2000 Suzuki Intruder Owner Complaints

GAS TANK LEAKS. UNDERNEATH THE GAS TANK. VERY DANGEROUS! *TR

NHTSA ID

10662882

Incident

Dec 3, 2014

Mileage

41,000 mi

MY 2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500LC JUMPS OUT OF 4TH GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING. IT HAS DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHEN PASSING PARTICULARLY. SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ON THE SUZUKI USERS FORUM HAVE MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

10100900

Incident

Nov 20, 2004

Mileage

5,400 mi

2000 SUZUKI 1500LC INTRUDER GAS TANK DEVELOPED STRESS CRACK ALONG SEAM OF TANK. LEAKS FUEL DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH OPERATORS SCROTUM! ALL MODEL YEARS AFFECTED. PLEASE GO TO: HTTP://FORUMS.DELPHIFORUMS.COM/RLCMC/START THIS IS AN INTERNET FORUM CONSISTING OF HUNDREDS OF 1500LC OWNERS. SEVERAL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS TERRIBLE PROBLEM. THANK YOU. JOHN PONZO. *NM

NHTSA ID

10100500

Incident

Nov 20, 2004

Mileage

25,000 mi

GAS TANK LEAK ON 2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500. MAY CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH IF LEAKS ON EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10100072

Incident

Oct 30, 2004

Mileage

18,000 mi

THE FUEL TANK UNDER THE SEAT CRACKED AND LEAKED. THE CRACK IS ALWAYS LOCATED ON THE UPPER RIGHT MOUNT AREA. IT'S A SMALL HAIRLINE CRACK AT FIRST AND DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE LC/C90 DELPHI FORUM. FUEL RUNS OUT OF THE TANK CAUSING A POTENTIAL FIRE PROBLEM. I USED JB WELD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OTHER HAD HAVE HAD A NEW TANK INSTALLED WHICH CAN CRACK TOO. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH INTRUDER 1500 LC'S.*JB

NHTSA ID

10098819

Incident

Mar 1, 2003

Mileage

20,000 mi

MY SUZUKI 1500 INTRUDER MOTORCYCLE'S EMISSIONS SYSTEM FAILED. I NOTICED SMELL OF GASOLINE ABOUT THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND A BAD WELD IN THE SEAM ON THE GAS TANK AT THE FRONT RIGHT MOUNTING TAB. FOR SOME REASON THE TANK SEEMS TO BE UNDER STRESS AT THAT POINT, THAT COMBINED WITH A DEFECTIVE SEAM WELD AT THAT LOCATION CAUSED A LEAK A THAT POINT. I HAVE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED THE TANK BY REMOVING THE BOLT FROM THAT AREA RELIEVING THE STRESS AND COVERED THE LEAKING AREA WITH EPOXY TO STOP THE GAS LEAK. I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FRIENDS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND CAN PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH THEM IF YOU LIKE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10098806

Incident

Aug 10, 2004

Mileage

15,700 mi

A RECALL NOTICE(NC99-04) REGARDING THE CLUTCH BACK TORQUE WAS RECEIVED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE MOTORCYCLE'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10097176

Incident

Oct 19, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM TWICE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10095023

Incident

Oct 1, 2003

Mileage

5,000 mi

I PURCHASED A SUZUKI 1500 INTRUDER, WITH 2500 MILES, INMAY, FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IT HAS POPPED OUT OF 4TH GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES, UNDER MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION, AS IN, ENTERING AN FREEWAY, ON THE RAMP, TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED TO MERGE. ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE ON A 2-LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY(COUNTRY ROAD). I HOPE THE ENGINE HASN'T BEEN HURT, BY BEING OVEREVED. IF YOU DRIVE A CAR, CAN YOU IMAGINE FLOORING IT TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, THEN HAVING SOMEONE SHIFT IT INTO NEUTRAL!!! NOT GOOD! I MANAGE AN AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION SHOP, SO I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW IT WORKS ETC. THERE MUST BE A WEAK PART, TOO MUCH ENDPLAY,BAD SHIFT FORK ETC. I HAVE TRIED TO SHIFT IT DIFFERENT WAYS, HOLD IT IN ETC. TO NO AVAIL. THIS SITUATION NEEDS ATTENTION,SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT, I FEAR. I KNOW IT'S NOT FROM ABUSE, WEAR ETC. BAD RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX! IT SEEMS TO BE MORE PREVELANT IN THE 2000 MODEL YEAR? I'VE A SUZUKI FAN, AND HAVE OWNED "6"UZUKI'S. I HOPE THEY TAKE THE OPPURTUNITY TO CORRECT THIS. IT'S A GOOD MOTORCYCLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10033398

