2008 SUZUKI SX4 Complaints

REAR WINDOW WIPER FAILURE, DOES NOT WORK. PASSENGER AIR BAG NONE FUNCTIONING, LIGHT COMES ON DASH INDICATING PASSENGER AIR BAG IS OFF! REMOTE TRUNK ENTRY FAILURE, REMOTE LATCH IS NOT FUNCTIONING AND THERE IS NO KEY ENTRY LOCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI SX4. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER MAKING 5 TO 15 DEGREE TURNS WITH EITHER TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED, THE SIGNAL WOULD NOT CANCEL SOON ENOUGH OR AFTER COMPLETING A SHALLOW TURN. THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPED MALFUNCTION, BUT, ONE INHERENT ON THE VEHICLE FROM THE MANUFACTURE AUTOMATICALLY WHICH REQUIRED THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH TO MANUALLY BE ENGAGED TO DEACTIVATE THE OPERATION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/13/2011 *LN *TR

THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON WITH A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT WOULD STAY ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND EVENTUALLY GO OFF. THIS WENT ON FOR A FEW MONTHS AND WAS INITIALLY BLAMED ON THE POSITION OF THE PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AS WIGGLING WOULD CAUSE THE LIGHT TO GO OFF. APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO THE LIGHT CAME IN AND STAYED ON, ALONG WITH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG LIGHT. MY DAUGHTER TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO ADVISED IT WOULD COST $2000 TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO THE MILEAGE. WHEN MY BOYFRIEND RETURNED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM TO INQUIRE ABOUT A GOOD WILL REPAIR WE WERE ADVISED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER TWO THINGS: FIRST THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SECOND THAT HE DOES THEM ALL THE TIME FOR LOCAL DEALERS BECAUSE OWNERS USUALLY TRADE THEM IN RATHER THAN PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO SELL THEM WITHOUT FIXING THEM. HE REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, RE-STATING WHAT HE TOLD MY DAUGHTER, THAT IT WOULD COST $2,000 TO FIX. IT SEEMED TO US THAT HE CONTRADICTED HIMSELF, EITHER IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE DEALERS BRINGING IN USED VEHICLES TO HAVE THE SENSOR FIXED FOR $2,000 OR IT ISN'T. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET SUZUKI TO APPROVE A GOOD WILL REPAIR FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT IS MORE THAN 75% OF THE REPORTED ISSUES FOR THIS MODEL CAR FOR 2008. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI SX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI SX4. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE SEAT CUSHION WAS BENT OR BROKEN WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE GRID UNDERNEATH THE SEAT, WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

I WAS A PASSENGER IN A SUZUKI SX4 2008. WHERE WE SLID OFF THE ROAD A HIT A LOG PILE. NO AIR BAGS OPENED. I BROKE MY FEMUR, NECK, JAW, AND RIBS. CAR WAS TOTALED AND WE AT LEAST HIT THE WOOD AT 45 MPH. *TR

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT OF MY 2008 SUZUKI SX-4 SDN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON AND STAYS ON, AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT LIGHT ON THE INFORMATION DISPLAY COMES ON AND STAYS ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED THE CODE AND FOUND A CODE RECORDED FOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT TRIGGERED THE CODE HOWEVER THEY SAID THEY RESET THE SYSTEM AND IT SHOULD BE FINE. THE SAME DAY THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE UNDER SEAT ASSEMBLY WHICH CONTAINS THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS BAD AND WOULD NEED REPLACED AT A COST OF $2500 JUST FOR THE PART. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND SEARCHED FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COMPANY HAS NOT AGREED TO DO ANYTHING TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM FOR ME OR THE OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO NOT BEEN ABLE TO DISCERN FOR SURE WHETHER THE AIR BAGS WILL WORK AS LONG AS THE VEHICLE HAS THIS PROBLEM. IF NOT IT IS A DEFINITE SAFETY PROBLEM AND SHOULD REQUIRE A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEMS OR REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. AS I SAID THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH NOT ONLY THE 2008 SUZUKI VEHICLES BUT ALSO THE 2007 MODEL YEAR SUZUKIS. I HAVE BASICALLY BEEN TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THAT I AM OUT OF LUCK, HOWEVER I FEEL THAT IF THIS IS A DEFECT THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF AND HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF THE PROBLEM IS POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE OPERATORS OF THESE VEHICLES. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR INDICATES THE MODULE NEEDS REPLACED. COST TO REPAIR IN THE $1000'S. CONTACTED SUZUKI'S CUSTOMER SERVICE TO UTILIZE CUSTOMER ASSISTANT PROGRAM, THEY OFFERED NO HELP IN PAYING FOR HUGE EXPENSE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE OTHERS SUZUKI CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME RESULT. MY COMPLAINT IS: T SUZUKI IS RATED HIGH IN SAFETY RATINGS AND I WONDER WHY THE COMPONENT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, AND HOW IN GOOD FAITH CAN THEY CLAIM #1 SAFETY RATINGS, WHEN IN FACT IF I WERE IN AN ACCIDENT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY? IS THIS LEGAL? I WANT THIS PROBLEM DOCUMENTED SO THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS MY BENEFIT FROM THE INFORMATION.

2008 SUZUKI SX4 AIRBAG SYSTEM WENT OUT DUE TO A SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. TO REPLACE THE SEAT THROUGH THE DEALER WOULD COST $2500.00. WE HAVE CONTACTED SUZUKI WITH NO LUCK. THE CAR IS COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WHEN CONTACTED WE WERE TOLD THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED. WE WONDER WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPLACE THE SEAT AND WILL HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT AIRBAGS AND THE ERROR LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL FIXED. *TR

2008 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER AIRBAG LIGHT. LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY TURNS ON AND OFF. SUZUKI COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM UNTIL THE LIGHT STAYED ON. PROBLEM STARTED WITH 8,000 MILES ON CAR, AND FINALLY FAILED AT 101,000 MILES BUT SUZUKI SAYS ITS UNRELATED EVEN THOUGH ITS THE SAME LIGHT. REFUSES TO FIX PROBLEM AS WARRANTY ISSUE. MANY OTHER REPORTS OF DEFECTIVE SEAT SENSORS RUMORED SECOND VERSION OF PART FIXES PROBLEM, NO RECALL? *TR