Kawasaki Motors USA Recalls Model Year 2025 Competition and Cross-Country Motorcycles Due to Crash Hazard
Home product recall 25-238. Announced by CPSC on Apr 24, 2025.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 24, 2025. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 3,400 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The primary gear for the crank shaft can fail, posing a crash hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled competition and cross-country motorcycles and contact a Kawasaki dealer for a free repair. The primary gear will be replaced with a new gear. The repair will take place at an authorized Kawasaki dealership.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: Kawasaki Motors USA toll-free at 866-802-9381 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or online at https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/owner-center/recalls or www.kawasaki.com and click on “Recalls” at the bottom of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves model year 2025 KX450, KX450SR and KX450X motorcycles. They are two-wheel competition and cross-country motorcycles sold in lime green. The following model numbers and vehicle identification numbers (VIN) are included in this recall. The model number is located on the right side of the vehicle. The VIN is located on the right side of the frame head pipe. Product Name Model Number Vehicle Identification Number 2025 KX450 KX450MSFNN JKAKXGMCSA008598 - JKAKXGMCSA011475 2025 KX450SR KX450PSFNN JKAKXGPCSA000012 - JKAKXGMCSA000971 2025 KX450X KX450NSFNN JKAKXGNCSA002194 - JKAKXGNCSA003159
About 3,400 units, as CPSC gives them.
Model Year 2025 KX series competition and cross-country motorcycles.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 3 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Kawasaki Motors Corp. U.S.A., California.
- Authorized Kawasaki dealers nationwide from June 2024 through March 2025 for between $10,500 and $13,600.
- Made in Japan, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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