NHTSA campaign 06V025000 · Manufacturer campaign 2087
AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. Recall 06V-025: FUEL TANK INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 06V025000 (Manufacturer campaign 2087) was reported by AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. on January 30, 2006, with 37,911 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Suzuki VL1500 and Suzuki VL1500T for model years 1998–2006. Owners were notified on February 3, 2006, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 06V025000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 06V025000 (also written 06V-025 or 06V025)
- Filed by
- AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 2087
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 37,911 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE05-031 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06V025000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Suzuki
Suzuki VL1500
- 1998 · Vehicles built June 1, 1997 – May 31, 1998 (per NHTSA)
- 1999 · Vehicles built August 1, 1998 – April 30, 1999 (per NHTSA)
- 2000 · Vehicles built September 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000 (per NHTSA)
- 2001 · Vehicles built August 1, 2000 – March 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)
- 2002 · Vehicles built October 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002 (per NHTSA)
- 2003 · Vehicles built September 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)
- 2004 · Vehicles built July 1, 2003 – April 30, 2004 (per NHTSA)
- 2005 · Vehicles built April 1, 2004 – May 31, 2005 (per NHTSA)
- 2006 · Vehicles built June 1, 2005 – December 31, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Suzuki VL1500T
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06V025000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, STRESS AROUND THE RIGHT FRONT FUEL TANK MOUNTING POINT CAN CAUSE HAIRLINE FATIGUE CRACKS TO FORM. THIS CAN RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK.
Safety consequence
IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FUEL LEAK CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FUEL TANK AND INSTALL IMPROVED CUSHIONS THAT MOUNT AND SUPPORT THE FUEL TANK. ANY FUEL TANKS THAT ARE FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK WILL BE REPLACED. IF A TANK IS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK AND A REPLACEMENT TANK IS NOT AVAILABLE, FUEL TANK SEALANT WILL BE APPLIED TO THE TANK AS AN INTERIM REPAIR. WHEN THE REPLACEMENT TANK BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE OWNER WILL BE CONTACTED AND A REPLACEMENT TANK WILL BE INSTALLED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SUZUKI AT 1-714-572-1490.
Notes
SUZUKI RECALL NO.2087. CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 06V025000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.