Suzuki Gw250, model years 2013 to 2017. Filed by Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 7 November 2016. 1,890 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2013, 2015, and 2017 GW250 motorcycles. Water may enter the main wiring harness at the rear brake light switch connectors, possibly corroding the brake light switch.
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.
Suzuki's own number for this recall: 2A66. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V808 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 16V808 cover?
- Suzuki GW250, model years 2013-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2013, 2015, and 2017 GW250 motorcycles. Water may enter the main wiring harness at the rear brake light switch connectors, possibly corroding the brake light switch.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The corrosion may cause an electrical short and the loss of the head light, tail light and brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will install an improved brake light switch assembly, and install a water protection cover, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on November 28, 2016. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1-714-572-1490.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Suzuki calls this recall 2A66, 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: “The corrosion may cause an electrical short and the loss of the head light, tail light and brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V808 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights:Switch |
| Reported to NHTSA | 7 November 2016 |
| Model years | 2013-2017 |
| Vehicles named | SUZUKI GW250 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The corrosion may cause an electrical short and the loss of the head light, tail light and brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will install an improved brake light switch assembly, and install a water protection cover, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on November 28, 2016. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1-714-572-1490. Suzuki's number for this recall is 2A66.
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 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V808, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v808/
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.
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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 16V808 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
069751df - Consequence
bd0ef8d2 - 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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