NHTSA Complaint #10231957 — 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R1000

2007 SUZUKI GSX-R1000, CRACKED (COMPLETELY THROUGH) SUB-FRAME AT THE POINT WHICH SUPPORTS THE PASSENGER. 1ST TIME I NOTICED WHEN MY WIFE COMPLAINED SHE FELT LIKE THE SEAT WAS LOOSE. THE DEALER IN MANNHEIM GERMANY REPLACED THE PART UNDER WARRANTY IN MARCH 2008. 3 WEEKS AFTERWARD, THE REPLACEMENT PART CRACKED IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION, IDENTICAL IN SIZE AND SHAPE TO THE CRACK IN THE ORIGINAL SUB-FRAME. DEALER IN GERMANY WOULD NOT MAKE A SECOND CLAIM AND EXPLAINED THAT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSED THE CRACK BY PRODUCING A FREQUENCY THAT CRACKS THE ALUMINUM. I CALLED SUZUKI MANUFACTURER IN THE US AND THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT REPLACING THE PART UNLESS I COULD SEND THE BIKE BACK TO THE US FOR SERVICING WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD, WHICH HAD JUST ENDED. CONSEQUENCES: MOTORCYCLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE WHILE THE SUB-FRAME IS CRACKED. I CAN NOT HOLD ANY PASSENGER ON THE PASSENGER SEAT DUE TO UNSAFE FRAME CRACK. I MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT PARTS. PICTURES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR