2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600 Problems & Recalls

FAULTY AND/OR TERRIBLE PLACEMENT OF THE RECTIFIER CAUSING MY BIKE TO OVERCHARGE THE BATTERY. I AM VERY LUCKY THE BATTERY DIDN'T CATCH FIRE OR EXPLODE. I HAVE REPLACED THE STATOR, RECTIFIER, AND BATTERY BEFORE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS TIME WAS A LOT WORSE. WHY HAS SUZUKI NOT RECALLED THE 07'...

Mileage: 12,500

RECTIFIER AND STATOR PROBLEM. RIDING DOWN THE ROAD THE BIKE COMPLETELY TURNS OFF. PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SMELL SMOKE. I LOOK AT THE RECTIFIER AND IT IS EXTREMELY HOT WITH A SMALL EMBER BURNING ON THE BACK OF IT. BIKE WILL NOT TURN ON ANYMORE. LOOKS TO BE A SIMILAR RECALL FOR BIKES MADE IN 07 ...

Mileage: 20,000

I'VE BOUGHT 2 BATTERIES, 2 STATORS AND 2 RECTIFIERS BECAUSE MY MOTORCYCLE CHARGING SYSTEM IS OVER CHARGING AND FRYING THE WHOLE CHARGING SYSTEM. IT CAUSES MY BIKE TO HAVE A VERY RAPID JOLT/LOSS OF POWER ALMOST THROWING ME OVER THE HANDLEBARS BECAUSE IT JUST FALLS ON ITS FACE AND DIES. THEN IT WON'T ...

Mileage: 13,000

BE CAUSE OF THE FACTORY LOCATION OF THE RECTIFIER BEHIND THE RADIATOR THE RECTIFIER WILL OVER HEAT AND BLOWUP CAUSING A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL OR CATCH ON FIRE RESEARCHING AND FINDING OUT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD REPLACE THE RECTIFIER AND STATOR TO PROVENT DEATH WHILE RIDING TH...

REGULATOR RECTIFIER RECALL I BELIEVE THIS CONDITION TO BE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE REGULATOR/RECTIFIER. THERE IS A RECALL FOR LATE 2007- 2008 MODELS, HOWEVER MY BIKE IS NOT INCLUDED. FAULTY ENGINEERING LOCATION BEHIND RADIATOR CAUSING OVER HEATING CONDITION IN ADDITION TO FAULTY ADHESIVE MATERIAL. ...

Mileage: 23,000

REGULATOR RECTIFIER RECALL I BELIEVE THIS CONDITION TO BE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE REGULATOR/RECTIFIER. THERE IS A RECALL FOR LATE 2007- 2008 MODELS, HOWEVER MY BIKE IS NOT INCLUDED. FAULTY ENGINEERING LOCATION BEHIND RADIATOR CAUSING OVER HEATING CONDITION IN ADDITION TO FAULTY ADHESIVE MATERIAL. ...

Mileage: 23,000

I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 68 MPH WHEN MY MOTORCYCLE RPM'S STOPPED WORKING AND TURNED TO ZERO. I LOST POWER SUDDENLY AFTER BIKE JUST SHUT OFF IN THE LEFT LANE. I HAD TO PUSH BIKE ACROSS MOVING TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD WITH SHOULDER TO STOP. BIKE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY SAY T...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AFTER RECEIVING A JUMP FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOW...

Mileage: 11,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RECTIFIER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT...

Mileage: 8,500

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHICH IS 32 MILES FROM HOME. I NORMALLY TAKE A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO WORK WHICH I DID CAUSE IF I DID BREAK DOWN THERES ALWAYS CARS GOING BY TO HELP. I WAS DOING 70MPH WHICH IS THE SPEED LIMIT AND HALF WAY TO WORK MY GAUGES FLICKERED AND BIKE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON A 3 LANE HIGHW...

Mileage: 16,443

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHICH IS 32 MILES FROM HOME. I NORMALLY TAKE A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO WORK WHICH I DID CAUSE IF I DID BREAK DOWN THERES ALWAYS CARS GOING BY TO HELP. I WAS DOING 70MPH WHICH IS THE SPEED LIMIT AND HALF WAY TO WORK MY GAUGES FLICKERED AND BIKE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON A 3 LANE HIGHW...

Mileage: 16,443

WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE LAST JUNE I TURNED ON THE BRIGHTS BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH A DEER HEAVY NEIGHBORHOOD. AT 35 MPH MY BIKE LOST ALL POWER AND BIKE SHUT OFF. I PUSHED IT TO A FRIENDS HOUSE AND NOTICED A FUSE WAS BLOWN. I REPLACED THE FUSE AND STARTED IT AND THE REGULATOR RECTIFIER FAILE...

