NHTSA Complaint #10606376 — 2007 SUZUKI SV1000S

I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 45 MPH. MY MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUEL RELATED SO I PUSHED MY BIKE 1/4 MILE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND FILLED UP. THE BIKE DID NOT START, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS BATTERY RELATED. I HAD TO GET MY PICKUP, THEN TRAILER THE BIKE HOME. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS STATOR RELATED(RESISTANCE CHECK)! I THEN HAD TO TAKE THE CRANKCASE COVER OFF AND TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND THAT ALL SIX MAGNETS ON THE FLYWHEEL HAD COME OFF AND SHATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CRANKCASE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN SUZUKI THAT THEY WOULD LET THESE CONTINUING CLAIMS GO UNNOTICED WHEN LIVES COULD BE AT RISK! I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IF THOSE SHARDS WOULD HAVE AFFECTED THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SEIZE, NOT TO MENTION THAT MY BIKE DID DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, WHICH ALSO COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT THREATENING LIVES! THIS IS PLAINLY A MISHAP ON THEIR PART AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE MORE SERIOUS INCIDENTS BEGAN TO POP UP WITH BIKES THAT GET HIGHER IN MILEAGE! IF SUZUKI CAN NOT MAKE A STRONG ENOUGH EPOXY TO HOLD THOSE MAGNETS IN PLACE, THEN THEY NEED TO FIRE WHOEVER MADE THAT STUPID DESIGN AND RECALL ALL THESE BIKES TO FIX IT PROPERLY! MY FLYWHEEL WAS ABSOLUTELY SMOOTH, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SMOOTH WITHOUT MAGNETS FROM THE FACTORY! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER WAS HOLDING THOSE MAGNETS ON COULD DEGRADE SO EASILY OVER TIME! I AM VERY, VERY DISGUSTED WITH SUZUKI AND THIS HORRIBLE ENGINEERING OF THIS FLYWHEEL AND THE NEGLECTED CUSTOMERS THAT THEY REFUSE TO TREAT WITH RESPECT AND LOYALTY FOR BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS, THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ROAD SAFE FOR THE LIFE OF THE MOTORCYCLE! *TR