Yep, Justin is the good cop,

...... me, not so nice sometimes.

 
Oh goodie, goodie ....

ColoS40Girl is our new pinup girl on the vacsucker recall war !!!

 
Up to her if she shoots you .....  

If it were me, I'd sure check before I hit the dealership

but I'd NEVER NEVER fess up on the list if it were so .....



Actually, if the choke was out she'd have used up the entire tank of gas instead of just 1.29 out of the 2.6 gallons available --- so I think you may possibly have a bullet headed your way .....

My 80 mile tankful is based off a stage 2 cam, carb mods, air filter mods, exhaust mods and a bad right wrist.

If you ride hard, you get some right sorry mpg.

If you ride stock and gently, you can get 120 miles out of a tank of gas.

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 09/29/12 at 12:07:14:



Oldfeller, is your 80 miles before, or including, reserve?

 
You are being dicked with by the dealership, with them throwing up "pinched cables" which IS BULLSHITE and are a part of their set-up out of the crate and are covered by warranty.

Contact Suzuki America and get a file number for your complaint.   Your bike is under warranty and the dealership is attempting to take money from you for warranty service on a known issue.

If you carry the bike in under these terms, they are going to charge you money and do NOTHING to fix your issue, just magically fix some "pinched cables".

Girl, you remember that for YOU to fix the issue would cost YOU $16 and two hours of your time.

They are going to charge you over 4 times that amount (and that will be your half of the total) just to check the bike in and "adjust the cables" which will not fix a stinking thing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-LTZ-400-LTZ400-Fuel-Gas-Petcock-Valve-Switch-P...



So, you can spend the $16 and get the Raptor and put it in yourself, or call Suzuki America and start the merry go round.  

Calling Suzuki tells the dealership not to screw with you, but they will still get more than $16 out of you several times over before they actually fix anything.

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You see, the problem really is that NOBODY at that dealership understands the Savage very much as they only sell 1-2 a year and only service one every other year.  

They are going to fumble and bumble around and actually break things when working on your bike.    And you will carry it back when they don't fix it and pay them more money to fumble around some more.

 
What is the dealership's name, who was the person that told you that bullshite.

There is a little vacuum tube that runs from the petcock to the carburetor, it lives underneath a steel spring and it is the ONLY tube that could get pinched that could cause your issue.

Check it now, yourself.  Know the condition of that tube before you take it in to the dealership.   Take it off and suck on it to see if it leaks or is crimped or blocked in any way.

If it isn't the tube, then the petcock itself is bad.

Stealerships, they LIE like rugs to try to avoid charging stuff to warranty, then they jack the charges up double and "get you to pay your fair half" which is really all of it to begin with.

If you take that bike in to the dealership without a guarantee from Suzuki of America that it will be under warranty and NO CHARGE TO YOU then you just blew $60-80 of your hard earned money.   And that's assuming the bumble Mikey only spends an hour bumbling around with your bike.

And you could have bought yourself 3 Raptor petcocks for that sort of money.

Cologirl, if you don't get satisfaction, I'm sure there are consumer advocacy organisations in your state. There are probably consumer rights type television programs that might be worth a try. Hopefully you will get satisfaction, but if you don't, it may do no harm to contact such organisations. Altough you have rights as a consumer, any business or corporation will have tax deductable lawyers and this simple fact tends to make them stronger in a fight. Law courts are renowned for snail speed.