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 or death resulting to reidr and passenger. Suzuki has had a recall on the 1999 modal hayabusa. But the 2000 and the recall part are still failing. I would apprciate an investigation on the problem. *Ak
Engine & cooling
2000 Spartan Highlander Engine problems
Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2000 Spartan Highlander's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 67% of all its complaints, most recently on July 28, 2000. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 2
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
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 motorcycle operator. Please look into this matter. *Ak
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data