Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2000 Spartan Highlander

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine2
000
Structure › Frame and Members1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jul 28, 2000NY

CAM CHAIN TENTIONER ARE FAILING ON THIS MODEL MOTORCYCLE. MINE WENT AT 700 MILES. THIS IS A POTENTAL FOR CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCKUP WHEN THE CHAIN SKIPS A TOOTH AND THE VALVES COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PISTONS. THE RESULT WOULD BE THE MOTOR LOCKS UP CAUSING THE RIDDER TO LOOSE CONTROL WITH INJURY OR DEATH RESULTING TO REIDR AND PASSENGER. SUZUKI HAS HAD A RECALL ON THE 1999 MODAL HAYABUSA. BUT THE 2000 AND THE RECALL PART ARE STILL FAILING. I WOULD APPRCIATE AN INVESTIGATION ON THE PROBLEM. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jul 25, 2000NY

CAMSHAFT TENSIONER HAS GONE BAD AT 700 MILES. THIS PART CAN FAIL AT ANY TIME WHEN DRIVING MOTORCYCLE CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE ENGINE'S TIMING CHAIN TO SKIP A TOOTH ON THE CAIM SPROKET CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCK UP AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE WILL ORCCUR WITH INJURY ORDEATH TO OPERATOR OF MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Jul 15, 2000TX

I HAVE JUST READ AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN "MOTORCYCLE CONSUMER NEWS" ON-LINE THAT DESCRIBES A SUBFRAME FAILURE IN 3 SUZUKI HAYABUSA MOTORCYCLES IN THE UK. IN THESE FAILURES THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT GIVES AWAY AND FALLS ONTO THE REAR TIRE. I ONLY HAVE A LINK TO PROVIDE YOU WITH... HTTP://WWW.MEMBERS.HOME.NET/AAVIGDOR/TEMP/BUSA.JPG I OWN THIS MOTORCYCLE, AND A FRAME FAILURE HAS NOT OCCURRED ON MY BIKE. HOWEVER, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS HERE IN AMERICA. I WILL PERSUE THIS MATTER FURTHER WITH MY DEALER AS SOON AS THE SHOP OPENS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20015000Routine
2000 — this page3000Routine
19980100Routine
19960200Routine
19950200Routine
19940100Routine
19930100Routine

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Other Spartan models

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.