NHTSA Complaint #10200656 — 2007 SUZUKI GSF1250

PURCHASED BIKE IN JUNE 2007. FOLLOWED MANUAL'S BREAK IN INSTRUCTIONS. AFTER THE FIRST 110 MILES, RADIATOR WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN COMES ON IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, UNDER 10 MPH, OR AFTER WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT FOR 1 MINUTE OR MORE (BIKE IS COMPLETELY WARMED UP). HAVE ADDED COOLANT EVERY 100-150 MILES. AT 600 MILE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID BIKE HAD AN AIR BUBBLE IN SYSTEM AND WAS A QUART LOW ON RADIATOR FLUID. WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO COME ON AND COOLANT WAS STILL NEEDING TO BE ADDED EVERY 100 MILES. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AT 1,293 MILES AND THEY REPLACED THERMOSTAT. AT 1400 MILES, WARNING LIGHT AGAIN CAME ON AND MORE COOLANT WAS ADDED. IF PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED, ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT AND LOCK UP WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. *TR