For all 05 and up Z owners. I'm sure the KFX/DVX will follow very soon. I'll Pin this so everyone see's it.

Clutch Cover Recall Link

If you go onto kawasaki.com and click on "Owner Info" and "Recall Info." Then enter your VIN number in the box provided. It shows the recall for the clutch cover.

Outstanding Factory Directed Modification Repair:CLUTCH COVER CORROSION

Here is a link to the page:

Kawasaki Vehicle Information Center

Thanks Drnez!!!

No prob!

Do i have to wait for Suzuki to mail me a recall notice or can i print that out and bring it to my dealer?

Just print it out and bring it in, you dont have to wait for it to come via snail mail.

Just for everyones information, Modified engines are still covered under this recall, if your dealer is giving you a hard time, call up Kawasaki/Suzuki and they will take care of it.

Went to my zuki dealer today.. I guess they just found out today and havent recieved any parts. The have me sched. for the 1st of july. But they are claiming that zuki is only giving them 14 bucks per quad labor to fix.. so they are not including a full oil change, coolent change, only what is lost when removing the cover... i want to call bull on this but i dont know exactly the way to do it... i figure if they are going to change the oil filter the guys could give me new oil too like the re-call states.. ohh well...

You DEFINITELY need to hold them to the oil change and everything the recall states. I don't care if they're getting $14 or $140!!! I done ALOT of factory work and believe me, they'll get paid for their labor!! Don't back down from them!

Wow.. Thats the biggest pile of horse #$%@ ive ever seen. Have them do the service and oil/coolant change, and when they try to bill you for it, tell them you wont pay it, its covered on the warranty. If they still give you crap, call suzuki right there, from their phone. it will be handled.

I find it surprising that just 3 weeks ago the customer service reps at Suzuki Canada told me that there is no known problem with coolant leaking internally in the 2006 ltz400, and I must be the only person experiencing this problem! I feel cheated!

Is this problem just affecting the 05-06, or will it affect the 07's as well??

how long did it take them do replace it?

I just got my Suzuki customer satisfaction clutch cover replacement notice.
I'm going to love showing the dealer the notice, and to tell them to DO IT NOW!!!

Soooo my quad has now been there for over a week and they now tell me that some sort of water pump and oil something gasket is crushed.... i dont really know what they are talking about and my quad was pretty tore apart.... damn i hate you dealership..... looking at another week of not riding

I just picked up my '06 Z400 about a week ago and am wondering how I can determine if the clutch cover has already been replaced or not? I have to take the quad in today as the clutch seal sprung a leak out at pismo over the weekend so I figured I would have them fix this recall as well. But I have no idea how to determine if it has already been replaced.

Thanks

They can tell you but i think it doesnt matter when you got it all the 06's are made like that... since if you think about it your quad was probally built months and months ago.... before they new about this recall

Got my recalls done, two 05's. The receipts had a clutch cover kit(no price listed), $84 for labor and $2 waste fee but there wasn't a total at the bottom. So I'd say that $14 labor quote is a lie. Looked like they did the oil change due to oil mess on drain plugs. Actually there was oil everywhere on both bikes: plastics, frames, tires- top notch mechanics . I'm glad I don't need them for repair and maint.

I have two '05's as well. Just got mine back and the labor sheet said $309.00 a piece for parts and labor if I would have had to pay for it myself. Whew, I'm glad I waited for the recall. But I knew I was pushing my luck a little by waiting. I'm just glad that no problem occured beforehand.

Has anyone who has gotten this recall done actually looked at the inside of the clutch cover? I just got my '06 back from the shop yesterday and they claim that since the inside of the cover has the words "BOS" on it, that the clutch cover was already swapped at the manufacture.

I don't know that I trust them.

Thanks

I just got mine back yesterday also. Other than a really clean looking cover, I wouldn't have even known there was a new cover. Same color.

z

coming this friday my quad will have been in the shop for 3 weeks.... damn you all to hell dealership

well, my dealer finally got the recall as issued by artic cat yesterday!.....woohoo!

well I got the notice a few weeks ago, made an appointment 3 days later got it back... 2005 KFX400 Berts Motercycle Mega Mall, CA

was that post above yours necessary in this thread?
haha
absoultly off topic and random

well my cluthcover finally went. i just had my top end rebuilt and took it out for the first time. it ran for probably 10 minutes and i noticed it bogging and running weird. i stopped and pulled my oil plug and sure enough i was seeing "milk" rushing out. :( i am not even gonna try and deal with the hassals of getting it fixed under warranty. i figure the dealer will have it forever and ill miss the glamis season for sure. ill just save for 2 weeks and get the aluminum cover and a new clutch. i am just gonna do it myself. honestly in my case the hardest thing is flushing the motor out. here is what mine looked like.

