SUZUKI Complaints

ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION, DESTABILIZING THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AT LOWER ENGINE RPM'S (4,000-6,000 RPM) AND SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES (205+ DEGREES) AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON AND STARTED WHILE AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES. *TR

DIFFERENTIAL WAS LEAKING OIL AND BACK TIRE WAS FULL OF OIL WHEN I TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME THE GUY TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT I DROVE THE BIKE THROW A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I WAS IN THE ACCIDENT A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I HIT THE BREAKS MOTORCYLE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO THE SIDE CAUSING INJURY TO MYSELF AND DAMAGE TO THE BIKE SEALS WERE REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

WHEN RIDING THIS BIKE, TRYING TO MAINTAIN STEADY SPEED IS DIFFICULT. THE ENGINE RPM IS VERY JERKY AND ABRUPT. I JUST HOLD THE THROTTLE STEADY AND THE BIKE JERKS AND THEN ABRUPTLY COMES BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT, BUT IT IS INTERMITTENT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IN CORNERS ESPECIALLY, IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN MID CORNER AND IT UPSETS THE BIKE HANDLING VERY BADLY. IT CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY IN A CORNER. WHEN IT HAS THESE PROBLEMS, IT IS UNRIDABLE AND SCARY. WHEN YOU RIDE IT, IT FEELS LIKE YOU HIT THE KILL SWITCH OFF AND ON REPEATEDLY. THAT IS HOW BAD IT IS TO RIDE. I HAVE TAKEN BIKE TO NUMEROUS SUZUKI DEALERS AND NONE OF THEM HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM YET. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT STARTING AND THEN DYING WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP LIGHT AND SUCH. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TOWED TWICE AND ITS BEEN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. THEY HAVE REPLACED EVERYTHING THEY THINK IT COULD BE AND STILL WITH NO SUCCESS. I'M WORRIED THAT I COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT AND AM MAD AT THE FACT THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. NOT EVEN THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

THIS IS A COMPLAINT IN REFERENCE TO THROTTLE IRREGULARITIES FOUND ON THE 2007 SUZUKI GSXR 600 SPORT BIKE. THE THROTTLE IRREGULARITY EXPERIENCED CAN BE DESCRIBED AS AN ABRUPT TRANSITION FROM SUBTLE MODULATION OF APPLYING THROTTLE OR DISENGAGING THE THROTTLE. THE RESULT CREATES A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED SURGE OR RAPID DECELERATION OR THE MOTORCYCLE. THIS CREATES A DESTABILIZING EFFECT TO THE CHASSIS AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT LOWER ENGINE RPM (4,000 TO 6000 RPM), AND OFTEN AT HIGHER ENGINE TEMPERATURES. THE PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS OFTEN AFTER THE MOTORCYCLE IS RESTARTED OR STARTED AT HIGHER ENGINE TEMPERATURES. *TR

I OWN A 2007 SUZUKI GSXR 600, IN BETWEEN 4000-6000 RPM THERE IS NO REAL THROTTLE CONTROL, YOUR CAN NOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE SMOOTHLY, ITS REAL JERKY, IF THIS HAPPENS IN A CORNER THE BACK TIRE COULD BE THROWN INTO A SKID CAUSING A WRECK, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT EXIST ALL THE TIME, AND I HAVE FOUND WHEN YOU FIND THE PROBLEM HAPPENING IF YOU WILL PULL OVER AND RESTART THE BIKE THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY FOR AWHILE. *TR

VERY ABRUPT THROTTLE RESPONSE WHETHER ROLLING ON OR OFF THE THROTTLE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN CORNERS TO THE POINT OF ALMOST LOOSING CONTROL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THERE IS NO "NEUTRAL" POINT WITH THE THROTTLE. IT IS EITHER FULL ON OR FULL OFF. *TR

THE FIRST TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WAS WITH THE AUTOMATIC LIGHTS, THEY WOULD COME ON WHEN THEY WANTED TO AFTER TWO MONTHS OF BUYING THE CAR. I DID NOT DO NOTHING ABOUT THAT, THEN I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO TURN ON MY HIGH BEAMS AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ALL TOGETHER NO LIGHTS WHAT'S SO EVER, BUT THEN MESSED WITH SWITCH AND THEY CAME BACK ON. THEN JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS LEAVING A FRIENDS HOUSE AND I HAD HIGH BEAMS BUT NO REGULAR HEADLIGHTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SUZUKI FORENZA. A 10 MONTH OLD BABY WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE COVER FOR THE DOOR SCREW. THE COVER WAS LOCATED UNDER THE HANDLE. THE BABY WAS NOT RESTRAINED IN A CHILD SEAT AND HAD THE COVER IN HIS MOUTH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE COVERS WERE DESIGNED TO POP OFF. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,000. UPDATED 12/11/07

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE VEHICLE HAS HANKOOK OPTIMO, SIZE P195/55R15-84V TIRES (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,480. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES HAD A FRAYING PROBLEM AND WERE ROTATED AT THE DEALERS SUGGESTION. UPDATED 12/12/07