Suzuki An400, Suzuki Dl1000, Suzuki Gsf1250s, Suzuki Gsx-R600, Suzuki Gsx-R750, Suzuki Gsx1300bk, model years 2008 to 2012. Filed by Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 19 January 2016. 68,344 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2008-2012 AN400, AN400A, DL1000, GSX1300R, 2008-2009 GSF1250S and GSF1250SA, 2008 GSX1300BK and GSX1300BKA, 2008-2010 GSX650F, GSX-R600, GSX-R750, VLR1800, VLR1800T, and 2009-2010 SFV650 and VZ1500 motorcycles. Due to a problem with the circuit …
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: 2A56 TO 2A64. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V018 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 16V018 cover?
- Suzuki An400, Suzuki Dl1000, Suzuki Gsf1250S, Suzuki Gsx-R600, Suzuki Gsx-R750, Suzuki Gsx1300Bk, Suzuki Gsx1300R, Suzuki Gsx650F, model years 2008-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2008-2012 AN400, AN400A, DL1000, GSX1300R, 2008-2009 GSF1250S and GSF1250SA, 2008 GSX1300BK and GSX1300BKA, 2008-2010 GSX650F, GSX-R600, GSX-R750, VLR1800, VLR1800T, and 2009-2010 SFV650 and VZ1500 motorcycles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the engine stalls while riding, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will replace the regulator/rectifier, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 4, 2016. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1-800-444-5077. Suzuki's number for this recall is 2A56 to 2A64.
- 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 2A56 TO 2A64, 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: “If the engine stalls while riding, there would be an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V018 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 January 2016 |
| Model years | 2008-2012 |
| Vehicles named | SUZUKI AN400, SUZUKI DL1000, SUZUKI GSF1250S, SUZUKI GSX-R600, SUZUKI GSX-R750, SUZUKI GSX1300BK, SUZUKI GSX1300R, SUZUKI GSX650F, SUZUKI SFV650, SUZUKI VLR1800, SUZUKI VZ1500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the engine stalls while riding, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will replace the regulator/rectifier, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 4, 2016. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1-800-444-5077. Suzuki's number for this recall is 2A56 to 2A64.
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
- Suzuki An400 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Suzuki Dl1000 recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Suzuki GSX-R750 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Suzuki Gsx1300r recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Suzuki SFV650 recalls: 4 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V018, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v018/
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 16V018 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
64bf615b - Consequence
ecabfaaa - 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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