SUZUKI Complaints

TAKATA RECALL? AIR BAG AND PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHTS STAY ON. ONLY HAVE 70,000 MILES ON CAR. ABS/ESP LIGHT STAYS ON

TAKATA RECALL. I GOT INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE. I REACHED BACK FOR MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIRBAG INSIDE THE DRIVERS SEAT DEPLOYED. MY CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION, I WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR WAS NOT IMPACTED BY ANYTHING. THE AIRBAG STRUCK ME ON THE LEFT SIDE AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WENT INSIDE TO THE ER BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A REGULAR APPOINTMENT. I DID NOT SIT BACK HARD IN THE SEAT, I SIMPLY REACHED BACK FOR MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM WITHIN THE DRIVERS SEAT, NOT THE SIDE OF THE CAR.

GEAR POSITION INDICATOR HAS FAILED YEARLY, PART 37730-44H01, COST IS OVER $100 TO REPLACE. FUEL INJ SYSTEM TAKES INFO FROM THIS PART, THE BIKE GIVES A INTERMITTENT FI WARNING LIGHT WHEN THIS PART IS MALFUNCTIONING. HAVE REPLACED THIS PART 4 TIMES NOW.

SUZUKI HAS RECALLED ALL 2012 THROUGH 2016 DL650 MOTORCYCLES FOR FAULTY CHARGING STATORS. RECALL 16V-878. SEE DESCRIPTION OF DEFECT. THE 2008 THROUGH 2011 SUZUKI DL650 MOTORCYCLES USE THE SAME CHARGING STATOR AS THE 2012 THROUGH 2016 MODELS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A HIGH RATE OF FAILURES.. THE ALTERNATOR WAS CHANGED TO A CLAIMED 400 WATT OUTPUT MODEL BEGINNING WITH THE 2008 MODEL. MANY FAILURES, SOME MULTIPLE, HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON STROMTROOPER.COM. FOR THE 2008 TO 2011 MODELS. ONE POLL RESULT FROM STROMTROOPER.COM VIEW POLL RESULTS: PLEASE CHECK AS MANY ANSWERS AS APPLY TO YOU. I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2002 DL1000 8 1.40% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2003 - 2012 DL1000 75 13.13% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2004-2007 DL650 27 4.73% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2008 - 2011 DL650 63 11.03% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2012 - 2016 DL650 46 8.06% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2014 - 2016 DL1000 1 0.18% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2017 OR LATER DL650 0 0% I HAD A CHARGING SYSTEM PROBLEM ON A 2017 OR LATER DL1000 0 0% MULTIPLE CHOICE POLL. VOTERS: 571. THE SAFETY RISK ( STALLED ENGINE DUE TO LACK OF ELECTRICAL CHARGE) WHICH RESULTED IN RECALL 16V-878 SHOULD ALSO BE APPLICABLE TO THE 2008 TO 2011 MODELS WITH THE SAME CHARGING SYSYTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS AGO. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO SUZUKI DEL CARIBE IN CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SENSOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,827.

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT SENSOR HAS FAILED TO REGISTER A PASSENGER AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMPUTER. THIS WILL CAUSE THE AIRBAGS TO NOT DEPLOY AND CAN SERIOUSLY INJURE THE PASSENGER. SUZUKI WAS NOTIFIED AND REFUSES TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. INSTEAD THEY WANT OVER $2000 FOR A NEW SEAT. YEARS 2007 - 2011 HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND WAS RECALLED FOR THE EXACT SAME THING. PLEASE MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND DO A RECALL FOR THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS FAILED AND TURNED OFF, ONE SHORTLY AFTER THE OTHER. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BULBS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUZUKI OF GREEN BROOK (101 US-22, GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP, NJ 08812) WHO STATED THAT BOTH HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO NOTICED THAT THE ADAPTER, SOCKETS, AND FUSES WERE ALL BURNED DUE TO A HIGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOWING INTO THE ASSEMBLIES. THE ADAPTERS, SOCKETS, AND HEAD LAMPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE UNDERLYING ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST OR ESCALATE THE CASE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN RECALL REPAIR FOR THE AIR BAGS WAS PERFORMED TWO YEARS AGO. THE REMEDY FAILED TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER (BIG RED SPORTS/IMPORTS, 418 N INTERSTATE DR, NORMAN, OK 73072, (405) 364-4400) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE IF THE MANUFACTURER COULD PROVIDE A SOLUTION. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI SX4 EQUIPPED WITH NEXEN N5000 TIRES, SIZE: P225/40R18. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF AIR. WHEN AIR WAS PLACED INTO THE TIRE, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. DUE TO THE TIRE FAILURES, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INDEPENDENT VEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ROBERTS TIRE SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE NO LEAKS IN THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN MECHANIC WHERE IT RECEIVED AN ALIGNMENT; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE SWAYED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VIN, DOT NUMBER, TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

RECEIVED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CODES WERE AS BEFORE POINTED TO A STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME FOR THIS VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP SAID THIS TIME IT WAS FROM LOW OIL PRESSURE. WHY WAS THERE NOT A LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT IF IT WILL RUIN ENGINE COMPONENTS? SUZUKI HAS A TSB FOR TIMING CHAINS AND INDIVIDUAL PART NUMBERS FOR THESE KITS WHICH TELLS ME THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL.