https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Suzuki Sv1000s. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:33:32 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1572097 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE WOULD NOT CHARGE BATTERY AND COMPLETELY DIED BECAUSE OF IT ONE DAY. OPENED UP MAGNETO COVER AND FOUND THE ROTOR MAGNETS HAD DISINTEGRATED. RUINED THE ROTOR AND MAGNETO AND ONLY HAD 17,000 MILES ON IT. CLEANING UP BITS OF MAGNET ALL AROUND THE CRANK AND INSIDE THE ENGINE. https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1572098 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE WOULD NOT CHARGE BATTERY AND COMPLETELY DIED BECAUSE OF IT ONE DAY. OPENED UP MAGNETO COVER AND FOUND THE ROTOR MAGNETS HAD DISINTEGRATED. RUINED THE ROTOR AND MAGNETO AND ONLY HAD 17,000 MILES ON IT. CLEANING UP BITS OF MAGNET ALL AROUND THE CRANK AND INSIDE THE ENGINE. https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1527412 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT MAGNETS IN STATOR KEEP SEPARATING IN VERY HOT CONDITIONS CAUSING A SITUATION WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE COULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND/OR UNABLE TO POWER BACK ON AT STAND STILL / IDLE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1527413 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT MAGNETS IN STATOR KEEP SEPARATING IN VERY HOT CONDITIONS CAUSING A SITUATION WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE COULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND/OR UNABLE TO POWER BACK ON AT STAND STILL / IDLE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1264096 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT DRIVE GEAR (CLUTCH GEAR) FOR OIL PUMP, CAMS ETC. BROKE SPIDER WASHER (RETAINER CLIP) AND CAME LOOSE STRIKING BACK OF CLUTCH BASKET WHICH KEPT IT FROM COMING COMPLETELY OFF WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED ENGINE DESTRUCTION. GEAR SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE TORQUE APPLIED AT FACTORY TO NUT AND RED LOCK-TITE APPLIED TO THREADS. SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALL. REMAINING 1/3 OF BROKEN SPIDER WASHER COULD NOT BE FOUND IN OI https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1211980 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT MAGNETS GLUED INTO MAGNETO FAILED, CAUSING CHARGING SYSTEM TO FAIL. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THIS AND SIMILAR MODELS https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1080132 Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 45 MPH. MY MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUEL RELATED SO I PUSHED MY BIKE 1/4 MILE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND FILLED UP. THE BIKE DID NOT START, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS BATTERY RELATED. I HAD TO GET MY PICKUP, THEN TRAILER THE BIKE HOME. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS S https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1078000 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT THE MOTORCYCLE HAD SYMPTOMS OF A BAD BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND DIED WHILE 2 HOURS FROM THE HOUSE. I BEGAN CHECKING THE CHARGING SYSTEM AND NOTICE 0VDC GENERATOR OUTPUT. I INSPECTED THE PART AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL MAGNETS WERE CRACKED, ONE SLIDING OVER ANOTHER AND BEING FILED DOWN BY THE STATOR. THIS HAS ALSO LEFT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS IN THE OIL POSSIBLY CAUSING ROD AND MAIN BEARIN https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1078001 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT THE MOTORCYCLE HAD SYMPTOMS OF A BAD BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND DIED WHILE 2 HOURS FROM THE HOUSE. I BEGAN CHECKING THE CHARGING SYSTEM AND NOTICE 0VDC GENERATOR OUTPUT. I INSPECTED THE PART AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL MAGNETS WERE CRACKED, ONE SLIDING OVER ANOTHER AND BEING FILED DOWN BY THE STATOR. THIS HAS ALSO LEFT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS IN THE OIL POSSIBLY CAUSING ROD AND MAIN BEARIN https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070326 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 5 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 1 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING AROUND CAUSING DAMAGE AND WERE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070327 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 5 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 1 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING AROUND CAUSING DAMAGE AND WERE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070305 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 1 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 5 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING AROUND CAUSING DAMAGE AND WERE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070306 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 1 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 5 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING AROUND CAUSING DAMAGE AND WERE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070307 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS A SECOND FAILURE. MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 3 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 3 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING ARO https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070308 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS A SECOND FAILURE. MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 3 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 3 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING ARO https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070309 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 4 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 