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2014 SUZUKI M109R — Complaint #1609150

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) filed October 4, 2019

NHTSA complaint #1609150 (ODI reference 11266067) concerns a 2014 SUZUKI M109R and was filed on October 4, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 1, 2019. The vehicle had 20,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same SUZUKI M109R cohort independently describe similar power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 SUZUKI M109R shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2014 SUZUKI M109R
Component
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
State
North Carolina
Mileage
20,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 (NA) SUZUKI M109R MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE THROTTLE PLACED TENSION ON THE CLUTCH CABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CLUTCH CABLE FRACTURED AND THE GEARS COULD NOT BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED IN ORDER TO CHANGE GEARS. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE CABLE HIMSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1609150
ODI Number 11266067
Date Filed October 4, 2019
Failure Date January 1, 2019
VIN JS1VY53A0F2

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.