Mileage: 14,721

I WAS RIDING MY BIKE AND MY BUDDIES BEHIND ME SMELLED A SULFUR SMELL RODE ABOUT 15 MORE MILES AND THE BIKE SHUT OFF PULLED IN TO PARK IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND THE SULFUR SMELL WAS 10X WORSE AND HAD TO TOW THE BIKE HOME. THE DASH WENT ALL CRAZY FLASHING AND SHUT ON AND OFF AND THEN AN F1 CODE PO...

Mileage: 9,540

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME MY VOLTAGE REGULATOR/RECTIFIER HAS GONE OUT. GONE TROUGH 6 BATTERIES IN PAST 10 MONTHS. BIKE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY FELL OVER AND PINNED MY LEG AGAINST MY RIDING FRIENDS BIKE SCRATCHED MOTOR AND THEN HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME MY VOLTAGE REGULATOR/RECTIFIER HAS GONE OUT. GONE TROUGH 6 BATTERIES IN PAST 10 MONTHS. BIKE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY FELL OVER AND PINNED MY LEG AGAINST MY RIDING FRIENDS BIKE SCRATCHED MOTOR AND THEN HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

I OWN A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE TOWED HOME. THE MECHANIC STATED THE REGULATOR COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY A RECALL RELATED TO 2008/2009 MODEL VEHICLES. THE FAILURE AND...

I OWN A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I HAD THE MOTORCYCLE TOWED HOME. THE MECHANIC STATED THE REGULATOR COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY A RECALL RELATED TO 2008/2009 MODEL VEHICLES. THE FAILURE AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES NEAR THE HANDLE BAR AREA, CLOSE TO THE CONTACT'S HANDS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND EXTINGUISH THE FIRE USING WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANI...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. THE CONTACT STATED THE MOTORCYCLE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD THE MOTORCYCLE TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE MECHANIC STATED THE REGULATOR COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY A RE...

Mileage: 6,914

THE FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL LISTS THE TORQUE FOR THE REAR SPROCKET NUTS AS 67.5 FT-LBS. THE MOTORCYCLES WERE BUILD WITH THIS SPEC! THIS IS INCORRECT AND IS CORRECTED WITH A SUZUKI SERVICE BULLETIN(BUT NOT A RECALL TO CURRENT OWNERS!). DEPENDING ON THE LUCK, BUT PROBABLY YOU WILL JUST SHEAR THE THREAD...

Mileage: 14,000

JERKY THROTTLE. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

MY SON SUDDENLY LOST POWER ON HIS 2007 SUZUKI GSXR600 MOTORCYCLE WHILE OPERATING AT LOW SPEED. TECHNICIAN FOUND AND REPLACED A BLOWN FUSE. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE SAME THING OCCURRED. THE PROBLEM FUSE WAS THE ONE RELATED TO THE FUEL PUMP. TECHNICIAN THEN DISCOVERED THE WIRE HARNESS HAD SHORTED OUT ...

Mileage: 10,430

MY SON SUDDENLY LOST POWER ON HIS 2007 SUZUKI GSXR600 MOTORCYCLE WHILE OPERATING AT LOW SPEED. TECHNICIAN FOUND AND REPLACED A BLOWN FUSE. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE SAME THING OCCURRED. THE PROBLEM FUSE WAS THE ONE RELATED TO THE FUEL PUMP. TECHNICIAN THEN DISCOVERED THE WIRE HARNESS HAD SHORTED OUT ...

Mileage: 10,430

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600 MOTORCYCLE. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE MOTORCYCLE FRAME FRACTURED AND CAUSED IT TO CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAM...

Mileage: 11,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE CONTACT SMELLED AN ODOR AS IF THE ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE ON FIRE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE STALLED. HE NOTICED THAT THE MAIN FUSE HAD BURNED AND WAS LATER REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. HE...

Mileage: 95,000

THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN LABELED THE "HERKY JERKIES". WHILE RIDING AT ANY RPM WHEN THE REAR WHEEL SPEED MATCHES ENGINE SPEED THE THROTTLE SHUTS OFF ABRUPTLY WITH NO WARNING, THROWING YOU FORWARD OVERLOADING THE FRONT WHEEL. WHEN THE WHEEL SLOWS ENOUGH THAT THE ECU CALLS FOR FUEL IT DELIVERS A LARGE AMOU...

