attempted to accelerate, but the motorcycle lost speed and stalled. The contact replaced the battery, but the failure recurred. The motorcycle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ecu failed and needed to be replaced. The motorcycle was not repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v328000 (electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.
Kawasaki Ninja 300 stalling problems
31 of the 45 owner complaints about the Kawasaki Ninja 300 describe engine stalls while driving, most of them for the 2013 model year.
- owner complaints
- 31
- worst model year
- 2013
- typical mileage
- 140
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20142
- 201329
Often reported together
What owners say
Motorcycle keeps stalling as I slow down. I'm an experienced rider and have never had this issue with any other motorcycles. Engine dies when down shifting, I've almost been hit a few times when I'm trying to turn and it stalls.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kawasaki ninja 300 motorcycle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 2,050.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kawasaki ninja 300 motorcycle. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, he attempted to down shift but the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle was not taken to a dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 20. The VIN was unavailable.
The motorcycle stalled several times in traffic, when the clutch was engaged. This happened several times since but the engine always restarts immediately.
Just purchased the ninja 300 with 2 miles on it, first 2 weeks was fine, until I started to take it to work. Every time I would leave from work my motorcycle will stall at every stop light/sign until I hit the freeway (basically any time I pulled in the clutch to slow down). After I get off the freeway the motorcycle seems to be fine. I thought maybe it was because I had to do the first service, this is my first bike so I did not know better, when I took it in for the break in service I let them know of the problem, they told me the RPM's might just be a little low and they would raise idle. I got it back took it to work and the problem was still there. Only seems to happen in the afternoon when the sun is out, it has never happened to me in the mornings.
I was riding the motorcycle on a public street. A vehicle was approaching me on a narrow road, when I downshifted from 6th gear to 5th gear to slow down, my motorcycle's engine stalled out. I purchased the motorcycle new from the dealer with only 5 miles on the odometer. Since I've owned the bike (purchased on 07/17/2013) the engine has stalled when engine breaking or downshifting several times now, with the most recent occurrence's happening on 07/25/2013.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kawasaki ninja motorcycle. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and began to lunge violently. As the contact tried to regain control of the vehicle, another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle. The contact sustained a fractured shoulder. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
I have found that during approximately the first 10 min you are riding the bike, if you are above 3500 RPM and pull in the clutch and coast for an extended period of time the vehicle will stall. I have learned to watch for the stall but it will still catch you off guard on occasion when you let go of the clutch and want to go and the bike lurches and throws off your balance. Especially in a turn!!!
My first bike, I ride her when there isn't traffic,3 days/wk from may-july '13. I rode her to work monday. As I approached a light at 30 MPH, light turns red, I start to slow down, as I pulled the clutch in to down shift to a lower gear, my bike stalled on me. The idle dropped, no warnings or anything, it just turns off. I turned her back on, seems to start up fine. I proceeded to the stop light to get onto the freeway. I''m driving her on the freeway, going my normal speed, but something felt different, she wasn't pushing at her normal speed. As I sped up on the freeway shifting from one gear to the next, she wasn't giving me the right power. Her RPM sounded off as if I was red-lining on 3rd gear, but RPM was 4000.I exited the freeway at about 55 MPH, started to downshift to slow down for traffic lights.I downshifted to slow. Continued to down shift from 3rd to 2nd, as I pulled in the clutch, the idle dropped & it stalled again. I started her back up again and proceeded to go with a green light. I am going about 15-20 MPH and pulled in the clutch and applied the brakes to come to another full stop but the idle dropped and stalled again. What I did to prevent her from stalling on me after turning her back on at a red light is instead of holding in the clutch waiting for the light to turn green, I slowly let the clutch out, barely making her move, at the same time holding down the brakes while giving her very little gas so that the idle stays up w/o stalling.I called my brother at work, told him the problems I'm having & how it stalls when I pull in the clutch to slow down. Occurs when I go under 20-15 MPH. Turns out that many people have this problem & they informed kawasaki,but was told its normal..its a safety alert! I stalled about 20 times in 15 mins, this issue seems to occurs when approaching stops or slowing down under 20 MPH.
Related recalls
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The model years with the most reports are 2013 (29 complaints) and 2014 (2 complaints).
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