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2006 Suzuki VL1500T 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 19, 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 Aug 18, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Suzuki VL1500T. 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Electrical
Filed Aug 19, 2011

STATOR AND REGULATOR CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE RESULTING IN MOTORCYCLE STALLING AND NOT BEING OPERABLE. HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM ROADWAY CREATING UNSAFE CONDITION. REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BY REPLACING STATOR AND REGULATOR/RECTIFIER. STATOR FAILURE RELATED TO WINDING INSULATION FAILURE TO GROUND AND OVERHEATING OF REGULATOR. *TR

NHTSA ID
10420131
Incident
Jul 17, 2009
Mileage
17,835 mi
Electrical
Filed Aug 18, 2011

STATOR FAILED. REGULATOR FAILED. BIKE STALLED AT INTERSECTION, HAD TO PUSH BIKE OFF ROAD. I BOUGHT AND REPLACED BOTH PARTS BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE DEALER DO THE WORK. *KB

NHTSA ID
10420031
Incident
Jul 10, 2011
Mileage
25,500 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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