The 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 11,836 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (Kawasaki) is recalling certain model year 2009-2015 Vulcan 1700 Voyager and 2011-2015 Vulcan 1700 Vaquero motorcycles manufactured February 2, 2009, to March 20, 2015. In the affected vehicles, an ignition wire may chafe due to contact with the fuel tank, resulting in a short circuit…
Consequence
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Kawasaki will notify owners, and dealers will install additional shielding and padding to prevent the ignition wire from shorting. Any igniton switch that has damaged wires will be replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on September 15, 2015. Owners may contact Kawasaki customer…
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
POWER TRAIN
1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
Total complaints3
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Rode the motorcycle on the interstate using cruise control at 70 mph and suddenly the cruise control cut-off with no warning. Vehicle directly behind me nearly rear-ended me. This happened twice so I no longer can use cruise control. Very dangerous. After further troubleshooting it appears the…”
“Rode the motorcycle on the interstate using cruise control at 70 mph and suddenly the cruise control cut-off with no warning. Vehicle directly behind me nearly rear-ended me. This happened twice so I no longer can use cruise control. Very dangerous. After further troubleshooting it appears the…”
“Rode the motorcycle on the interstate using cruise control at 70 mph and suddenly the cruise control cut-off with no warning. Vehicle directly behind me nearly rear-ended me. This happened twice so I no longer can use cruise control. Very dangerous. After further troubleshooting it appears the…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2015 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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