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2004 Suzuki SV650S 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 29, 2009
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 May 28, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Suzuki SV650S. 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 May 29, 2009

I HAVE A 2004 SV650S I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN RIDING IN THE RAIN THERE BECOMES WATER BECOMES TAPED IN THE FRONT CYLINDERS SPARK PLUG BOOT AREA AND CAUSES THE ENGINE TO RUN ON ONE CYLINDER. I SEE THE SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT CAN SURGE A LOT OF POWER WHEN THE CYLINDER IS INTERMITTENTLY FIRING. IF THE FENDER WAS EXTENDED OR A BETTER SEALING SPARK PLUG WAS INSTALLED IT WOULD BE MOST LIKELY REMEDIED. SINCE DOING SOME RESEARCH I FIND THIS IS A PROBLEM MANY OTHER SV650 MAY HAVE AS WELL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10270258
Incident
May 29, 2009
Mileage
27,000 mi
Electrical
Filed May 28, 2008

THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS A 2004 SUZUKI SV650S MOTORCYCLE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 21,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE PROBLEM IS A WIRING CONNECTION FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS. THE PLUG-IN STYLE CONNECTOR HAD ONE OF ITS PINS SHORT OUT AND MELT THE SURROUNDING PLASTIC, CAUSING A VERY UNRELIABLE CONNECTION. I HAVE NOT SO MUCH AS TOUCHED THIS CONNECTOR BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. ONCE THIS HAS SHORTED, THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IS PRONE TO DROPPING OUT INTERMITTENTLY AND UNPREDICTABLY. SINCE THIS IS CONNECTED WITH THE MAIN IGNITION SWITCH, WHEN THIS CONNECTION IS LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE MOTORCYCLE SHUTS OFF. A MOTORCYCLE IN A CORNER, OR IN TRAFFIC WITH A DEAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (AND THEREFORE NO MOTOR) IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION! THIS PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN AMONGST ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR THIS MOTORCYCLE (SUZUKI SV650 AND SV1000), AND HAS CAUSED SEVERAL RIDERS TO CRASH. THE PROBLEMS IS DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE CONNECTOR- THE CONNECTING PINS ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE THE CURRENT FROM THE MAIN IGNITION LOOP AND ARE PRONE TO OVERHEATING. I USED AN AFTERMARKET CONNECTOR WITH THE ORIGINAL WIRES, CAPABLE OF HANDLING MORE CURRENT RELIABLY, AND HAVE NOT SEEN THE PROBLEM REPEAT ITSELF. *TR

NHTSA ID
10229075
Incident
May 15, 2008
Mileage
21,000 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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