Total Complaints
1 filings
SUZUKI LS650P · model year
1 NHTSA complaints. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2005SUZUKILS650P 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.
The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 2005 LS650P is engine and engine cooling with 1 filings. Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause.
NHTSA currently has 14 investigation files overlapping the 2005 LS650P. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 1 |
"(1)EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE" A SLIGHT KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED LIKE THE VALVES NOT BEING ADJUSTED. I TOOK THE BIKE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADJUSTED THE VALVES "(2)FAILURE ANDS ITS CONSEQUENCES". THE KNOCKING CONTINUED AFTER THE VALVE ADJUSTMENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT IT WAS PISTON KNOCK. HE PUT A OVER A HALF A GALLON OF OIL INTO THE ENGINE. THE CRANKCASE ONLY HOLDS 2.4 QUARTS WITH FILTER CHANGE, 1.9 QUARTS WITH OUT A CHANGE OF THE FILTER. THE MANAGER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO EXCEPT PUT IN OIL EVERYDAY. THE BIKE WAS BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 4,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT SHOP, AND THEY STATED THE SAME THING: LACK OF LUBRICATION. I DO NOT DENY THE LACK OF LUBRICATION; HOWEVER, THERE WAS OIL IN THE CRANKCASE. THEY (NEW DEALER) SAID THAT THEY (SUZUKI) WOULD SEND OUT A REGIONAL TECH. TO CHECK THE ENGINE. IT SAT THERE FOR OVER A MONTH. THEY DENIED THE WARRANTY WORK. THEY NEVER SENT THE REGIONAL TECH TO LOOK AT THE BIKE.
Mileage: 4,800
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. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 2005 SUZUKI LS650P; 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.
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