Suzuki · vehicle model
Suzuki GSX-R1000
70 NHTSA complaints and 20 safety recalls across model years 2001–2021.
- Complaints
- 70
- Recalls
- 20
- Model years
- 14
The verdict
The Suzuki GSX-R1000 pairs above-average complaint volume with 20 recalls (heavily recalled).
- 36th pctile
- complaint volume, US models
- 20
- recall campaigns
Suzuki GSX-R1000 vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
70 Around the middle lower than 36% of 3,088 models
tracked vehicle models, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The SuzukiGSX-R1000 appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 70 consumer safety complaints and 20 recall campaigns across 14 model years (2001–2021). That averages roughly 5 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year. The filing-year histogram shows the timing of submitted reports, not a causal trend.
NHTSA has 14 investigation files tied to this model. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
Complaint Filing Trend
NHTSA complaint volume by year filed (not model year).
Year filed (bar labels show the complaint count).
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CAM CHAIN TENSIONER (CCT)
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MOTORCYCLE STALLING
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. 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.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. Suzuki GSX-R1000 totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.