Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.
Key facts
2 owner complaints analyzed
0 distinct recall campaigns
4,150 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2005 to 2005 model years. Data updated: . 2 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.
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Owner-reported patterns
Most common problems
Engine And Engine Cooling is the most frequently named component, appearing in 2 of 2 complaints (100.0%). A complaint can name multiple components.
Recurring terms in complaint narratives
Topic
Matching reports
Share of complaints
Transmission and shifting
1
50.0%
Engine operation
1
50.0%
Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.
Component breakdown
Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.
Engine And Engine Cooling
2
Fuel System, Gasoline
1
Power Train:Manual Transmission
1
Component breakdown data
Category
Count
Engine And Engine Cooling
2
Fuel System, Gasoline
1
Power Train:Manual Transmission
1
Engine And Engine Cooling: 2; Fuel System, Gasoline: 1; Power Train:Manual Transmission: 1
Reported problems by failure mileage
Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.
Under 25,000
2
25,000 to 49,999
0
50,000 to 74,999
0
75,000 to 99,999
0
100,000 to 149,999
0
150,000 and above
0
Reported problems by failure mileage data
Category
Count
Under 25,000
2
25,000 to 49,999
0
50,000 to 74,999
0
75,000 to 99,999
0
100,000 to 149,999
0
150,000 and above
0
Under 25,000: 2; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0
Under 25,000 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (2). 0 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.
Complaints over time
Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.
2008
1
2010
1
Complaints over time data
Category
Count
2008
1
2010
1
2008: 1; 2010: 1
Pattern summary
Engine And Engine Cooling leads the component reports. Transmission and shifting appears in 1 complaint narratives. Engine operation appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.
Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.
Complaint evidence
Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
2 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
100.0%Usable mileage2 / 2 records
100.0%Valid incident date2 / 2 records
100.0%Valid filing date2 / 2 records
100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates2 / 2 records
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Problems by model year
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
Component complaint heatmap
Component
2005
Engine And Engine Cooling
2100.0%ODI 10224229 · 300 mi
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Failure mileage by component
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
Component failure mileage distribution
Component
Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)
Median
Usable records
Examples
Engine And Engine Cooling
Too few reports for a range
4,150 mi
2 (sparse)
ODI 10224229 · 300 mi
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month
Complaints
Campaigns announced
Examples
2024-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2024-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-04
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-05
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-06
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-07
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-08
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-09
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-10
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-11
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2025-12
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-01
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-02
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-03
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-04
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-05
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-06
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-07
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-08
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-09
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)
0
None
No examples available for this selection.
Emerging complaint spikes
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Equal-age model-year comparison
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2005: 1 complaints
Equal observation windows
Model year
Through age 0
Through age 1
Through age 2
2005
1
1
1
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year
Incident dates used
Filing date fallbacks
Excluded dates
2005
2
0
0
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Components reported together
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
Component co-occurrence matrix
Component
Engine And Engine Cooling
Fuel System, Gasoline
Power Train:Manual Transmission
Engine And Engine Cooling
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1ODI 10362713 · 8,000 mi
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KAWASAKI 1600 NOMAD (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHENEVER IT IS SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED 30 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND WAS SERVICED EVERYTIME; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 27,433 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. UPDATED 4/25/08 *CN
Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.
Recurring narrative patterns
Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.
1 patterns with matching reports.
Stalling or loss of power
1 mentions · 50.0% of complaints
Median mileage: 8,000 mi (1 usable records).
ODI 10362713 · 8,000 mi
I RIDE A 2005 KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600. ON THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600, YEARS 2005-2008 THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLS IF THE RIDER IS COASTING WITH THE CLUTCH PULLED IN. THIS IS THE TOPIC OF A CURRENT RECALL WITH THE 2009-2010 KAWASAKI VOYAGER AND WAS ALSO A PROBLEM AND LATER CORRECTED IN THE KAWASAKI VULCAN 900 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I BELONG TO A NOMAD FORUM AND ALL OWNERS OF THESE YEARS/MAKES AND MODELS OF THE KAWASAKI VULCAN NOMAD 1600 EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE STALLING COULD CAUSE A CRASH, INJURY, OR DEATH. I HAVE ON SEVERAL …