2008 SUZUKI SX4 Complaints

AT A COLD START THERE WAS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE I WAS TOLD BY TWO MASTER MECHANICS TO SEE IF I STILL HAD A WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONERS SO I TOOK IT TO THE SUZUKI DEALER (BROWN DAUB) WHICH TOLD ME THAT WAS NORMAL I CALLED THE GARAGE I USUALLY GO TO AND THEY THINK IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONERS THEY WILL BE LETTING ME KNOW THIS WEEK WHAT THE PROBLEM IS PLUS SUZUKI WASHED THEIR HANDS OF IT PLUS THE NOISE IS ONLY GETTING LOUDER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI SX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V405000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO THE STATE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE STATE IT WAS PURCHASED FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ....UPDATED 07/22/15 *BF UPDATED 10/2/2017*CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI SX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO INTERNAL DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ON A SECOND OCCASION, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

NO INCIDENT. NEED HELP WHERE TO TAKE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY RECALL (PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION) AND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO CALL TO. NO DEALER NEARBY -LIVE ON AN ISLAND IN ALASKA. PLEASE CONTACT ME BY EMAIL. WILL NEED AT LEAST A WEEK OFF WORK AND MORE THAN $1,000.00 TO GET TO DEALER AND BACK. WILL HAVE TO PUT CAR AND MYSELF ON A FERRY- 3 DAYS ONE WAY. WHAT IS POSSIBILITY OF SENDING NEW PARTS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO A MECHANIC HERE TO DO THE WORK ON BEHALF OF SUZUKI - THE ONE WHERE I USUALLY I TAKE MY CAR FOR CHECK UPS? *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER LIT UP AND REMAIN ALWAYS ON, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PERSON IS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT. BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHTS REMAIN ON AND DO NOT TURN OFF. *TR

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH ANOTHER CAR T=BONE ME ON DRIVER'S SIDE THE AIR BAG ON STEERING WHEEL AND PASSENGER SIDE DID COME OUT BUT THEY SHREDDED AND HAD SOME KIND OF SHORTAGE FROM UNDER THEM THAT SMOKED LIKE THEY WERE FIXING TO GET ON FIRE, ALSO THE AIRBAG OVER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR DID NOT COME OUT, WE WERE INJURED FROM THE CRASH I WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THE IMPACT BUT SCARES ME THAT THE CAR COULD OF CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE SHORTAGE SOME ONE NEEDS TOO CHECK ON THE MAKE AND MODELS OF THESE CAR BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE HAS A WRECK AND GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

2008 SUZUKI SX4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICE, FOR INOPERATIVE TAILLIGHTS. AFTER AN INSPECTION, THE POLICE OFFICER DISCOVERED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AS WELL, THE ONLY LIGHT WORKING WAS THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS AND THE REVERSE LIGHTS. SOME FUSES WERE BLOWN AND REPLACED. THE NEXT DAY, A MOTORIST INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE TAILLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. AGAIN, THE FUSE HAD BLOWN. WHILE LEAVING WORK THE NEXT DAY, THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE. HE LOOKED AT THE HOOD, THEN LOOKED INSIDE THE CAR AND HE FINALLY LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WHERE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE TRUNK, AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF ELECTRICAL WIRING COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE TAILLIGHT, WHICH HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WELDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE WIRING. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THE BURNED WIRES WERE TRACED BACK TO THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE DEALER STATED THE HARNESS IN THE TRUNK HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND DAMAGED TWO OTHER HARNESSES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI SX4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND THE SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

I HAVE HAD THIS SX4 SINCE 3/1/11, ASIDE FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, I HAVE NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. LAST SPRING, AROUND MAY, I HAD THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED. ONLY HAVING THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS AT THE TIME, AND HERE I AM NEEDING THEM REPLACED AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY PRIOR VEHICLE. I LOVE THIS CAR, I DON'T WANT TO TRADE IT IN. I WOULD FEEL GUILTY TRADING IT IN, AND PUTTING ANOTHER FAMILY IN THIS CAR, SHOULD SOMETHING GO TERRIBLY WRONG. MY HUSBAND AND I DEBATED WHAT THE CULPRIT COULD BE FOR THE NOISES THE CAR MADE FROM 15 MPH TO 70 MPH (ROCK IN A BOX) SOUND AND THE CAR SHAKING THROUGHOUT THE CAR, BUT ALSO IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE CONTROL ARM AGAIN. SO WE REPLACED THE STABILIZER BAR BUSHINGS. THE MECHANIC THAT REPLACED THE BUSHINGS SAID REPLACING THE BUSHINGS WERE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS WERE DONE, THEY NEEDED REPLACED. I ALSO HAVE BEEN TOLD BY ANOTHER MECHANIC ROTATING MY TIRES, HAVE SAID THE SAME THING. REPLACING THE STABILIZER BUSHINGS HELP THE ( ROCK IN A BOX) SOUND, BUT NOT THE SHAKINESS THROUGHOUT THE CAR AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR IS FALLING APART THE WAY IT RATTLES ON THE SMOOTHEST STREET HERE. DOES THIS PROBLEM FALL UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY OR A RECALL INTRODUCTION? *TR

I WAS CROSSING A STREET (WITH THE GREEN LIGHT) ENTERING THE DRIVEWAY TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, THERE IS A DIP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE DRIVEWAY SO I WAS DOING ABOUT 3 MPH. A DODGE DURANGO SUV, RAN THE "RED" LIGHT AND STRUCK MY VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR TOTALING THE SUZUKI, KNOCKING THE CAR ABOUT 20 FEET SIDEWAYS, AND RENDERING ME UNCONSCIOUS.. THE DURANGO WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH UPON IMPACT, HE WAS NOT LOOKING WHERE HE WAS GOING, HE WAS TALKING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND CONSEQUENTLY DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES, UNTIL HE STRUCK MY CAR. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON THE IMPACT, WHICH ADDED TO THE LATERAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF MY HEAD AND NECK, CAUSING SEVERE WHIPLASH. SUZUKI HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AIR BAG SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND THERE WAS A RECALL OF THE AIR BAG SENSOR, WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED. IN FACT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY OF THE RECALLS ISSUED BY SUZUKI. I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR OVER 100,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL, HOWEVER THE MAIN IMPACT SAFETY FEATURE WAS NOT OPERABLE AND SUZUKI KNEW IT AND FAILED TO INFORM ME. I AM FORTUNATE THAT I AM ALIVE, BROKEN AND BRUISED, BUT ALIVE. MY GRANDSON IS GENERALLY WITH ME, AND WOULD HAVE SURELY BEEN KILLED, HAD HE BEEN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR