NHTSA Complaint #10124835 — 2003 SUZUKI SV1000

MY 2003 SUZUKI SV1000S MOTORCYCLE HAD AN INTERMITANT TOTAL POWER(ELECTRICAL) FAILURE THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE BIKE COMPLETELY SHUTTING OFF. BIKE WAS BROUGHT TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY UNDER WARRENTY AND ADVISED ME THAT SOMETIMES THE BATTERYS JUST GO BAD. THE BIKE WAS FINE ON THE FEW SHORTER RIDES I TESTED IT ON..THE MOTOR DIDN'T CUT OUT LEADING ME TO BELEIVE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. WHILE LEANING IN TO A CORNER ON THE MORNING OF SEPT. 13TH I AGAIN EXPERIENCED THIS ENGINE CUT OUT LEADING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE FRONT END. THIS RESULTED IN A PRETTY NASTY HIGH SIDE ACCIDENT WHEN I TRIED TO SAVE THE BIKE. INJURIES WERE A BROKEN SHOULDER, ELBOW, AND TWO CRACKED VERTIBRAE. WHEN I WAS WELL ENOUGH AFTER THE ACCIDENT I WANTED TO KNOW FOR MYSELF WHAT HAPPEDED, SO APART CAME THE BIKE. THE CAUSE OF MY INTERMITANT FAILURE TURNED OUT TO BE A FAULTY ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WERE THE IGNITION SWITCH PLUGS IN TO THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS. THE BIKE WAS BROUGHT TO A LOCAL DEALER AT THIS POINT FOR REPAIR, AND PER SUZUKI'S RECOMENDATIONS THE FAULTY PLUG WAS REPLACED.....I WAS JUST SO PLEASED WITH SUZUKI'S EXPLANATION REGARDING THIS MATTER. THERE TAKE WAS "SOMETIMES THESE PLUGS WORK LOOSE AND GO BAD." IF ANY ONE NEEDS PICTURS OF THE CRAP PLUG I HAVE THEM. JG