Mileage: 1,700

ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION, DESTABILIZING THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AT LOWER ENGINE RPM'S (4,000-6,000 RPM) AND SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES (205+ DEGR...

Mileage: 5,200

A FAST ON/OFF OF THE THROTTLE CAN CAUSE AN UNEXPECTED DECELERATION FOLLOWED BY A RAPID ACCELERATION MAKING THE BIKE FEEL UNSTABLE. DOESN'T OCCUR VERY OFTEN. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN BETWEEN ABOUT 4-6K RPM WHEN THE BIKE IS 150+ IN TEMP. THE COMPLETE NOTE/TONE OF THE BIKE WILL CHANG...

Mileage: 1,200

2007 SUZUKI GSX-R 600. HERKY JERKY POWER DELIVERY, INCORRECT OR DEFECTIVE TPS. VERY BAD, THOUGH INTERMITTENT THROTTLE RESPONSE AND HEAVY ENGINE BRAKING ARE UNSAFE. FREEWAY ACCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED OR AGGRAVATED BY THIS ISSUE, AS NO OTHER CAUSE IS APPARENT. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

2007 SUZUKI GSX-R 600. HERKY JERKY POWER DELIVERY, INCORRECT OR DEFECTIVE TPS. VERY BAD, THOUGH INTERMITTENT THROTTLE RESPONSE AND HEAVY ENGINE BRAKING ARE UNSAFE. FREEWAY ACCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED OR AGGRAVATED BY THIS ISSUE, AS NO OTHER CAUSE IS APPARENT. *TR

Mileage: 4,000

BIKE JERKS SUDDENLY BOTH ACCELERATING AND DECCELRATING WITHOUT WARINING AND SEEMINLY NO CHANGE IN THROTTLE POSITION. VERY DANGEROUS IN CORNERS AS THE FRONT WHEEL IS UNLOADED SUDDENLY AND LOSES TRACTION. *TR

Mileage: 1,000

ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION, DESTABILIZE THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AT LOWER ENGINE RPM'S (4,000-6,000 RPM) AND SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES (205+ DEGREE...

Mileage: 998

THROTTLE PROBLEM, WHEN RIDING MY MOTOR CYCLE BETWEEN THE RPM'S AROUND 35,00RPM'S AND 55,00RPMS MY THROTTLE WILL CUT OF DRASTICALLY WITH BARELY ANY HAND MOVEMENT OF LETTING OFF THE THROTTLE. BY LETTING OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT THE SPEED OF THE BIKE IS DRASTICALLY REDUCED BY SLOWING DOWN, THE SAME HAPPEN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY AND WOULD DISPLAY APPROXIMATELY 7-9 MILES OVER THE ACTUAL SPEED. THE MILEAGE INDICATOR WOULD ALSO DISPLAY A HIGHER MILEAGE THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT T...

Mileage: 30

2007 GSXR 600 HAS SOME SORT OF FUEL INJECTION/THROTTLE PROBLEM. WHILE AT LOWER RPM'S, THE BIKE SHUTS OFF AND THEN COMES BACK ON CAUSING DANGEROUS UNSTABLE THROTTLE RESPONSE. IT HAPPENS WITH THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT IN THE THROTTLE AND WHILE ROLLING OFF THROTTLE, IT SLAMS THE BIKE FORWARD IN A JERKIN...

Mileage: 1,200

WHEN AT 4,000 TO 6,000 RPMS AND LET OFF THE THROTTLE THE BIKE JUMPS FORWARD AND THEN WHEN I GET BACK ON THE GAS IT DELAYS FOR A SECOND OR TWO AND THEN JUMPS AGAIN. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED MY BIKE THE 3 OF OCTOBER 2007 FROM HONDA SUZUKI OF SALT LAKE. AS OF TODAY APRIL 21 2008 I HAVE 1,588 MILES ON MY BIKE. SINCE I HAD REACHED THE POINT OF ALMOST 1,000 MILES, WHICH IS THE BREAK IN POINT, MY BIKE HAS HAD A PROBLEM. THE THROTTLE WILL SUDDENLY DROP AND THE ENGINE WILL A...

Mileage: 990

I JUST PURCHASED MY BIKE THE 3 OF OCTOBER 2007 FROM HONDA SUZUKI OF SALT LAKE. AS OF TODAY APRIL 21 2008 I HAVE 1,588 MILES ON MY BIKE. SINCE I HAD REACHED THE POINT OF ALMOST 1,000 MILES, WHICH IS THE BREAK IN POINT, MY BIKE HAS HAD A PROBLEM. THE THROTTLE WILL SUDDENLY DROP AND THE ENGINE WILL A...

