1997 Suzuki Suzuki Motorcycle

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › clutch assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Power Train › Clutch Assembly1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Oct 5, 200428,000 milesOR

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 98V133000. VEHICLE REPAIR WAS IMPLEMENTED UPON YOUR RECALL IN 1998. NO EVIDENCE OF GASKET FAILURE EXISTED AT THAT TIME. RECENTLY THIS IMPROVED GASKET FAILED, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKING TO THE EXTENT THAT A PUDDLE WAS EVIDENT. AS OF THIS TIME, SUZUKI HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE DELIVERY OF A REPLACEMENT GASKET.*AK

Tires
Filed Nov 7, 2001OK

WARRANTY CALLS FOR 6 YEAR REPLACEMENT. DUNLOP CLAIMS 4 BUT THEY SAID THE TIRES WERE SOLD TO THE MANUFACTURER (SUZUKI)EARLIER. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 7446-7466 TIRESIZE: 130 /90-16)

Suspension › Front
Filed Dec 22, 1999MI

SAVAGE, LS650; FRONT DISC BRAKE DESIGN MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FRONT BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. ALSO, REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE MANUFACTURED OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSING THE CABLE WHICH GOES TO THE REAR TO BREAK, AND VEHICLE HAD NO REAR BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Apr 26, 1998TX

GAS TANK LEAK.

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Sep 4, 1997OR

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY SLIPS. IN ADDITION, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL/STUMBLE. ALSO WATER PUMP LEAK/OIL LEAK. *AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200324000Routine
200224000Routine
20014000Routine
200016000Routine
19996000Routine
19984000Routine
1997 — this page5000Routine
19965000Routine
19956000Routine

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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.