I just bought a 03 Z, is it too late to have the warranty work done? Or is it forver?

only '05 and up have this problem. so your fine!

Is there a way to tell if it has been done to my 06 DVX? I bought it used about 5 months ago and the previous owner never mentioned anything about any recalls.

Call a Suzuki or Arctic Cat dealer and have them run the VIN to see if it was changed. They can't just hop on a computer and give you an instant answer, but they can call their TSM and have them get an answer back to you over time.

Or, look at the cover. If it's aluminum, it's been replaced. If it's magnesium, it hasn't been replaced.

ive owned my 05 z400 since brand new. when i heard about the recall i brought the bike over and he looked at it(meerly glanced at it on the back of my trailer) and said it didnt need to done. so i never thought about it again and have been riding it when i can(once a month or so lately because ive been busy and havent been riding it) and have noticed it doesnt want to start and bogs when it does start.

so yesterday i go to change the oil because we were going to take it to PA for the long weekend and i checked the oil and it was extremely milky. figured i would crack open the filter a little and same there.

so now im pissed as hell because they told me i didnt need the recall when i brought it there to begin with when clearly i did need to have it done and who knows what other kind of damage was done.

what would be the proper repair for my situation? will just the clutch cover, oil and coolant change take care of it? or should i be demanding more repairs due to their negligence the first time around? i did buy the extended warranty on the bike too.

First, find another dealership. No joke. If the place you went to wouldn't even take down your VIN, then that's some bad practice. The Mag and Aluminum cases are pretty hard to tell what they are, unless you've got one of each sitting together.

If you don't have another dealership relatively close, then try calling up that same place on the phone, tell them you have an '05 and suspect the clutch cover work has never been done, and have them run your VIN to check it out.

Or, eff all that and PM me your VIN. t might take a week, but I'll find out if it's been done.

ok well i finally dropped it off last night at the dealer. (pompton honda-suzuki)

we went through the recall bulletins and everything last night and he said it is an open recall and put it dont to have the clutch cover replaced and have the recall completed.

however, im really afraid of the potential other damage that could of been done with the coolant and oil mixing together. i dont want to be told that its good to go by just replacing the clutch cover and then having other problems down the road. while im still in my extended warranty period and the recall is still valid i would like to see the problem fixed 100% and dont want them to try to avoid doing it because they are most likely getting paid less to fix recall and warranty work(like most car dealerships)

where do i go to prove that theres a recall??... i cant find any info from suzuki or kawis site about any recall on the case...

ur dealer should know about it u shouldn't have to
take nothin to prove it

proof!
http://www.suzukicycles.com/Recalls/pdf/AL..._NO_087_CSP.pdf

i bought my Z brand new at the end of 2006. i havent had anything done to it recall wise. do you think they would have done it before i bought it? do you think i could find out at the dealer that i bought it at?

I bought mine used and wasent sure either, just call any Suzuki dealer, and give them the vin number and they can run it and check it

ok. thanks.

Just so everybody knows - the magnesium clutch cover issue was NOT a Recall. It was part of the "Customer Satisfaction Program."

A Recall is something they only do if there's going to be a death or serious injury resulting from the problem. Like the early 2006 LTR 450 rear shock linkage - That was a Recall, and a fully warranted one.

If it's not going to cause a death or serious injury to a rider, but it's still a problem, then it's handled under the Customer Satisfaction Program.

This was a problem, but it's not a problem that would normally result in a death or serious injury - so it wasn't handled, or labeled, as a "Recall."

If any of you guys go into your dealership and ask about the "Clutch Cover Recall," they can honestly look you right in the eye and tell you there's no such thing. And they're fully telling you the truth. Some shady dealerships have done this.

You need to have your info right when you go in there, and be careful what you're asking about. This wasn't a Recall.

Just a heads up to the Canadia ppl with a Kawi bike.....

Ive been to a few dealers back when i needed this done... they wont cover you since the papers says Suzuki let alone its a form from the US.. and not Kawasaki... and the suzuki production for Canada will only tell you that they do not own Kawasaki anymore and that you will need to contact a representative at kawasaki to resolve this problem... and I have had no luck contacting a kawasaki representative from canada..

and like normalZ said... DO NOT SAY Recall.. i did that mistake the 1st time around...

what if you built the motor from scratch?do you think they would still do it?kevin