SUZUKI Complaints

FRONT SUSPENSION IS SHOT AND VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE 1 MONTH AFTER 3-YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED (RECOMMENDED NOT SAFE FOR TRAVEL BY SERVICE MANAGER). ONLY 39,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. SERVICE REQUIRES NEW COMPLETE STRUT ASSEMBLIES FOR BOTH FRONT-LEFT AND FRONT-RIGHT STRUTS, AND 6 NEW TIRES OVER COURSE OF THREE YEARS. *TR

THE SUZUKI M109R (VZR1800) HAS A CLUTCH OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. INTERMITTENT SLIPPING OR JUMPING IN AND OUT OF 1ST GEAR. MANY, MANY TIMES THIS MOTORCYCLE WILL SLIP OR JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP. MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER RIDERS OF THIS BIKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SUZUKI AND THEIR DEALERS DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE VISIT THE M109R RIDERS FORUM AND QUERRY CLUTCH OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA WAGON, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT STARTING. I WOULD TURN THE KEY AND THE ENGINE WOULD SOUND LIKE IT WAS GOING TO START, BUT I WOULD THEN HAVE TO TURN THE ALL THE WAY TO THE OFF POSITION TO RESTART AND THEN IT WOULD FINALLY TURN OVER. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR IN THREE DIFFERENT TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS. THEY TRY TO SAY IT IS FROM THE COLD OR SOMETHING ELSE AND THEY CLAIM THEY "HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN DO AND THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT." IT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM IN SUMMER, FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING. IT EVEN HAPPENED IN AZ IN SEPTEMBER WHEN IT WAS 110 DEGREES. MY WARRANTY IS UP IN JUNE AND I NEED TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED BEFORE THEN. I ALSO MAINTAIN MY CAR VERY WELL, SO THAT ISN'T THE PROBLEM EITHER. *TR

WHILE UNDER POWER AFTER SHIFTING THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC GEARS, I HAVE A VIBRATION BETWEEN 2-3 THOUSAND RPM. THE WARMER IT IS, THE HARDER IT VIBRATES. DEALER HAS TRIED EVERYTHING SUZUKI HAS RECOMMENDED BUT IT HASN'T HELPED. THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE DOING THE SAME THING. HOW CAN I FIND OUT HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? ARE THERE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE?????? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI XL-7. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 2-60 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED BEFORE DECELERATING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. THE ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED IN JUNE OF 2007 AND FEBRUARY OF 2008. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,883.

CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. JULY 2007 TOOK CAR IN WITH 'HARD START" PROBLEM. THEY FOUND RESONATOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACING. THAT REPAIR WAS DONE ON AUGUST 3, 2007. CAR RAN FOR APPROX. 2 MONTHS AND WE TOOK IT BACK IN OCTOBER WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THE SAME "HARD START" PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE STARTER OCTOBER 18, 2007 AND STATED IT WAS ARCING TO HIGH. TOOK CAR BACK OCTOBER 21, 2007 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. OCTOBER 26, 2007 THE ECU COMPUTER WAS REPLACED. TOOK CAR BACK TO SHOP OCTOBER 29, 2007 WITH THE SAME "HARD START" PROBLEM. MOVED THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP NOVEMBER 7, 2007 AS NO ONE WAS WORKING ON THE CAR. THIS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CORPORATION. A REPAIR WAS DONE ON THE CAR. DECEMBER 13, 2007 TOOK CAR BACK TO THIS DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME "HARD START" PROBLEM. THEY CHECKED THE CODE AND RESET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DECEMBER 18, 2007 RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. JANUARY 25, 2008 THE CAR IS HAVING THE SAME "HARD START" PROBLEM AND IS SITTING IN THE YARD. *TR

1.) ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND MOVING INTO TRAFFIC. 2.) TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 3.) 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND ALL THREE SHIFTER FORKS ARE BEING REPLACED. NO COVERAGE FROM SUZUKI OR 3RD PARTY EXTENDED WARRANTY (WESTERN STATES). BIKE WAS PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2006, 11K MI. AT TIME OF FAILURE. FEEL THAT THE DEALERSHIP DID WHAT THEY COULD TO GET IT COVERED. *TR

I HAVE A SUZUKI SV1000S E-33 (CA VERSION) FROM THE YEAR 2003. THIS MODEL BIKE HAD A FACTORY RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK. THE DEFECT WAS THAT DUE TO VIBRATION THE FUEL VAPOR SEPARATOR WELD INSIDE THE FUEL TANK WOULD CRACK, AND FUEL WOULD LEAK TO THE CHARCOAL CANISTER, CAUSING IT TO FLOOD AND DRIP FUEL. THIS REPRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD SINCE IT IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE THE EXHAUST. I TOOK MY BIKE TO A SUZUKI DEALER TO HAVE THE DEFECT CORRECTED BECAUSE OF THE RECALL. THE BIKE NOW, WITH ITS NEW, AND IN THEORY IMPROVED, FUEL TANK IS HAVING THAT EXACT PROBLEM. WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FULL, FUEL LEAKS OUT TO THE CANISTER AND ON TO THE EXHAUST. ALSO, ENGINE RUNS VERY RICH, AND EXCESS FUEL IN THE CYLINDERS MIGHT EVEN GET THE ENGINE TO STUCK. THIS EXCESS FUEL FIND ITS WAY TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND WHEN THE ENGINE STARTS THIS TUBES GETS SO HOT THAT THEY START SMOKING AND MIGHT CAUSE THE BELLY COVER TO BURN. THERE IS ABUNDANT EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED FAILURE: I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH SAME BIKE AND EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE A RECALL LETTER FROM SUZUKI EXPRESSING THAT THIS WAS IN FACT A DEFECT ON THE BIKE'S DESIGN, BUT SUZUKI MAY NOT KNOW THAT IT IS STILL A DEFECT IN THE NEW VERSION OF THE FUEL TANK. I HAVE CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE BIKE IN TO GET IT CHECKED. I WILL ALSO INFORM SUZUKI OF AMERICA DUE TO THE DANGER THAT THIS DEFECT REPRESENT TO ME AND ANY OTHER SUZUKI SV1000S RIDER. *TR

2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA WITH RECALL ON TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. DEALER TRIED A COMPUTER UPGRADE FOR THE TRANSMISSION WHICH DID NOT WORK. *KB UPDATED 05/15/08. *JB

THE GEAR BOX IN MY BRAND NEW SUZUKI M109 WITH ONLY 4,000 MILES ON IT, FAILED. IT SHIFTED AUTOMATICALLY FROM 2ND TO NEUTRAL WHILE I WAS RIDING!! THE DEALER AND SUZUKI REFUSED TO REPAIR IT UNDER MY WARRANTY, WHICH IS FOR UNLIMITED MILES, UP TO A YEAR. I HAD THE 2007 BIKE FOR ONLY 6 MONTHS. *TR