2009 SUZUKI AN650 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

WILL BE RIDING AND SCOOTER WILL SHUTDOWN COMPLETELY WITH TOTAL LOST OF ELECTRICAL AND POWER. FOUND BLOWN FUSE AND REPLACED. BUT AGAIN WHILE RIDING A COMPLETE LOST OF ELECTRICAL AND POWER. THE DASH WILL START TO FLASH A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN NOTHING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUZUKI AN650K9. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE ELECTRICAL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RECTIFIER REGULATOR FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,400. UPDATED 04/20/16*LJ UPDATED 6/7/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUZUKI 650 AN MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY BEFORE STALLING. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC SHOP. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE MOST LIKELY WAS NOT ELECTRICAL AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100. UPDATED 10/3/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUZUKI AN650 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INACCURATE BY APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT. AS A RESULT, THE ODOMETER WAS DISPLAYING MORE MILEAGE THAN THAT WHICH WAS ACTUALLY ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS FUNCTIONING ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. UPDATED 06/24/11 *BF UPDATED 06/30/11

THE VEHICLE I AM REPORTING IS A 2009 SUZUKI BURGMAN 650 SCOOTER. IT IS THE LARGEST SCOOTER SOLD IN THE COUNTRY AND IS OFTEN USED AS A TOURING BIKE. THE BIKE HAS 8500 MILES SO IT IS FAIRLY NEW. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2011, I WAS RIDING ON A SECLUDED ROAD, EXCEPT FOR TRAFFIC, FROM GALVESTON TEXAS TO FREEPORT TEXAS. I WAS ABOUT 80 MILES FROM HOME. IT'S A TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER AND DRAINAGE DITCH ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, I STARTED TO FEEL A LOSS OF POWER, THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS OUT AND WITHOUT ANY OTHER NOTICE, THE ENGINE DIED. THERE IS NO CLUTCH ON A SCOOTER SO THE BIKE STARTS TO STOP FAIRLY QUICK, AND WITH NO WHERE TO GO TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD EXCEPT THE DITCH. TRAFFIC CAME UP BEHIND ME QUICKLY. IN SHORT NOTICE I REALIZED THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL POWER IN THE BIKE. AFTER GETTING THE BIKE HOME AND TO THE SUZUKI DEALER, I WAS TOLD THE RECTIFIER HAD MALFUNCTIONED, AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS BIKE AS THERE WAS ON THE SUZUKI BURGMAN 400 SCOOTERS FOR THE SAME PART. I FOUND A WEBSITE CALLED BURGMANUSA.COM WHERE BURGMAN OWNERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WERE REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM IN GREAT NUMBERS. MANY NOT WANTING THE SAME FATE AS I, HAVE BEEN REPLACING THEIR OWN WITH COMPONENTS FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURE. I FEEL SUZUKI SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE RECTIFIERS BEFORE A FAILURE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSTATE LEAVES SOMEONE INJURED OR WORSE. THANK YOU