Suzuki Gsx-R1000. Published by Transport Canada as 2009017 on 19 January 2009. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, crash forces or hazardous maneuvers such as extreme or extended wheelies or other stunts causing extreme stress to the frame can result in frame cracking or breakage behind and below the steering neck, while ordinary vehicle operation does not create a risk of such frame cracking or breakage. …
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Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Suzuki GSX-R1000 is named on 4 American notices, 1 British, 5 European, 3 Japanese and 4 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2009017
- Recall date
- 19 January 2009
- Make
- Suzuki
- Models
- Gsx-R1000
- Model years
- 2005 to 2006
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Service Campaign MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,207
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, crash forces or hazardous maneuvers such as extreme or extended wheelies or other stunts causing extreme stress to the frame can result in frame cracking or breakage behind and below the steering neck, while ordinary vehicle operation does not create a risk of such frame cracking or breakage. Suzuki believes that this issue does not constitute a "defect" within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act because such extreme maneuvers are far outside the ordinary and reasonable operation of the vehicles involved. However, as a precautionary measure for the sake of owners and operators, Suzuki has voluntarily decided to conduct this safety improvement campaign. Correction: Frame will be inspected for cracks behind and below the steering neck. If no cracks are found, a lightweight, aluminum reinforcement brace will be attached to the frame. Should cracks be found during the inspection, the frame will be replaced with a new frame that has the reinforcement brace installed.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2009017.
Suzuki elsewhere in this register
Suzuki is named on 132 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2009367 · 30 December 2009 · Swift + · Label
- 2008457 · 23 December 2008 · Equator · Airbag
- 2008195 · 4 June 2008 · Gsx1300r · Electrical
- 2010166 · 27 May 2010 · Equator · Suspension
- 2010178 · 2 June 2010 · Quadsport 400 (lt-Z400), Quadsport 400 (lt-Z400z) · Engine
- 2010197 · 11 June 2010 · Grand Vitara, Xl-7 · Engine
- 2010212 · 28 June 2010 · Kizashi · Other
- 2010293 · 3 September 2010 · SX4 · Label
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2009014 · 16 January 2009 · Georgetown, Georgetown XL · Structure
- 2009036 · 4 February 2009 · Mazda6 · Structure
- 2009123 · 23 April 2009 · Sonata, XG300, XG350 · Structure
- 2009141 · 14 May 2009 · Jetta · Structure
- 2009212 · 13 July 2009 · Magentis · Structure
- 2009239 · 6 August 2009 · Velocity, Impel · Structure
Reading this against the source
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Suzuki GSX-R1000, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Suzuki: 132 in the register, and 368 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2009.
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