SUZUKI Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING WHILE ACCELERATING IN 2ND GEAR. ON A MOTORCYCLE THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSE OF CONTROLE OF THE MOTORCYCLE.

TRANSMISSION IS SKIPPING IN 2ND GEAR. IS GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH ON A MOTORCYCLE OF THIS TYPE. I KNOW OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR MOTORCYCLE CUTS OFF AND CUTS RIGHT BACK ON. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION.*AK

THIS TIRE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRE PROVIDED BY SUZUKI, THEREFORE SUZUKI IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROBLEM. THE TIRE HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL CRACKS. THERE IS A CRACK (AVERAGING 3/4" IN LENGTH) IN EVERY OUTER TREAD GROOVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TIRE (LOOKING FROM THE RIDER'S PERSPECTIVE). THERE ARE NO CRACKS ON THE LEFT SIDE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE TIRE. THE TIRE HAS ABOUT 6000 MILES ON IT, AND STILL HAS ABOUT HALF OF IT'S USABLE TREAD LEFT. THE REAR TIRE HAS NOT DEVELOPED THIS PROBLEM, AND IS WEARING FINE.( DOT NUMBER: B56F K9801 TIRE SIZE: 110/70ZR17 )

I FIRST REPORTED THIS PROBLEM LAST YEAR. SOMETHING WAS CAUSING INTERMITTENT SEVERE VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING 60MPH AT APPROX. 12:30AM WHEN THIS OCCURED AGAIN AND I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY FOOT WAS DISLODGED FROM THE BRAKE BY VIBRATION. THE FORCE BEING APPLIED TO THE BRAKE WAS TRANSFERED TO THE ACCELERATOR WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I SLAMMED INTO A SOLID ROCK LEDGE AND RECEIVED INJURIES TO MY BACK AND NECK. BOTH OF THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, THE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE COMMENTED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH NO RESULTS. THEIR ANSWER HAS BEEN TO BALANCE THE TIRES OVER AND OVER, ALTHOUGH THEY DID SUPPOSEDLY REPLACE THE BODY BUSHINGS. STILL NO RESULTS. NOW I HAVE A WRECKED VEHICLE AND A MESSED UP BACK TO SHOW FOR MY $20,000 DOLLAR INVESTMENT.

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER NOTED THAT MANUAL TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION HAS NO OILING TO THE 1-2 GEAR. OVER TIME IT OVERHEATS AND SPITS OUT OF 2ND GEAR. ON A HIGH PERFORMANCE MOTORCYCLE, THIS CAN BE DEADLY. PLEASE HELP US, THE MANUFACUTRER CLAIMS IT IS RIDER ERROR, BUT WE HAVE OVER THE INTERNET CONTACTED MANY OWNERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM.

CONSUME RWAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS GOING UP A HILL. WHEN REACHING THE TOP OF THE HILL, REAR END CAME FORWARD, AND VEHICLE WAS SIDEWAYS ON THE RAMP. VEHICLE VEERED OVER INTO AN ENBANKMENT, AND THEN AT THE AND THEN CAME OUT OF ENBANKMENT. VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING . REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD EXPLODED.*AK

THE REAR HUB WHICH THE WHEEL, AND SPROCKET IS MOUNTED TO HAS DOZENS OF CRACKS, SOME 3-4 INCHES IN LENGTH , DEEP ENOUGH TO EMBED YOUR FINGERNAIL INTO. ON WWW.LABUSAS.ORG DOZENS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME BIKE, SAME YEAR HAVE EXPERIENCED CRACKS IN THE HUB. IF THE HUB BREAKS THE RIDER WILL GO DOWN, CHANCES ARE HE/SHE WILL DIE.I CANT RIDE MY NEW MOTERCYCLE AS A RESULT OF THE FOUNDRY THAT CASTED THIS PRODUCT LACK OF CARE, OR SUZUKI ENGINEERS FAILED TO TEST THIS PART PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. THIS SUZUKI MAKES 165 HP AND 95 FT/LBS OF TQ. IT CAN GO 194 MPH STOCK, IT IS SUZUKIS FASTEST MOTERCYCLE EVER MADE AND THE WORLDS FASTEST PRODUCTION VEHICAL, WHEN THIS HUB FAILS RIDERS WILL DIE.....................IF THIS WERE A PART ON AN AIRPLANE, IT WOULD BE GROUNDED, THIS MOTERCYCLE SHOULD BE GROUNDED .........A NATIONWIDE RECALL NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED A.S.A.P. OR PEOPLE WILL DIE..............................

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES SHOULDER BELTS WILL LOCK UP UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING/SITTING AND WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES FOR NO APPARENT REASON, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR DRIVER AND PASSNEGER TO MOVE SIDEWAYS . *AK