| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002236316 | Incident Date: Sep, 10 2002 |
| Consumer's City: IVYLAND | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Suzuki Motor USA, LLC |
| Model Name: TL1000 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:rear:shock absorber |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 21 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 10 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 2 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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 |
