Consumer Complaint Detail

SUZUKI / SV1000 / 2003

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004023776 Incident Date: Sep, 12 2004
Consumer's City: TORRINGTON Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Suzuki Motor USA, LLC
Model Name: SV1000 Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: JS1VT54A732 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 08 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Apr, 28 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My 2003 suzuki sv1000s motorcycle had an intermitant total power(electrical) failure that would result in the bike completely shutting off. bike was brought to a local dealer and they could not duplicate the problem. the dealer replaced the battery under warrenty and advised me that sometimes the batterys just go bad. the bike was fine on the few shorter rides i tested it on..the motor didn't cut out leading me to beleive that the problem was fixed. while leaning in to a corner on the morning of sept. 13th i again experienced this engine cut out leading me to loose control of the front end. this resulted in a pretty nasty high side accident when i tried to save the bike. injuries were a broken shoulder, elbow, and two cracked vertibrae. when i was well enough after the accident i wanted to know for myself what happeded, so apart came the bike. the cause of my intermitant failure turned out to be a faulty electrical connection were the ignition switch plugs in to the main wiring harness. the bike was brought to a local dealer at this point for repair, and per suzuki's recomendations the faulty plug was replaced.....i was just so pleased with suzuki's explanation regarding this matter. there take was "sometimes these plugs work loose and go bad." if any one needs picturs of the crap plug i have them. jg