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2001 Suzuki GSX1300 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 Aug 23, 2002
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 19, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Suzuki GSX1300. 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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Transmission
Filed Aug 23, 2002
Crash reported1 injury reported

THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM THAT THE MOTORCYCLE GETS A FALSE NEUTRAL BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEARS WHICH CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL THRU A CORNER. NOW I CAN NOT RIDE WITHOUT IT DOING THIS AND THE DEALER SAYS THERE A NO REPORTED PROBLEMS FROM OTHER PEOPLE.EVEN CYCLE WORLD MAGAZINE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THERE TEST MODEL IN THE AUGUST 2002 REPORT ON THE MOTORCYCLE , ALOT OF PEOPLE I RIDE WITH HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
766133
Incident
Jun 26, 2002
Suspension
Filed Jul 12, 2001

OIL FROM FRONT FORK GETS ON FRONT BRAKES, DRASTICALLY INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE.

NHTSA ID
748373
Incident
Apr 28, 2001
Other / unspecifiedTransmission
Filed Jun 19, 2001

I DIDNT EVEN HIT A POTHOLE OR ANYTHING THE RIM WAS JUST BENT. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME BIKE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THE RIMS ARE REALLY WEAK NOT SAFE FOR THE STREET IF YOU ASK ME. IT ALSO DAMAGE MY TIRE SO I HAD TO GET A NEW ONE ALSO. IM ALWAYS CHECKING MY WHEELS NOW TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT DAMAGE AND SUZUKI TOLD ME THEY WONT AND REFUSE TO HELP ME THIS MOTORCYCLE ALSO HAS CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION, AND MOTOR PROBLEMS THAT ARE STARTING TO BE DISCOVERD ITS A FIRST YEAR BIKE ALSO.*AK

NHTSA ID
747027
Incident
Mar 15, 2001

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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