NHTSA Complaint #10425270 — 2011 SUZUKI DL650

FAILED COMPONENT: SPEEDOMETER. THE SPEEDOMETER ON THIS VEHICLE IS HIGHLY IN ACCURATE. AT MAY ROADWAYS (40 TO 55MPH) AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS (UP TO 85 IN SOME STATES). AT THESE SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER IS OVER BY AS MUCH AS 10 TO 12 MPH OR AS MUCH AS 15%. MEASURED AGAINST GPS, OTHER VEHICLES, AND POINT-TO-POINT TIMING. THIS HAS SEVERAL EFFECTS: - WHEN TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH MINIMUM SPEED LIMITS, ONE COULD BE TRAVELING SLOWER THAN PASTED - TRAVELING IN HIGHWAYS AT POSTED SPEEDS, ONE IS TRAVELING LESS THAN WHAT THE SPEEDOMETER SAYS AND COULD BE OVERTAKEN BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. - ODOMETER IS OVERSTATED OVER THOUSANDS OF MILES. VEHICLES SHOWS MORE MILEAGE THAN ACTUAL, THEREFORE DEVALUATION. I.E. AT 25K MILES, THE VEHICLE WOULD BE STATING AS 2K TO 2.5K MORE/EXTRA MILES THAN ACTUAL. - THE EXTRA MILES COULD EXPIRE WARRANTY EARLIER THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO PROVIDE CALIBRATION TO A MORE ACCEPTABLE RANGE - ~2% TO 3%. MOST VEHICLES ARE WITHIN THESE STANDARDS. *TR