2014 SUZUKI DL1000 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

2014 SUZUKI DL1000. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTORCYCLE ECU UNIT WHICH INCLUDES FUELING ISSUES THAT CAUSES LOW RPM THROTTLE CONTROLS/ RESPONSE AND STALLING VIBRATIONS AND NOISES. *M *JS

2014 SUZUKI DL1000. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTORCYCLE ECU UNIT WHICH INCLUDES FUELING ISSUES THAT CAUSES LOW RPM THROTTLE CONTROLS/ RESPONSE AND STALLING VIBRATIONS AND NOISES. *M *JS

THE MOTORCYCLE WILL STALL AT ODD INTERVALS. IT WILL ALSO BACKFIRE THRU THE AIRBOX. AT LOW SPEED, IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE THROTTLE. IT IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN THE ENGINE HASN'T WARMED UP FULLY AND ITS COLD OUTSIDE. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO DROPPING THE BIKE WHEN IT STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY. IT HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. IT HAS ALSO STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN HOT AND SLOWING DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY.

ENGINE WOULD CUT OFF RANDOMLY, APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY 300 OR 400 MILES OF RIDING. ALWAYS WOULD START RIGHT BACK UP. ONLY HAPPENED TO ME WHILE NOT MOVING, BUT PROBABLY WOULDN'T NOTICE PROBLEM IF MOVING, UNLESS UNDER LOW POWER OR SLIPPING THE CLUTCH, IE, LOW SPEED MANEUVERING. SOMETIMES COLD ENGINE, SOMETIMES FULLY WARMED UP. SUZUKI REPLACED ECU (WITH PART # ENDING IN ...J12) UNDER WARRANTY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HAVE NOT HAD THAT PROBLEM SINCE, BUT NOW WHEN ENGINE IS WARMING UP AND DRIVING AWAY, ENGINE WILL "PUFF" WITH A BRIEF LOSS OF POWER, USUALLY WHILE TURNING OUT ONTO THE STREET. DOES NOT HAPPEN IF FULLY WARMED UP. *TR

VEHICLE IS A NOS 2014 LEFTOVER PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2016. VEHICLE NOW HAS 2,500 MILES ON IT AND HAS INTERMITTENTLY STALLED UPON TAKEOFF IN 1ST GEAR AT LEAST 7 TIMES. EACH TIME THE MOTORCYCLE ENGINE IS WARM. UPON ENGAGING 1ST GEAR FROM A STOP, WHEN THE CLUTCH IS RELEASED AND THROTTLE APPLIED, THE MOTORCYCLE WILL COUGH AND STALL. THIS HAPPENS AT CRITICAL TRANSITION TIMES; AT AN INTERSECTION, IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC AND ONCE IN A CROWDED PARKING LOT CAUSING ME TO DROP THE BIKE ON ITS SIDE. I CALLED SUZUKI AND FILED A CASE/COMPLAINT AND THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT A DEALERSHIP. I SPOKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER 1 WEEK AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO "RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM" AND WERE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING CORRECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER APPEARS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THIS MODEL YEAR'S ECU (2014 WAS FIRST YEAR FOR TRACTION CONTROL ON THIS MODEL) DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE ECU HAS BEEN RE-ENGINEERED SINCE THEN. SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THESE ECUS REPLACED WITH NEW VERSION UNDER WARRANTY, WHICH SOLVED THE ISSUE. THIS IS A DOCUMENTED AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM PLACING RIDERS AND BYSTANDERS AT RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT.