Owners filed 14 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Manual Transmission | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE FRONT TIRE VALVE STEM FRACTURED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE STEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,950. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.
FUEL TANK LEAKES FROM CRACK ON RIGHT FRONT MOUNT. TEMPORARY FIX WITH JB WELD. LEAK IS A LONG CRACK.*AK
I HAD A FUEL LEAK DEVELOPED ON THE FUEL TANK ON MY 01 SUZUKI 1500 INTRUDER. THE DEALER REPLACED IT UNDER AN EMISSIONS WARRANTY. *NM
LEAKING GAS TANK, ON SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500LC MOTORCYCLE, WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, NOW THE REPLACEMENT IS ALSO LEAKING. BOTH CRACKED IN THE SAME SPOT CLOSE TO A MOUNTING POINT.*AK
TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF FOURTH GEAR UNDER LOAD. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLICKERED WHEN THE HANDLE BARS WERE TURNED SHARPLY TOP LEFT. ONCE THAT HAPPENED, THE MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER/STALLED OR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. *AK
STRESS FRACTURE IN FUEL TANK NEAR RIGHT FRONT FLANGE ON TOP OF TANK. *AK
TRANSMISSION COMES OUT OF 4TH GEAR WHEN UNDER LOAD, EITHER PASSING ANOTHER CAR OR GOING OVER A HILL. PROBLEM COMPOUNDED WITH A PASSENGER. POSES HAZARD WHEN PASSING CARS TO SUDDENLY FIND YOURSELF IN NEUTRAL.*AK
THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE AND MOTORCYCLE WILL SKIP GEARS WHEN SHIFTING.CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
WHEN PUTTING MOTORCYCLE IN FIRST GEAR AND GOING DOWN A SLIGHT DECLINE, VEHICLE WILL JUMP OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND GO INTO NEUTRAL. *AK THE TRANSMISSION HAS JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AT LEAST FIVE TIMES ON THE DECLINE OF A HILL. THERE IS ALSO A FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH. *JG
WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER HAVING BEEN AT A COMPLETE STOP MOTORCYCLE HESITATES TO GO OR STALLS OUT COMPLETELY, MAKING IT DIFFCUILT FOR DRIVER TO CONTROL VEHICLE.*AK
THE MOTORCYCLE SLIPS OUT OF FOURTH GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM IS WORSE WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER OR IN HILLY OR MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. FOURTH GEAR IS ALMOST UNUSABLE IN THOSE CONDITIONS. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS TWO FOLD. IF ATTEMPTING TO PASS ON A HIGHWAY IN FOURTH GEAR IT WILL SLIP OUT AND LEAVE YOU WITH NO ACCELERATION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC APPROACHING. FOURTH GEAR IS PRACTIALLY USELESS ON HILLS WITH A PAGGENGER THEREFORE LOOSING THE ABILITY TO CLIMB STEEP GRADES SAFELY. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED WITH THIS VEHICLE ON TOO MANY OCCASIONS TO COUNT. ONE SITUATION WAS UNDER THE "PASSING CIRCUMSTANCE" AND MANY IN THE STEEP GRADE SITUATIONS.
BACKFIRING, PAIR VALVE FAILURE. *AK
WHILE SHIFTING TO GO TO 4TH GEAR MOTORCYCLE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER RESET IDLE AND MIXTURE, AND SERVICED MOTORCYCLE. *AK THE PROBLEM HAD OCCURED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, AND IT WAS BEING FIXED BY THE DEALER. *YH
14 of 14 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.