Consumer Complaint Detail

SUZUKI / GSX-R750 / 2005

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005111829 Incident Date: Mar, 07 2005
Consumer's City: FEDERAL WAY Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Suzuki Motor USA, LLC
Model Name: GSX-R750 Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Structure:frame and members:underbody shields
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: JS1GR7JA752 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 14 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 27 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was riding the motorcycle which i only had for 10 days and gave it some gas and the front end came up than down, nothing major than a few seconds later the front end just dove into the ground. it was going approximately 25 - 30 mph on a private road as the speed limit was is. the motorcycle had frame sliders to protect it in event of a crash, but after the crash i got up to pick up the motorcycle and the 2 welds on the neck of the frame split down the middle completely. i contacted suzuki , and they sent a representative, who had raced and said he'd never seen anything like that before happening so he sent a report to suzuki headquarters, and they contacted me and were not nice . then, i had a certified weld inspector do an visual evaluation and his report stated that visual inspection of welds revealed lack of fusion which may have caused weld failure. and he said that i should be able to drop the motorcycle from 4 stories and the welds should not break, the motorcycle maybe, but the welds should never break and certainly not split. all that broke on the other than that was one turn signal, which was plastic. it was the only other damage, the motorcycle still starts and runs, but 2 split welds on both sides, left and right, but the motorcycle only fell on the right side.*ak