2001 Suzuki TL1000

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension › Rear › Shock Absorber	1		0	0	0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline	1		0	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Suspension › Rear › Shock Absorber

Filed Sep 22, 2003PA

2001 SUZUKI TL1000S MOTORCYCLE, SUZUKI TEAMED UP WITH A COMPANY CALLED KABABA AND DESIGNED A REAR SHOCK ABSORBER SYSTEM CALLED A ROTARY VALVE DAMPNER. AS FAR AS I KNOW EVERY ONE ON THESE BIKES HAS FAILED. MY BIKE HAS 9000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. IT IS UNRIDEABLE. IF THIS SYSTEM WAS TO FAIL ON THE ROAD, IN A TURN OR CURVE IT COULD BE FATAL, LOOSING COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE. SUZUKI HAS BUILT THESE MOTORCYCLES FOR A FEW YEARS AND ALL HAVE THIS FLAW. THE FIX ALONE IS TO PURCHASE A AFTERMARKET SYSTEM TO REPLACE THIS ROTARY VALVE DAMPNER. PARTS ALONE ARE 500 TO 1000 DOLLARS. OVER ENGINEERED DESIGN THAT WILL FAIL IN TIME. I HOPE THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS THAT HAVE SPOKEN OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire

Filed Sep 24, 2001MA

WHILE RIDING MOTORCYCLE IN A PARKING LOT CONSUMER LOOKED AND SAW IT WAS ON FIRE. TOOK MOTORCYCLE TO DEALER , AND THEY CALLED SOMEONE TO TAKE PICTURES. TOLD CONSUMER THAT THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE DAMAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.