FaultScore

Worst years for a Suzuki Intruder

Owners have filed 109 complaints about the Suzuki Intruder with NHTSA across model years 1987 to 2002. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

1999 Suzuki Intruder

15 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1998 Suzuki Intruder

17 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Suzuki Intruder year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2002 C 17 0 0 10,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2001 C 16 0 0 12,550 Transmission & Drivetrain
2000 C 19 1 0 5,400 Transmission & Drivetrain
1999 D 15 1 2 Brakes
1998 C 17 0 1 Brakes
1997 3 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1996 8 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1995 5 1 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1994 4 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1993 2 0 0 Brakes
1992 1 0 0 Suspension
1991 1 0 0 Brakes
1987 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a Suzuki Intruder

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2002

Brakes 20 18.3%

Worst in 1998

Engine & Cooling 10 9.2%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 5 4.6%

Worst in 1994

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 4.6%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 3 2.8%

Worst in 2002

Lights 2 1.8%

Worst in 1993

Other & Unspecified 2 1.8%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 1 0.9%

Worst in 1995

Tires 1 0.9%

Worst in 1997

Wheels 1 0.9%

Worst in 2001

Equipment & Accessories 1 0.9%

Worst in 1998

Exactly what failed on a Suzuki Intruder

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Manual Transmission 24 36.9%
Tank Assembly 16 24.6%
Engine 5 7.7%
Disc 5 7.7%
Clutch Assembly 3 4.6%
Gasoline 3 4.6%
Rear 3 4.6%
Pads 2 3.1%
Drum 2 3.1%
Pads 2 3.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Suzuki Intruder, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 10 Dec 2014

Compare the Suzuki Intruder

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.