1999 SUZUKI VITARA Complaints

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V273002. CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE MANAGER NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR BRAKE LAMP SWITCH. AFTER MULTIPLE CALLS, CONSUMER WAS URGED TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER & RECORDING CAME ON ASKING FOR NAME, ADDRESS & PHONE & SOMEONE WOULD GET BACK IN TOUCH. SO FAR NO ONE HAS CALLED. *AK

CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL 99V273002 CONCERNING THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. HOWEVER, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING MOTORCYCLE WOULD DRIFT RIGHT LIKE ITS STEERING BY ITSELF. WOULD HIT BUMPS OR ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD & LOSE CONTROL. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK

FIRST TIME ON OPEN HIGHWAY BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD A VERY BAD SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. MOST OF THE SHIMMY IS GONE BUT, NOW IT WILL SHIMMY AT ANY TIME THE CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT. IT HAS ONLY DONE THIS FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. IT WILL SHIMMY AT ANY SPEED OR ROAD CONDITIONS. NATURALLY THE TECHNICIAN CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT, IT IS THERE. I STILL FEEL THAT IT IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS STARTED, IT WOULD STALL OUT. ALSO, BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON UNTIL THE CLUTCH WAS PUSHED. FINALLY, ALL THE LIGHTS WOULD FAIL TO COME ON. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL WIRES CHECKED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT COME UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, HAD TO MANUALLY PULL THE PEDAL UP TO GAIN CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BUMPY/VIBRATION FELT AT 35+ MPH, SMOOTHS OUT TO SOME DEGREE ABOVE 45 UNTIL YOU REACH 60+. VIBRATION ABOVE 60 FEELS AS IF YOU MAY NOT HAVE STEERING CONTROL. A/C CONTROL LEVER DOES NOT OPEN/CLOSE COMPLETELY. A/C FROZE UNDER DASH ON PASSENGER SIDE, WOULD NOT COOL, WATER DISCHARGED INTO FLOOR BOARD. DOES NOT ADEQUATELY COOL INTERIOR IN DIRECT SUN WITH TEMPTS. ABOVE 85. GEAR SHIFTER SOMETIMES (SPORADIC) JAMS - PROBLEM APPEARS TO DEAL WITH 2ND GEAR (SOMETIMES 1ST TO 2ND OR 3RD TO 2ND). WHEN IT JAMS IT FEELS AS IF SOMETHING IS HITTING RUBBER (NO NOISE) AND YOU HAVE TO FORCE SHIFTER INTO PLACE. I HAVE HAD TO STOP AND RELEASE AND REPRESS CLUTCH AND MOVE SHIFTER AROUND ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL. IT DOES HAPPEN SPORADICALLY, CAN MOST OFTEN BE FORCED INTO GEAR AT THIS TIME, SERVICE DEPT. CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. AFTER FOUR TRIPS TO SERVICE DEPT. 2 TIRES REPLACED (FLAT SPOTS), ROTATION, SPIN BALANCE, AND ALIGNMENT HAVE BEEN CHECKED. VIBRATION STILL RECURRING PROBLEM. VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO THE RIGHT. REPLACED CONTROL SWITCH AND LEVER AFTER FREEZE UP OF A/C. REPLACED A RESISTOR AFTER 2ND EPOSIDE OF WATER IN FLOOR. STILL DOES NOT COOL PROPERLY.( DOT NUMBER: )

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN STARTING TO DRIVE OVER 60 MPH THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE AND WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IT ALSO VIBRATES. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE TIRES WERE REBALANCED BUT THE PROBLEMS STILL STANDS. *AK *ML

WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT OUT OF 5TH GEAR THE SHIFTER GETS STUCK IN THE NEUTRAL GATE BETWEEN 5TH AND REVERSE, OTHER TIMES EXCESSIVE FORCE USED TO ENGAGE LOWER GEAR. MJS

PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE BOUNCES, CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK