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2009 Suzuki SFV650 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 Apr 11, 2011
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 Apr 10, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 Suzuki SFV650. 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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Electrical
Filed Apr 11, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUZUKI SFV650 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V108000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR). THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE AND WOULD BE ORDERED. ONE MONTH LATER, THE CONTACT WAS STILL AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF PARTS AND STATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY HAS EXTENDED BEYOND A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE DEALER HAD YET TO CONTACT HIM IN REGARDS TO THE PART BECOMING AVAILABLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,304.

NHTSA ID
10395524
Incident
Mar 2, 2011
Mileage
1,304 mi
Electrical
Filed Apr 10, 2011

MOTORCYCLE UNSAFE TO RIDE

NHTSA ID
10396275
Incident
Oct 20, 2010
Mileage
95 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.

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