The 2000 Suzuki Gsx1300r has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 8,511 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the structure. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING00V3190002000-10-118,511 affected
Defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE SPRING IN THE CAM CHAIN TENSION ADJUSTER CAN BREAK. EXCESSIVE SLACK WILL DEVELOP IN THE CAM CHAIN, ALLOWING THE CHAIN TO JUMP TO THE WRONG POSITION ON THE CAM SHAFT SPROCKETS.
Consequence
SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE COULD OCCUR, CAUSING SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE.
Remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ORIGINAL CAM CHAIN TENSION ADJUSTER, OR THE FIRST GENERATION RECALL TENSION ADJUSTER, WITH A NEW OIL-DAMPED RATCHET-TYPE CAM CHAIN TENSION ADJUSTER. DEALERS WILL ALSO INSTALL A NEW TENSION ADJUSTER OIL SUPPLY HOSE AND A NEW CAM CHAIN GUIDE.
Complaints by component
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
6
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
3
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
2
1crashes1injuries
STRUCTURE
1
Total complaints12
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Spouse parked in front of a store.put in park, sit there awhile filling out paperwork and then went inside. Slight incline to rear of vehicle. When driver got out, left passenger in vehicle.passenger heard pop and vehicle started rolling backwards. Passenger scared and departed vehicle and dragged…”
“Went riding on a saturday and noticed motorcycle was handling very weird and it actually seemed to be "longer" than normal. When I got home I noticed the back half of my motorcycle was several inches lower than normal and the rear tire was less than an inch from the rear fender. After an…”
“2nd gear slips causing acceleration to be unpredicatable and potentially life threatening. First failure happened in a low corner, morccle skipped a tooth or something in 2nd gear causing loss of control and a highside. I regained control. Problem not present in any other gear.*ak”
“The engine rod failed causing the engine to lock up. *slc”
“The engine rod failed causing the engine to lock up. *slc”
“I am not reporting a failure. Rather I am reporting that I am materially impacted by the rear subframe failures on suzuki gsx1300r motorcycles (several in uk; as many as 40 worldwide) because suzuki refuses to recall and replace the failing subframes. I am impacted because no aftermarket luggage…”
“Recall 00v319000 was completed at track-n-trail, however they did not do the recall to even idle causing other components to not work correctly, consumer took to another dealer to redo recall and repair the following: the starter which jumped gears and locked up was replaced, a cracked case was…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2000 Suzuki Gsx1300r as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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