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Kawasaki reliability and common MOT problems by model

Kawasaki shows a 9.1% combined MOT failure rate across 25,349 tests in Motintel data. Zx 6r has one of the lower high-confidence rates at 12.2%. Vn800 deserves extra checking at 9.0%.

Data sources: DVSA MOT records, official recall records, and MOT fault wording snapshots (2026-04-27, 2026-04-29, rfr_codes_2025-05-12, failure items 2023). Search-indexed model pages must clear 20,000 MOT tests and 10,000 vehicles.

Most reliable Kawasaki models in MOT data

#	Model	MOT failure rate	Tests	Vehicles
Not enough high-confidence model reports are available yet.

Kawasaki models with the highest MOT failure rates

#	Model	MOT failure rate	Tests	Vehicles
Not enough high-confidence model reports are available yet.

Common Kawasaki MOT problem areas

#	Problem area	MOT notes	Models affected	What to check	High-rate examples
Not enough high-confidence problem-area data is available yet.

All Kawasaki model reports

Model	MOT tests	Vehicles	Failure rate
Zx 6r limited data	5,210	4,605	12.2%
Zx limited data	4,702	4,350	5.1%
Zx 9r limited data	2,733	2,436	11.0%
Unclassified limited data	2,007	1,808	9.7%
Zr limited data	1,701	1,555	6.5%
Ex limited data	1,621	1,481	7.5%
Zzr600 limited data	1,388	1,227	11.2%
Er6 limited data	1,385	1,240	9.7%
Er5 limited data	1,317	1,149	12.4%
Zx 12r limited data	1,161	1,059	7.1%
Er limited data	1,104	1,008	7.7%
Vn800 limited data	1,020	921	9.0%

Models with limited data (fewer than 20,000 tests or 10,000 vehicles) have full reports but are not indexed in search engines until the evidence threshold is met.