SUZUKI Complaints

ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

I OWN A 2001 SUZUKI MARAUDER 800CC MOTORCYCLE. I CURRENTLY HAVE 888 MILES ON IT. IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE OWNED IT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WHERE I LOSE ALL POWER TO THE MOTORCYCLE. NO LIGHTS, NO IGNITION, NO POWER, NO NOTHING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES WHILE RIDING IT. ONCE I WAS TRAVELING 65 MILES PER HOUR AND THE OTHER TIMES IT HAPPENED AS I WAS TAKING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ONLY AFTER I TURN ON MY HI-BEAMS AND THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THE ALAMO CYCLE-PLEX (WHERE I BOUGHT THE BIKE) HAS BEEN UNABLE TO MAKE THE PROBLEM OCCUR IN THEIR SHOP. HOWEVER EACH TIME IT HAPPENS THE MAIN FUSE THAT LEADS TO THE FUSE BOX IS BLOWN OUT. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN HEAVY FOG ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING ANYWHERE FROM 55MPH - 70MPH AND LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS NOT BAD AT THE TIME AND I WAS AT A POINT WHERE I COULD COAST OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. OTHERWISE NOBODY COULD HAVE SEEN ME AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR OR A TRUCK. AT THIS POINT IN TIME I DONT KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM IS LIMITED TO MY BIKE OR IF SUZUKI HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THEY MUST DEAL WITH GLOBALLY. SO I DO WANT TO REPORT IT EVEN IF I AM THE FIRST ONE.

WHEN TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 20 DEGREES VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE UNIT. *AK DEALER REPLACED CONTROLLER THE FIRST TIME, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED, DEALER FINALLY DETERMINED PROBLEM WAS THE AIR PUMP, PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. *SLC

CONSUMER WILL COMPLETE FORM CONCERNING EXTREME ODOR THAT COMES FROM CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *AK

THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND EVENTUALLY REPLACED, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES HE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPLACED PART. NLM

TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT, AFTER BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY FOR OVER 20 MINUTES, TRANSMISSION STICKS IN 5TH GEAR, ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 10,000 MILES, PROBLEM WITH NEW TRANSMISSION AT 11,000 MILES, DEALER REPLACED TOWER ON TRANSMISSION, STILL HARD TO SHIFT, VEHICLE STALLS AND IS VERY HARD TO GO INTO REVERSE WHEN IT IS COLD (BELOW 20) *CJ

INTRUDER 800, LEFT REAR CORNER OF FUELTANK IS RUSTED THROUGH, AREA COVERS ABOUT 4 INCHES. SUZUKI REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. *AK THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A HOLE IN GAS TANK JUST AFTER 18 MONTHS OF PURCHASE. *YH

DIFFICULTY WHEN BRAKING ON WET PAYMENT. TRUCK MAKES LOUD GRINDING SOUND AS IF THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FALL OUT, PLUS YOU CAN FEEL THE VIBRATION WHILE FOOT IS ON THE PEDAL. STARTING TO OCCUR FREQUENTLY, MOSTLY NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING DOWNHILL. TRUCK SEEMS TO BE DRIFTING MORE AFTER YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKES TO STOP WHICH CAUSE ME TO FEEL LIKE I'M AT RISK OF CRASHING INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE OR INJURY MYSELF AND/OR PASSENGERS (ESPECIALLY MY TWO TODDLES). VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THE FIRST YEAR MODEL OF THIS NEW TYPE OF TRUCK IS CONSIDERED TO BE A RECALL. CONSIDERING THAT I EXPERIENCE THIS INCIDENT MOSTLY WHEN IT RAINS OR DURING SLIPPERY PAVEMENT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NOT REPORTS OR HISTORY OF THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT. I TRULY FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. CAN YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND NOTIFY ME OF ANY FINDINGS, POSSIBLY BY MAY 2001 OR SOONER. I'M HOPING TO TRADE IT IN ON MY SECOND ANNIVERSARY DATE. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.*AK

2ND GEAR SLIPS CAUSING ACCELERATION TO BE UNPREDICATABLE AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. FIRST FAILURE HAPPENED IN A LOW CORNER, MORCCLE SKIPPED A TOOTH OR SOMETHING IN 2ND GEAR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND A HIGHSIDE. I REGAINED CONTROL. PROBLEM NOT PRESENT IN ANY OTHER GEAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND EXPERIENCES CONTINUED VIBRATION, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, FRAME ADJUSTED, NEW TIRES PUT ON AND BALANCED, FRONT END ALIGNED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE TIRES OR THE FRONT END SUSPENSION. CJ