[Johnson]

Kawasaki was going to provide the replacement pump for free

Thank you very much for your reply.

Is your motorcycle was under warranty?

I do not see a business justification that Kawasaki will give me the ABS unit for free.

 

[Johnson]

Thanks everybody for your replies.

1. The symptom is that the master cylinder front break very hard. So hard, that it's actually not safe to ride.

2. According to the service manual, I need to replace the break fluid every 15k miles.
I replace the fluid every time I replace the pads (8k~).

Did you already pay for work done before the ABS failure diagnosis? If not then you might be getting a deal.

I didn't paid nothing yet. The breakdown is:
$260 for front and rear pads + fluid replace, and bleed air out from the system.
$140 for an hour of diagnostic (bleed air out from the ABS unit).
$60 for 30~ minutes for swapping to another master cylinder front break.

Total: $460.

The desk guy at the service shop said that everything will cost $2300.
So Abs unit + labor is $1840.

What do you mean be "I might be getting a deal"?

I came to the service shop in order to replace the pads AND to solve the issue, but this cost sounds VERY expensive.

Another thing that I do not understand:
If there is a problem in the ABS unit, the light should turn on, no?
And if it's a ABS unit problem, the rear break should also needs to be hard to press?

An important information:
I have an after market master cylinder (with a Italy flag on it).
When I purchased the motorcycle with this after market item, it was soft as butter.

Thinks started to be hard when I replaced the break pads.

BTW, Does 2014 Kawasaki ninja 1000 has an open or close system?

Thanks

 

[Johnson]

Quick update:

The service shop called Kawasaki, even without me asking for it, and Kawasaki paid for the ABS pump.
Now, since I picked the motorcycle on Friday at 5:30 pm, the service shop didn't called Kawasaki,
But, Kawasaki may pay for some of the labor, or for all of it.
As for now, I paid for the labor.

Thank you very much for the guy that told me about the Kawasaki covering the ABS unit thing.

This is the power of sharing info!

I will update when I will hear back from the service shop, next week.

Thanks

 

[Johnson]

Hi guys,

Just a quick and final update: Kawasaki paid also for all of the labor.

Thank you very much for all of the people that share with me their experience.

Have safe rides!

 

[Johnson]

Two years after, the symptoms got back.
Should I replace the brakes fluid in the rear and the front, or it's useless and I need to contact the service shop again.
Also, what should I tell them? that I expect that Kawasaki will cover the ABS pump and labor again?