Suzuki has issued a voluntary recall in coordination with the CPSC for 2009 model LT-Z400 Quadsports because a flame arrester screen is installed in the air snorkel which connects the air cleaner to the throttle body.
The flame arrester screen prevents flames from entering the air cleaner in the event of an engine backfire. Flexing of the flame arrester screen due to normal intake system pulsations can eventually cause the flame arrester screen to become detached from its mounting ring.
If the flame arrester screen becomes detached, it can enter the throttle body and jam the throttle valve, preventing the throttle valve from fully returning to the idle positon when the throttle lever is released. In the worst case, the rider could lose control of the ATV.
Loss of control could result in severe personal injury or death.
The suspected ATVs were sold at Suzuki ATV dealers nationwide from September 2008 through June 2010 for between $6,500 and $6,700.