Suzuki Gsxr600 2000

Model Gsxr600 made in 2000 by Suzuki got 2 consumer complains as well as 1 investigation. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to power train and structure. The car had one investigation (engine and engine cooling).

Gsxr600 year 2000

Defect investigations
Consumer Complaints

Model 2000

Investigations

NHTSA ID	Manufacturer	Date open	Date close	Subject
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
PE03033	AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.	07/23/2003	11/13/2003	CAM CHAIN TENSIONER (CCT)
	Since opening this investigation to assess the safety-related performance of suzuki's remedy in recall 99v-312, odi has:contacted affected owners;discussed the remedy's performance with suzuki service depts;obtained an oe cct, an original remedy cct, and a final remedy cct;and reviewed suzuki's response to our information request.the recall was launced on may 20, 1999.shortly thereafter suzuki received reports of remedy cct failures, most involving cam chain noise.of the 141 reports involving a remedy cct failure, six involved incidents occuring in 2003, with april 28, 2003 being the most recent occurance.in calendar years 2000-2002 there were 130 reported remedy cct failures.of the 141 reports, 113 involve cam chain noise and 26 concern cam timing.the lone crash occurred on april 25, 2001.currently, no defect trend exists with the remedy ccts.

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION
07/10/2000		2	05/01/2000
	I purchased this motorcycle , almost immedatly it began having shifting problems. i was told by ajfoyt (farley svc. mgr.) to keep riding there was nothing wrong. i t worsened to the point where thie transmission would float in/out second gear under all conditions. i took the vehicle back to the purchasing dealer who let it sit in ther shop two weeks before telling me it would be longer before they would be able to work on it. i the took it to another dealer who said they would get right on it.they found what they thought was the problem and fixed it(this took almost three months). i then had the bike on day it failed again with the same problem. it has now been in the shop for twoo weeks.
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
			07/01/2001
	There have been an alarming number of reported subframe failures on 1999 and 2000 model suzuki gsx1300r's. these are aluminum and are prone to breaking at or near the welds. i do have an aftermarket exhaust system on my bike. suzuki says that the factory exhaust supports the subframe and there is no problem. seems like total b.s. to me since all 2001 and 2002 hayabusa's come with a steel subframe! i have not had a failure, but i do not wish to have one and end up badly hurt or dead. i will not allow my wife(or anyone else) to ride as passenger for this very reason, which limits my riding severly.