Incident

Aug 16, 2003

Mileage

2,850 mi

2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER VL 1500 LC POPS OUT OF 4TH GEAR AND GOES INTO A " FALSE " NEUTRAL. EVERY TIME I RIDE ABOUT EVERY 3RD OR 4TH TIME I SHIFT TO 4TH GEAR. THIS BECAME A PROBLEM ABOUT 4000MI AND CONTINUED TO WORSEN . THERE IS 13000MI ON THE BIKE NOW. WHEN ACCELERATING ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP TO A HIGHWAY IT WILL POP OUT OF 4TH GEAR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV VERY HIGH, CAUSE INSTABILITY, AND LOOSE SPEED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN TRYING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. *AK

NHTSA ID

10025611

Incident

Jul 3, 2003

Mileage

4,000 mi

CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH MOTORCYCLE JUMPING OUT OF GEAR ON ACCELERATION AND "FALSE NEUTRALS." THIS PROBLEM IS CONTINUOUS AND START DATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES ON MOTORCYCLE LAST YEAR.*AK

NHTSA ID

10023838

Incident

Jul 9, 2002

Mileage

5,000 mi

2000 SUZUKI VL INTRUDER 1500LC: "FALSE NEUTRAL" BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH GEAR CAUSES OVER-REVVING AND SAFETY ISSUES WHEN ENTERING HIGHWAYS, PASSING ETC. ALSO, OCCASIONALLY THE TRANSMISSION WILL POP OUT OF GEAR WHILE JUST RIDING ALONG AT NORMAL IN-TOWN SPEEDS. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023775

Incident

Apr 27, 2003

TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE UNDER LOAD, ESPECIALLY WHILE TRYING TO PASS VEHICLES. *JB

NHTSA ID

10023640

Incident

May 16, 2003

Mileage

650 mi

WHILE RIDING MY 2000 SUZUKI VL 1500 LC MOTORCYCLE, IT HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR INTO A "FALSE" NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN BOTH 4TH AND 5TH GEAR. USUALLY UNDER A LOAD, LIKE PULLING UP A HILL OR WITH A PASSENGER OR BOTH. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023439

Incident

Jun 9, 2003

Mileage

18,500 mi

PURCHASED BIKE IN MAY 2002 AND PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING AT THAT TIME AS WELL AS SINCE THEN. AFTER SHIFTING INTO 4TH (AND SOMETIMES 5TH) GEAR, TRANSMISSION WILL "POP" OUT OF GEAR INTO A "PHANTOM NEUTRAL" CONDITION. THIS MAINLY HAPPENS UNDER ACCELERATION BUT CAN HAPPEN DURING CRUISING (SEEMS TO "FALL" OUT OF GEAR). THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH CREATED A VERY TENSE MOMENT DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023352

Incident

Jun 18, 2003

PURCHASED 2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER VL1500 IN MAY 2002 WITH 7000 MILES ON BIKE. PROBLEM BEGAN TO SHOW UP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. AFTER SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR, TRANSMISSION WILL INTERMITTENTLY POP OUT OF GEAR, USUALLY UNDER ACCELERATION BUT SOMETIMES AT CRUISE, CAUSING A "FALSE NEUTRAL" SITUATION. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH CREATED AN EXTREMELY SCARY SITUATION DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023351

Incident

Jun 18, 2003

THE VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF 4TH AND 5TH GEARS UNDER POWER, IE: PASSING, NEGOTIATING TIGHT TURNS, AND CLIMBING HILLS. WE KNOW THIS TO BE A PROBLEM ON AT LEAST ONE OTHER MOTORCYLE OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, WITH APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MILES.

NHTSA ID

752166

Incident

Sep 10, 2001

REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP ON REAR TIRES THREE TIMES.

NHTSA ID

728049

Incident

Jul 14, 2000