Suzuki Boulevard M109r 2009

Model Boulevard M109r made in 2009 by Suzuki got 29 consumer complains. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to electrical system, engine and power train.

Boulevard m109r year 2009

Consumer Complaints

Model 2009

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
12/30/2011	3000
	Tl- the contact owns a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109 motorcycle. the contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was determined that the control unit was burned out. this failure caused the battery, headlight and rear tail lights to burn out because of the surge in the system. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and the current mileages were 3,000. kmj
12/30/2011	3000
	Tl- the contact owns a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109 model vzr1800k9. the contact stated the motorcycle stalled without warning. the motorcycle was taken to the dealer and it was found that the control unit had burned out. this failure also burned out the battery, headlight and rear tail light because of the surge in the system. the failure mileage and current mileages were 3,000.rl
ENGINE
07/19/2012	19000
	Tl- the contact owns a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109r motorcycle. the contact was driving 45 mph when the vehicle began to jerk and stalled without warning. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where the contact was awaiting the diagnostic results. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 19,000. kmj
07/19/2012	19000
	Tl- the contact owns a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109r. the contact stated while driving 45 mph the vehicle began to jerk and then stalled. the vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and was awaiting results. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were 19,000. dt
POWER TRAIN
06/25/2010	2000	1
	I ride a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109r, i bought the motorcycle brand new from chicago cycle in illinois, in 2009, i noticed every once in a while that while i was riding, and the transmission was supposed to be in the second gear, it would end up in neutral, i brought this to the attention of the service department at rosenau powersports after being told that this was a common issue with the m109r models, the mechanics at rosenau said that there should be no problem with my year motorcycle. well now, at this time i cannot have a comfortable ride without the transmission popping into neutral twice while in second gear if i attempt to throttle the motor up to third gear, also the motor is erratic while in second gear and almost threw me off backwards, (i have since installed a backrest, to prevent me from ending up on my back and the bike from riding off into traffic by itself). i now have to hold the gear changer up with my foot while it is in second gear, i can feel it trying to go into neutral and i have to shift up to third gear before the transmissions second attempt to go into neutral. also because of the problem, somehow something inside the transmission broke, it was repaired by rosenau, while under warranty. this year i have been trying to contact suzuki, with failed attempts. i did not purchase the vehicle with the intentions of paying for a complete motor teardown to replace the second gear and also cannot spare the repair funds. i would truly appreciate some kind of advice, thank you. *tr
06/25/2010	2000
	I ride a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109r, i bought the motorcycle brand new from chicago cycle in illionios, in 2009, i noticed every once in a while that while i was riding, and the transmission was supposed to be in the second gear, it would end up in neutral, i brought this to the attention of the service department at rosenau powersports after being told that this was a common issue with the m109r models, the mechanics at rosenau said that there should be no problem with my year motorcycle. well now, at this time i cannot have a comfortable ride without the transmission popping into neutral twice while in second gear if i attempt to throttle the motor up to third gear, also the motor is irratic while in second gear and almost threw me off backwards, (i have since installed a backrest, to prevent me from ending up on my back and the bike from riding off into traffic by itself). i now have to hold the gear changer up with my foot while it is in second gear, i can feel it trying to go into neutral and i have to shift up to third gear before the transmissions second attempt to go into neutral. also because of the problem, somehow something inside the transmission broke, it was repaired by rosenau, while under warranty. this year i have been trying to contact suzuki, with failed attempts. i did not purchase the vehicle with the intentions of paying for a complete motor teardown to replace the second gear and also cannot spare the repair funds. i would truly appreciate some kind of advice, thank you.
06/20/2012	6556
	The rear tire locked up as i was stopping at a red light. luckily i was not going at highyway speed, because i would have been seriously injured or killed. i contacted suzuki and all i got was the run around. i did research and found the this problem has been occuring since the boulevard came out in 2007. there have been numerous reports of 2nd gear problems with this bike. i guess someone has to die before suzuki steps up and do the right thing. suzuki fix this problem before someone gets killed. thanks.
02/12/2010	1
	Tl- the contact owns a 2009 suzuki. the contact noticed that the vehicle would shift in between gears intermittently without warning. the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. the manufacturer was aware of the failure. no repairs were performed. the current mileage was 5,000. the approximate failure mileage was 1. the vin was unavailable. bw
06/01/2010	1200
	Tl* the contact owns a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109r motorcycle. the vehicle was taken to the dealer because it would not shift into second gear. the dealer made repairs to the vehicle but to no avail. the vehicle would only shift into second gear when abrupt force was applied. the vehicle was not further repaired. the failure mileage was 1,200 and the current mileage was 5,715.
06/01/2010	1200
	Tl-the contact owns a 2009 suzuki boulevard m109r motorcycle. the motorcycle was taken to the dealer because the gear would not shift into second gear. the dealer replaced a part, but the contact does not remember the name of the part that was replaced, but the failure was no correct the motorcycle only shit into second gear when additional force is applied to the gear. the motorcycle has not been repaired. the failure mileage was was 1,200 and the current mileage was 5,715. li
POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION
09/23/2010	2500
	I own a suzuki 2009 m109r and my 2nd gear started to slip late last year and at first i thought it was the bad shifting from 1st to 2nd gear that suzuki is known for but after several times of this happening i took it to my dealer where i brought the bike from and they said the engine needs to be pulled to check the gears the cost would be between $2,500 to $3,000 if suzuki don't cover your warenty. i told them i just brought the bike and only had 2,500 miles on the bike and there should be no way the bike should be causing me problems with the low milage on the bike. well after 1 1/2 months suzuki finally agreed to fix the bike and the total down time for 3 months from the timke i reported it and got the bike back....i can tell you first hand i love the bike but there are hundreds of suzuki owners that were not as lucky with there warranty and had to pay out of pocket for a bad suzuki gear design. suzuki knows about this issues but will only deal with it on a case by case issue but there needs to be a re-call on all 2007-2009 bikes. suzuki rebuilt the transmission on there 2011 model and didn't even release the 2010 model because of the transmission problems they had the years before. susuki needs to step up and resove this issue before someone gets hurt or cause a major traffic accident.