Total Complaints
5 filings
SUZUKI V-STROM 1000 · model year
5 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 2004SUZUKIV-STROM 1000 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.
The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 2004 V-STROM 1000 is fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system with 2 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:engine (1) and engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline (1). 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 2004 V-STROM 1000. 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
5 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | 2 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 (NA) SUZUKI V-STROM. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V878000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
WHILE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY SINCE DAY ONE THERE HAS BEEN A HESITATION FROM 3000-4000 RPMS. IT WAS TAKEN TO 2 DEALERS AND NO REMEDY WAS FOUND. I WAS TOLD BY BOTH SERVICE MANAGERS THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AT SUZUKI FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, AND THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CURE. THE MOTORCYCLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE AND COULD LEAD TO AN UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT. THE CYCLE NOW HAS 4500 MILES ON IT. *AK
Mileage: 20
WHILE RIDING AT A STEADY RPM, THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Mileage: 500
MOTORCYCLE MISSES AND HESITATES DOR OPERATION BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 RPMS WHEN WARM. SOMETIMES STALLS. PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED IN INTERNET USER GROUPS. BIKE HAS BEEN TO DEALER TO BE FIXED. DEALER SAYS HE TALKED WITH SUZUKI AND THE BIKE IS RUNNING AS GOOD AS ITS GOING TO WITHOUT GOING AFTERMARKET AND INSTALLING EQUIPMENT THAT WILL VOID WARRANTY. COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AS HESITATION AND STALLING IS MOST NOTICABLE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND INTERSECTIONS.*AK
VIOLATION OF MAGNUSON MOSS WARRANTY ACT, UCC AND CALIFORNIA CODE PURCHASE OF 2004 SUZUKI DL1000.*MR THE MOTORCYCLE WAS DELIVERED ON 6/11/2004. UPON DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE THE E CONSUMER NOTICED THAT HE MOTORCYCLE WAS MISSING, SURGING AND HESITATION ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE MOTORCYCLE ALSO STOPPED OPERATING WHILE SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT THE SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL BUT THAT HE MANUFACTURER HAD GIVEN THEM SOME TEST TO RUN. THE DEALER THEN DETERMINED THAT THEY MAY HAVE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM BUT HAD TO ORDER THE PART NECESSARY TO FIX THE MOTORCYCLE. THE CONSUMER REQUEST A REFUND FOR THE COST OF THE BIKE SINCE THE DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM
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 2004 SUZUKI V-STROM 1000; 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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