Complaints by model year
Each bar is one model year. Highlighted: 2008. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.
NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026
Year by year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008Most complaints | 116 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections
Most common problems
- Exterior lighting87
- Engine and engine cooling57
- Steering18
- Suspension13
- Structure11
- Engine11
- Electrical system9
- Power train7
NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years
Fatal crashes in the US
From 2020 to 2023, 49 KLR650 vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died, and 48 people died inside them. These are counts, not crash rates: a model with more cars on the road shows up more often, and people killed outside the vehicle are not counted here.
| Model year | Vehicles in fatal crashes | Deaths in the vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 | 2 |
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain) · how we count
Recalls
1 campaigns cover the KLR650.
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE SPRING RETAINING PIN ON THE FRAME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY WELDED IN PLACE AND COULD FALL OUT, ALLOWING THE SIDESTAND TO DROP INTO THE "PARKING" POSITION.
NHTSA recalls