MC22-03 – Inoperable Horn – 2019-2020 Kawasaki EJ800C & 2020-2022 EJ800D Motorcycles

March 3, 2022 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 22V122000

Inoperable Horn

An inoperable horn may increase the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V122

Manufacturer KawasakieBay logo Motors Corp., U.S.A.

Components ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Potential Number of Units Affected 1,660

 

Summary

KawasakieBay logo Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) is recalling certain 2019-2020 EJ800C and 2020-2022 EJ800D motorcycles. The harness securing the vehicle’s horn may break due to engine vibration, causing the horn to become inoperable.

 

Remedy

Dealers will replace the horn, the horn mount bracket, and the horn harness, free of charge. Interim notification letters informing owners of the safety risk were mailed April 4, 2022. Remedy parts are expected to become available in May 2022. Owners may contact KMC customer service at 1-866-802-9381. KMC’s number for this recall is MC22-03.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


Please be reminded of the following requirements:

You are required to submit a draft owner notification letter to this office no less than five days prior to mailing it to the customers. Also, copies of all notices, bulletins, dealer notifications, and other communications that relate to this recall, including a copy of the final owner notification letter and any subsequent owner follow-up notification letter(s), are required to be submitted to this office no later than 5 days after they are originally sent (if they are sent to more than one manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or purchaser/owner).

Please be reminded that under 49 U.S.C. ยง 30112(a)(3), it is illegal for a manufacturer, to sell, offer for sale, import, or introduce or deliver into interstate commerce, a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment that contains a safety defect once the manufacturer has notified NHTSA about that safety defect. This prohibition does not apply once the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment has been remedied according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

As stated in Part 573.7, submission of the first of eight consecutive quarterly status reports is required within one month after the close of the calendar quarter in which notification to purchasers occurs. Therefore, the first quarterly report will be due on, or before, 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter.


MC 22-03
June 14, 2022

2019 ~ 2022 W800 & W800 CAFE HORN REPLACEMENT

 

YearModel NameModel Code
2019W800 CAFEEJ800CKF, EJ800CKFL
2020W800 CAFEEJ800CLF, EJ800CLFL
2020W800EJ800DLF, EJ800DLFL
2021W800EJ800DMFNL
2022W800EJ800DNFNL

 

Subject:

On some eligible units, the horn harness can break
due to engine vibration. This could lead to the horn
malfunctioning, which can increase the risk of a
crash.

 

Initiate Campaign:

KawasakieBay logo has initiated a Recall campaign to repair all eligible units. The repair consists of replacing the horn and horn bracket and repairing the existing horn harness.

 

Notify Registered Owners:

KawasakieBay logo is sending a Recall letter to all registered owners of eligible units. A copy of the letter is printed on page 7 of this bulletin.

 

Repair Eligible Units:

Repair all eligible units including sold units in the field and unsold units in your dealership inventory prior to delivery to the retail purchaser. It is the obligation of authorized KawasakieBay logo retail Dealers to repair eligible units in Dealerโ€™s possession prior to retail sale. Failure to comply with this obligation to repair all units eligible for Recall or FDM campaigns by the Dealer constitutes a breach of the Dealer Sales and Service Agreement. Refer to Service Policies bulletin SP 08-01. Refer to the Repair Procedure section of this bulletin for details.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

  • Itโ€™s the law! Under the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Federal Law 49 U.S.C. Section 30120(i) requires dealers to perform Recall repairs before delivering any vehicle affected by the Recall to a purchaser.

 

Repair Kit Part Number:

Kit 99999-0835 must be installed on all eligible units.
Order parts to complete the recall through K-Dealer as outlined in Service Bulletin SP15-03.

 

Kit, Horn & Harness Repair, MC22-03
P/N 99999-0835

Ref.#ContentsQty
1Bracket1
2Horn1
3Bolt2
4Bolt1
5Plastic Tape1
6Clamp1
7Tape (Protective)2
8Harness1

 

Repair Procedure – EJ800C/D

Refer to service manual 99832-0013-06 for detailed information related to parts removal and installation.

