Total Complaints
1 filings
SUZUKI INTRUDER · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1987SUZUKIINTRUDER 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 1987 INTRUDER is fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly 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 1 investigation file overlapping the 1987 INTRUDER. 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 |
|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | 1 |
MY 1987 SUZUKI 1400 INTRUDER HAS RECENTLY SPRUNG A LEAK IN THE REAR AREA OF THE WELD SEAM. NOT ONLY IS IT DAMAGING TO THE FRONT PART OF MY SEAT, BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS LEAKING GAS DOWN ON MY ENGINE, WHICH IS "VERY" HAZARDOUS! *JB I HAVE CONTACTED SUZUKI, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER MY 1987 MOTORCYCLE, ALTHOUGH IT IS A WELD SEAM DEFECT, BUT WILL SELL ME A NEW GAS TANK FOR $447.15. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FATALITIES, FAILURES, INJURIES, FIRES, CRASHES, NOR DAMAGES OR REPORTS TO THE POLICE YET! PLEASE HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM!!! *JB
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.