Suzuki Dl1000, model years 2014 to 2015. Filed by Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 18 December 2015. 2,404 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2014 Suzuki DL1000 motorcycles manufactured January 17, 2014 to June 5, 2014, and 2015 Suzuki DL1000 motorcycles manufactured November 5, 2014, to February 6, 2015. Due to corrosion or being attached to the painted engine case, the battery ground …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
The maker's own number for this recall: 2A53. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V853 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V853 cover?
- Suzuki Dl1000, model years 2014-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2014 Suzuki DL1000 motorcycles manufactured January 17, 2014 to June 5, 2014, and 2015 Suzuki DL1000 motorcycles manufactured November 5, 2014, to February 6, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- As a result of the poor conductivity, the engine may stall and be unable to be restarted, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the battery ground connection to an unpainted surface and replace the ground wire protector with a high-heat resistance tube, free of charge. The recall began on January 29, 2016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 2A53, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “As a result of the poor conductivity, the engine may stall and be unable to be restarted, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V853 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery:Cables |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 December 2015 |
| Model years | 2014-2015 |
| Vehicles named | SUZUKI DL1000 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
As a result of the poor conductivity, the engine may stall and be unable to be restarted, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the battery ground connection to an unpainted surface and replace the ground wire protector with a high-heat resistance tube, free of charge. The recall began on January 29, 2016. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service number at 1-714-996-7040. Suzuki's number for this recall is 2A53.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V853, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v853/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 15V853 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
eebaed02 - Consequence
fee40754 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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