NHTSA Complaint #10181499 — 2006 SUZUKI AN650

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION INVOLVING A 2006 SUZUKI BURGMAN SCOOTER HERE ARE SOME DETAILS: PURCHASED NEW 2006 SUZUKI BURGMAN SCOOTER, WITH ONLY 138 MILES ON THIS SCOOTER MY SELF(DAVE) AND THE SERVICE MANAGER(TREVOR) NOTICED RUSTY WELD JOINTS,HE CONTACTED HIS AREA SUZUKI SERVICE REP AND WE BOTH WERE SHOCKED AT HIS SOLUTION"JUST PUT TOUCH UP PAINT OVER THE RUST?????????????? WE BOTH THOUGHT SUZUKI WOULD EITHER SEND ANOTHER SCOOTER TO REPLACE THIS ONE OR AT THE VERY LEAST REPLACE THE FRAME! AFTER ALL THE FRAME IS THE BACK BONE OF THIS SCOOTER AND RUST IN THE WELD JOINTS AFTER 138 MILES OF USE SUGGESTS AN UNSAFE CONDITION! I CONTINUED TO RIDE THIS SCOOTER WAITING TO HERE FROM THE SUZUKI REP I WAS CONTACTED BY SUZUKI ONCE CONCERNING THE RUSTY WELDS AND THEY TOO SUGGEST TOUCHUP PAINT?????????????? THIS IS NOT A SAFE REPAIR THE FRAME SHOULD BE REPLACED IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY. I TOLD SUZUKI I WAS GIVING THEM TIME TO RESPOND AND IT HAS BEEN 5 MONTHS AND NO ONE FROM SUZUKI HAS CONTACTED ME OR TREVOR I'M TURNING TO YOU FOR HELP IN THIS SITUATION AND TO REMEDY A POTENTIAL HAZARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE DAVID A ZICHEK. *NM