 

Remove the seat.

Remove the ECU.

Disconnect negative battery terminal.

Remove and retain cover [A].

Remove and retain cover [B].

 

Disconnect both horn connectors [C].

Remove Horn [D].

Remove Bracket [E].

 

Cut each lead wire 80mm from the end of the lead connector.

 

Strip 10mm of insulation from the ends of both wires making sure that both wires are the same length when done.

 

Match black and black/white wires of the main and repair harness

Fully insert the stripped ends of the main harness into the butt connectors of the repair harness.

 

Crimp [C] both butt connectors firmly.

 

Position one butt splice [S] on the center of one piece of tape [T] from the repair kit and fold the tape over onto itself.

Repeat for the other connector.

 

Both of the taped connectors will look like this.

 

Wrap the entire repair with 2 layers of plastic tape from the repair kit.

 

The finished repair will look like this.

 

Route the harness [H] as shown so the clamp [C] is in the center of the repair.

 

Install new horn [A] and bracket [B].

Install covers [D] and [E].

Install left side of upper inner fairing.

Connect negative battery terminal.

Install the ECU.

Test the horn.

Install the seat.

 


Chronology :

  • March 2020: KawasakieBay logo Heavy Industries, Ltd (KHI) received a report from a Japanese distributor (KMJ) that the horn harness was broken and the horn was not working. KHI Quality Assurance Division started investigating.
  • June 2020: KHI found that the horn harness was broken by fatigue failure, not impact fracture. KHI tried to duplicate the failure, but could not.
  • June 2020 – December 2020: KHI continued to monitor the field and took note of 6 incidents of horn malfunction in the Japanese market. No incidents were noted in the US market.
  • January 2021: KHI tried to determine what frequency of vibration was occurring during operation of the vehicle, and whether that frequency of vibration was high compared to other models, thus weakening the harness more quickly than other models of vehicles. KHI did not find that the frequency of vibration was higher than in other models, and therefore could not determine why or how the harness was failing prematurely.
  • March 2021 โ€“ July 2021: KHI continued to monitor the field and took note of 9 incidents of horn malfunction in the Japanese market. No incidents were noted in the US market.
  • July 2021: By modulating both the frequency and amplitude of the engine vibration, KHI was able to replicate the premature failure of the harness, but the failure conditions were thought to be very rare in the field.
  • December 2021: Regardless of the rarity of the observed failure conditions in the field, in an abundance of caution KHI developed a rubber damper to reduce the vibration which was weakening the horn harness.
  • February 25, 2022๏ผšKHI decided to initiate a recall campaign to address this issue.

 


4 Affected Products

Vehicle

MAKEMODELYEAR
KAWASAKIeBay logoEJ8002019-2022

 


12 Associated Documents

Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-22V122-6315.PDF 217.135KB

 


Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-22V122-5662.pdf 729.443KB

 


Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc) – March 10, 2022

RCMN-22V122-9048.pdf 31.583KB

 


Recall 573 Report – March 25, 2022

RCLRPT-22V122-5257.PDF 217.457KB

 


Remedy Instructions and TSB

RCRIT-22V122-4955.pdf 1790.973KB

 


ISSUED Interim Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RIONL-22V122-9325.pdf 159.35KB

 


Recall 573 Report – April 11, 2022

RCLRPT-22V122-7796.PDF 217.529KB

 


Safety Bulletin

RCSB-22V122-3860.pdf 1791.465KB

 


ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-22V122-0343.pdf 168.444KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #1, 2022-2

RCLQRT-22V122-8842.PDF 211.131KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2022-3

RCLQRT-22V122-5837.PDF 211.229KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #3, 2022-4

RCLQRT-22V122-1275.PDF 211.316KB

 


Latest Recalls Documents

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=22V122&docType=RCL

 


 

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