NHTSA campaign 08E052000 · Equipment recall

MOTION PRO, INC. Recall 08E-052: AFTERMARKET BRAKE LEVERS

NHTSA recall 08E052000 is an equipment recall reported by MOTION PRO, INC. on August 15, 2008, with 10,000 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Suzuki SV650S, Suzuki GSX1300R, Suzuki DL1000 and more for model years 1998–2008. Owners were notified on September 11, 2008, 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 08E052000 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

This is an equipment recall filed by MOTION PRO, INC.: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 08E052000 (also written 08E-052 or 08E052)
Filed by: MOTION PRO, INC.
Report received: August 15, 2008
Potentially affected: 10,000 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: September 11, 2008
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08E052000. 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 DL650
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Suzuki DL1000
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Suzuki GSF600S
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Suzuki GSF1200S
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Suzuki GSX-R600
- 2001, 2002, 2003
Suzuki GSX-R750
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Suzuki GSX-R1000
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Suzuki GSX1300R
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Suzuki SV650
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Suzuki SV650S
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Suzuki SV1000
- 2003, 2004, 2005
Suzuki SV1000S
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Suzuki TL1000R
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

All Suzuki recalls

Yamaha

Yamaha YZFR1
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

All Yamaha recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08E052000.

Defect description

MOTION PRO IS RECALLING 10,000 AFTERMARKET BRAKE LEVERS, MODEL NO. 14-0415, SOLD FOR USE ON CERTAIN MY 1999 THROUGH 2008 SUZUKI AND MY 1998 THROUGH 2003 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLES. THE LOBE HEIGHT ON SOME OF THESE LEVERS ARE SMALLER AND DO NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE THE STOMP LAMP SWITCH WHICH WILL NOT DEACTIVATE WHEN THE DRIVER RELEASES THE BRAKE LEVER. THE LEVER CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE MARKING "JY 378" AT THE BASE OF THE LEVER NEAR THE PIVOT BUSHING.

Safety consequence

IF THIS OCCURS, THE STOP LAMP WILL REMAIN ON WHICH COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

MOTION PRO WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MOTION PRO AT 1-877-438-7831.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO AFTERMARKET MOTION PRO BRAKE LEVERS AND HAS NO RELATION TO ANY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON SUZUKI OR YAMAHA MOTORCYCLES.CUSTOMERS MAY 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 08E052000

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.