Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 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.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 (NA) SUZUKI DL 1000AL4 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES. FROM 9/4/14 THRU 9/13/14 THEN AGAIN FROM 9/19/14 THRU 10/2/14. VEHICLE IS HARD TO START WHEN IT SITS IN THE SUN. THE VEHICLE WILL CRANK AND CRANK AND WILL NOT STAY RUNNING UNLESS YOU RAISE THE RPM'S TO AROUND 2000 FOR A FEW MINUTES. AT TIMES IT WILL TAKE 3 TO 5 TRIES TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE DEALER RETURNED BIKE TO ME YESTERDAY AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. (THIS IS A BRAND NEW BIKE, A LEFT OVER MODEL) UPON MY INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THEY DISCONNECTED THE EMISSION SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT A LEGAL OR SAFE FIX. DEALER ALSO MADE SOME DAMAGE TO RADIATOR, SCRATCHED SOME PAINT AND FORGOT TO PUT ON A SCREW. I HAVE PICTURES AND VIDEOS IF NEEDED. *TR
VEHICLE HAS ISSUES STARTING WHEN IT SITS IN THE SUN. ENGINE WILL CRANK AND CRANK STRONGLY BUT WILL NOT START EASILY. VEHICLE WILL EVENTUALLY START AFTER 3 TO 4 TRIES, BUT EXHAUST WILL SMELL LIKE GAS. THE THROTTLE NEEDS TO BE HELD OPEN TO KEEP RUNNING AND TO GET VEHICLE STARTED. VEHICLE IS ROUGH IDLING FOR THE FIRST FEW MINUTES. VEHICLE WILL STALL FROM TIME TO TIME AT DOWN SHIFTING AT A STOP. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUZUKI DL1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF TEN MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN DEALER. THE MECHANIC HAD NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,772.
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.
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