Total Complaints
3 filings
SUZUKI BURGMAN · model year
3 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2004SUZUKIBURGMAN carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2004 BURGMAN is electronic stability control:automatic (asc) with 1 filings, followed by fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (1) and service brakes, hydraulic (1). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 14 investigation files overlapping the 2004 BURGMAN. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
3 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC) | 1 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | 1 |
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SUZUKI BURGMAN. WHILE RIDING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIR. HE STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE EXTENSIVELY WORN AND THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE CALIPER. THE DEALER ORDERED THE PART AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL THE CONTACT WHEN IT ARRIVES. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,800.
Mileage: 68,000
WAS DRIVING 55MPH, WHEN ANOTHER MOTORIST STARTING HONKING THEIR HORN AND HAD INFORMED DRIVER OF MOTORCYCLE, THAT FLAMES WAS APPEARING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTORCYCLE. PULLED MOTORCYCLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD TAKEN MOTORCYCLE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE ITS STILL THERE. INFORMED THE FUEL LINE HAD RUPTURED, WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE. THE CLIPS THAT HOLD THE FUEL LINE DISAPPEARED. SUZUKIE IS FAILING TO HONOR THE WARRANTY ON MOTORCYCLE.*JB
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH OR HIGHER MOTORCYCLE BECAME UNSTABLE AND WOBBLED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER BALANCED BY THE WHEELS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Mileage: 2,700
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.