Mileage: 990

BETWEEN 4,000 AND 7,000 RPMS THE THROTTLE RANDOMLY OPENS AND CLOSES. WHEN GOING AROUND A CORNER THIS MAY HAPPEN AT ANYTIME AND CAUSE A CRASH. THIS TENDS TO USUALLY HAPPEN AROUND HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES. *TR

Mileage: 400

WHILE RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE, SOMETIMES THERE IS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION WHICH CAUSES THE MOTORCYCLE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND DANGEROUS TO RIDE. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS VERY OFTEN AND RANGES FROM MODERATE TO SEVERE. *TR

Mileage: 1

2007 GSXR 600. THIS IS THE "HERKY JERKY THROTTLE" PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF THESE BIKES. BETWEEN 0-10% THROTTLE THE BIKE WILL SUDDENLY CUT POWER AND THEN REENGAGE POWER CAUSING THE BIKE TO JERK. THIS CAN BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN TAKING A CORNER AT A HIGH LEAN ANGLE WHERE LOW AMOUNTS OF THROTTL...

ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION, DESTABILIZE THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AT LOWER ENGINE RPM'S (4,000-6,000 RPM) AND SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES (205+ DEGREE...

THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEMATIC ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT FOR OWNERS OF THIS MOTORCYCLE WORLDWIDE. I OWN A 2007 SUZUKI GSXR600. THERE IS NO "TECHNICAL TERM" FOR THE PROBLEM. WE CALL IT A "HERKY JERKY" PROBLEM. AT SLOW SPEEDS IN LOW GEARS THE THROTTLE IS VERY VERY ABRUPT. WHEN I ROLL OFF THE THROTTLE JU...

INABILITY TO SMOOTHLY DECELERATE OR HOLD A NEUTRAL THROTTLE SETTING. INTERMITTENT, ABRUPT OPENING/CLOSING OF THE THROTTLE CAUSES RAPID ACCELERATION/DECELERATION. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SMOOTHLY ROLL OFF THE THROTTLE, THE MOTORCYCLE INITIALLY DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AT ALL, THEN ACTS AS IF THE THROTTLE WAS ...

Mileage: 5,000

ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION, DESTABILIZE THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AT LOWER ENGINE RPM'S (4,000-6,000 RPM) AND SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES (205+ DEGREE...

ABRUPT ON/OFF THROTTLE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RAPID DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION, DESTABILIZING THE VEHICLE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AT LOWER ENGINE RPM'S (4,000-6,000 RPM) AND SEEMS MOST PREVALENT AT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES (205+ DEGR...

I OWN A 2007 SUZUKI GSXR 600, IN BETWEEN 4000-6000 RPM THERE IS NO REAL THROTTLE CONTROL, YOUR CAN NOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE SMOOTHLY, ITS REAL JERKY, IF THIS HAPPENS IN A CORNER THE BACK TIRE COULD BE THROWN INTO A SKID CAUSING A WRECK, THE PROBLEM DOES NOT EXIST ALL THE TIME, AND I HAVE F...

Mileage: 5

THIS IS A COMPLAINT IN REFERENCE TO THROTTLE IRREGULARITIES FOUND ON THE 2007 SUZUKI GSXR 600 SPORT BIKE. THE THROTTLE IRREGULARITY EXPERIENCED CAN BE DESCRIBED AS AN ABRUPT TRANSITION FROM SUBTLE MODULATION OF APPLYING THROTTLE OR DISENGAGING THE THROTTLE. THE RESULT CREATES A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECT...

ABRUPT THROTTLE RESPONSE. BIKE SEEMS TO TURN ON/OFF QUICKLY WHEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED. HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE A RIDE(HOUR OR SO RIDES). SUZUKI DEALERSHIPS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME BIKE HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

ON/OFF THROTTLE CAUSES SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. BIKE WOULD JERK WHEN THE THROTTLE IS SLIGHTLY TURN ON AND THEN OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GSX-R600. ON JUNE 18, 2007, THE CONTACT'S KEY FAILED TO TURN IN THE IGNITION. ON JUNE 20, 2007, THE DEALER RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAS YET TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALER BUT WILL CALL THEM ON JUNE 27, 2007. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKN...

Mileage: 800