2000 Spartan Highlander Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2000 Spartan Highlander. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 4 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the engine and engine cooling. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
3
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
1
Total complaints4

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“Camshaft tensioner has gone bad at 700 miles. This part can fail at any time when driving motorcycle causing major engine failure engine's timing chain to skip a tooth on the caim sproket causing the motor to lock up and loss of control of motorcycle will orccur with injury ordeath to operator of…”

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE · reported 2000-07-07

“Cam chain tentioner are failing on this model motorcycle. Mine went at 700 miles. This is a potental for causing the motor to lockup when the chain skips a tooth and the valves come in contact with the pistons. The result would be the motor locks up causing the ridder to loose control with injury…”

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE · reported 2000-07-07

“Cam chain tentioner are failing on this model motorcycle. Mine went at 700 miles. This is a potental for causing the motor to lockup when the chain skips a tooth and the valves come in contact with the pistons. The result would be the motor locks up causing the ridder to loose control with injury…”

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE · reported 2000-07-07

“I have just read an article published in "motorcycle consumer news" on-line that describes a subframe failure in 3 suzuki hayabusa motorcycles in the uk. In these failures the rear passenger seat gives away and falls onto the rear tire. I only have a link to provide you with...…”

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2000 Spartan Highlander as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.