1998 Suzuki Suzuki Motorcycle

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › disc › pads. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Tires	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum	1		0	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads	1		0	0	0
Power Train › Manual Transmission	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Manual Transmission

Filed Dec 21, 20033,272 milesOH

THE TRANMISSION ON MY SUZUKI MOTORCYLCE JUMPS PUT OFF 4TH GEAR. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1500 LC SERIES. THIS IS AFACTORY DEFECT ADN THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE EXPLAINS WHY. HTTP://24.116.28.74/~4THGEAR. *AK WHY HAS THE NHTSA NOT PUSHED FOR A FACTORY RECALL OF TEH MOTORCYCLES IN ORDER TO PREVENT A DEATH OR OTHER SERIOUS BODILY HARM TO COMSUMERS? ALSO, THE BRAKES ON THESE BIKES ARE VERY POOR AS THEY WEAR OUT ION LESS THAN 2000 MILES.

Tires

Filed Oct 26, 2002OK

TIRE IS WORN DOWN CENTER TO CORD. WEAR BARS ARE OK. FOUR OTHERS REPORTED AT THIS WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.MAXIMUM-SUZUKI.COM/IBF/INDEX.PHP?S=7149B9F9D55411FFCB14054168385952&ACT=ST&F=16&T=10738&ST=0&#ENTRY52334 DT *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum

Filed May 24, 2000MN

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 55MPH & THE BOLT TO THE BRAKE DRUM BROKE LOOSE. CONSUMER WENT TO STEP ON THE BRAKES & THE BRAKE CABLE SNAPPED. NO BRAKES & THE HUB ON THE BACK WHEEL SPUN AROUND WHICH WASN'T SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN. DEALER ORDERED THE PARTS, BUT WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads

Filed Sep 29, 1998OH

BRAKES PADS PREMATURELY WEAR OUT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003

Year	Complaints	Assessment
2003	24	Routine
2002	24	Routine
2001	4	Routine
2000	16	Routine
1999	6	Routine
1998 — this page	4	Routine
1997	5	Routine
1996	5	Routine
1995	6	Routine

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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.