Total Complaints
1 filings
SUZUKI C50 (BOULEVARD) · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2005SUZUKIC50 (BOULEVARD) carries 1 consumer safety complaint in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, 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 2005 C50 (BOULEVARD) is electrical system with 1 filings. 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 2005 C50 (BOULEVARD). 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
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI C50 BOULEVARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COMPUTER ON THE MOTORCYCLE FAILED UPON START OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE HE SPOKE TO FOUR SEPARATE UNKNOWN DEALERS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE MODEL YEAR COMPUTERS WERE KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE OVER TIME. THE MANUFACTURER HAD ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
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.