Total Complaints
5 filings
SUZUKI GSXR1000 · model year
5 NHTSA complaints, and 1 active recall for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2001SUZUKIGSXR1000 carries 5 consumer safety complaints 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 2001 GSXR1000 is tires with 1 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:engine (1) and exterior lighting:headlights (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. This model year has 1 active recall campaign, which means the manufacturer is obligated to remedy the covered defect at no charge for the life of the vehicle — the full NHTSA campaign numbers are listed below.
NHTSA currently has 14 investigation files overlapping the 2001 GSXR1000. 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
5 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| TIRES | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 1 |
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY | 1 |
EQUIPMENT
MOTION PRO IS RECALLING 10,000 AFTERMARKET BRAKE LEVERS, MODEL NO. 14-0415, SOLD FOR USE ON CERTAIN MY 1999 THROUGH 2008 SUZUKI AND MY 1998 THROUGH 2003 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLES. THE LOBE HEIGHT ON SOME OF THESE LEVERS ARE SMALLER AND DO NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE THE STOMP LAMP SWITCH WHICH WILL NOT DEACTIVATE
WHILE RIDING ON MOTORCYCLE THE BIKE FLIPS OUT OF NEUTRAL INTO SECOND GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
WHILE RIDING THE BIKE FLIPS INTO SECOND GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL AT MIDRANGE RPM'S. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
Mileage: 2,200
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHT HOUSING SLIPPED OFF MOTORCYCLE AND BROKE, WHICH LEFT LIGHT HANGING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE OIL PLUG FELL OUT AND THE BIKE STARTED SMOKING.NLM
WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT TIRE SLID OUT WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOW SIDE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE MOTORCYCLE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE BRIDGESTONE TIRE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.*YD
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.