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2000 Suzuki GSX600FW 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 May 16, 2001
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 Aug 21, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Suzuki GSX600FW. 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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Engine
Filed May 16, 2001

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID
888354
Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 21, 2000

THE REAR HUB WHICH THE WHEEL, AND SPROCKET IS MOUNTED TO HAS DOZENS OF CRACKS, SOME 3-4 INCHES IN LENGTH , DEEP ENOUGH TO EMBED YOUR FINGERNAIL INTO. ON WWW.LABUSAS.ORG DOZENS OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME BIKE, SAME YEAR HAVE EXPERIENCED CRACKS IN THE HUB. IF THE HUB BREAKS THE RIDER WILL GO DOWN, CHANCES ARE HE/SHE WILL DIE.I CANT RIDE MY NEW MOTERCYCLE AS A RESULT OF THE FOUNDRY THAT CASTED THIS PRODUCT LACK OF CARE, OR SUZUKI ENGINEERS FAILED TO TEST THIS PART PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. THIS SUZUKI MAKES 165 HP AND 95 FT/LBS OF TQ. IT CAN GO 194 MPH STOCK, IT IS SUZUKIS FASTEST MOTERCYCLE EVER MADE AND THE WORLDS FASTEST PRODUCTION VEHICAL, WHEN THIS HUB FAILS RIDERS WILL DIE.....................IF THIS WERE A PART ON AN AIRPLANE, IT WOULD BE GROUNDED, THIS MOTERCYCLE SHOULD BE GROUNDED .........A NATIONWIDE RECALL NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED A.S.A.P. OR PEOPLE WILL DIE..............................

NHTSA ID
728558
Incident
Aug 19, 2000

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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