2 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING AROUND CAUSING DAMAGE AND WERE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1070310 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT MOTORCYCLE STARTED TO VIBRATE MORE AT HANDLE BARS AND BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE TO RIDE. ELECTRICAL OUTPUT FROM THE MAGNETO WAS ALSO STARTING TO DROP IN DC OUTPUT. SELF INVESTIGATION INTO ISSUE REVEALED THAT THE INTERNAL MAGNETO ROTOR THAT NORMALLY HAS 6 MAGNETS EPOXIED TO IT, NOW ONLY HAD 4 EPOXIED IN THE CORRECT PLACE. THE OTHER 2 HAD BROKEN THE BOND AND WERE SLIDING AROUND CAUSING DAMAGE AND WERE https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1038933 Sun, 16 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT THE CHARGING SYSTEM ON THIS MOTORCYCLE HAS NO WARNING WHEN IT QUITS WORKING. SINCE IT IS A FUEL INJECTED VEHICLE, WITH CONSTANTLY ON HEADLIGHTS IT WILL RUN DOWN A PERFECTLY GOOD BATTERY WHEN THE CHARGING SYSTEM FAILS. *TR THE CHARGING SYSTEM HAS A LATENT DEFECT IN THE ROTOR. THE MAGNETS ARE ATTACHED WITH AN ADHESIVE. THE AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE IS MINIMAL, LEADING TO THE RELEASE OF THE MAGNETS. THE A https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1014671 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT THE MAGNETS ON THE FLYWHEEL CAME OFF AND SHATTERED CAUSING THE MOTORCYCLE TO DIE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1014672 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT THE MAGNETS ON THE FLYWHEEL CAME OFF AND SHATTERED CAUSING THE MOTORCYCLE TO DIE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1014438 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT THE IGNITION ROTOR HAS A SERIES OF MAGNETS GLUED TO IT BUT THAT GLUE FAILED CAUSING THE MAGNETS TO COME LOOSE AND BREAK APART IN THE ENGINE CAUSE FRAGMENTS TO GO ALL OVER INSIDE THE ENGINE. WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE SUZUKI FORUMS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-1014439 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT THE IGNITION ROTOR HAS A SERIES OF MAGNETS GLUED TO IT BUT THAT GLUE FAILED CAUSING THE MAGNETS TO COME LOOSE AND BREAK APART IN THE ENGINE CAUSE FRAGMENTS TO GO ALL OVER INSIDE THE ENGINE. WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE SUZUKI FORUMS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-931094 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT IN MID RIDE I WAS APPROACHING A LOW SPEED CORNER AT THE END OF A HIGH SPEED STRAIGHT AWAY. I TRIED TO PULL MY CLUTCH HANDLE IN TO BEGIN TO BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFT AND THE CLUTCH HANDLE HAD NO RESISTANCE AT ALL. COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH SYSTEM. UNABLE TO TAKE THE DRIVE PRESSURE OFF THE REAR TIRE THE BIKE LOST TRACTION IN THE REAR AND LOWSIDED THE BIKE INTO A 6 FOOT DITCH AT AROUND 60 https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-931095 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT IN MID RIDE I WAS APPROACHING A LOW SPEED CORNER AT THE END OF A HIGH SPEED STRAIGHT AWAY. I TRIED TO PULL MY CLUTCH HANDLE IN TO BEGIN TO BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFT AND THE CLUTCH HANDLE HAD NO RESISTANCE AT ALL. COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH SYSTEM. UNABLE TO TAKE THE DRIVE PRESSURE OFF THE REAR TIRE THE BIKE LOST TRACTION IN THE REAR AND LOWSIDED THE BIKE INTO A 6 FOOT DITCH AT AROUND 60 https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-883348 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT MY SUZUKI SV1000S HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START THE MOTORCYCLE IN MY GARAGE IN MAY OF 2011. I TURNED THE SWITCH AND NOTHING CAME ON. I CHECKED THE BATTERY AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT. MYSTERIOUSLY, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED WORKING SEVERAL DAYS LATER. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 TIMES. ON 09/26/2011, I WAS RIDING WITH MY 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHT https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-860698 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SUZUKI SV1000S MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE MOTOR AND OVERFLOWING INTO THE CHARCOAL CANISTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE LIQUID SEPARATOR BRACKET INSIDE THE FUEL TANK AND UNDERNEATH, THE SEAMS WERE SEPARATED. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEF https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-787351 Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER DUE TO A FAULTY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE IGNITION SWITCH TO THE MAIN IGNITION RELAY. THIS RESULTS IN LOSS OF LIGHTS, INSTRUMENTS, AND IGNITION POWER. THE ENGINE STALLS AND CAN EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND INJURIES. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-745328 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT CONNECTOR FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH TO WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATED AND THE CONNECTOR NO LONGER HELP THE WIRES TOGETHER FOR THE IGNITION. TURN THE KEY - NO POWER AT ALL TO THE BIKE. I HAVE READ ABOUT DOZENS OF RIDERS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO, SOME HAVE HAD ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT. LUCKILY I WASN'T IN MOTION WHEN THE POWER GAVE OUT. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-702416 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2003 SUZUKI SV1000, WILL NOT START, NO ELECTRIC AT ALL. MUST TAKE OFF SEAT & MOVE WIRES, THEN WILL START, IT DOES THIS EVERY TIME I TURN IT OFF. HAVE READ MANY POSTS ABOUT THE "GREEN CONNECTOR" MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-sv1000s#complaint-685481 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT ELECTRICAL HARNESS ON MY BIKE (SV1000S 2003) WENT BAD AND NO POWER IS GOING TO ANYTHING. *TR