2007 Suzuki VL800

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit1
101
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Driveline › Differential UnitCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 23, 2007100 milesTX

DIFFERENTIAL WAS LEAKING OIL AND BACK TIRE WAS FULL OF OIL WHEN I TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME THE GUY TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT I DROVE THE BIKE THROW A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER I WAS IN THE ACCIDENT A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I HIT THE BREAKS MOTORCYLE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO THE SIDE CAUSING INJURY TO MYSELF AND DAMAGE TO THE BIKE SEALS WERE REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

Electrical System
Filed Jul 10, 20071,000 milesLA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI VL800. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING UNDER THE CONTACT'S FEET, SEAT, AND HANDS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WERE THE SPARK PLUGS. THE CONTACT RODE THE VEHICLE AND THE VIBRATIONS WERE STILL PRESENT. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE ELSEWHERE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, POWERTRAIN, AND # OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1,000.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20100100Routine
20094100Routine
20083100Routine
2007 — this page2000Routine
20067100Routine
20059110Routine
20043000Routine
20033000Routine

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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.