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2006 Suzuki DL1000 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 2, 2014
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 2, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2006 Suzuki DL1000. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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ElectricalEngine
Filed Jun 2, 2014

THE MAGNETS WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ALTERNATOR ROTOR CAME LOOSE. THEY ARE APPARENTLY HELD IN PLACE WITH GLUE, WHICH FAILED. THIS ALLOWED THE MAGNETS TO BREAK APART AND DESTROY THE ALTERNATOR STATOR AS WELL. THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR INVOLVING NEW PARTS (ROTOR, STATOR, GASKET, OIL) LABOR AND MUCH INCONVENIENCE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10595692
Incident
Jun 27, 2013
Mileage
31,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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