SUZUKI Complaints

TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THIS WAS INCONSISTANT BUT RECURRING PROBLEM WHICH USUALLY OCCURRED WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP UNDER ACCELERATION AND NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR UNTIL STOPPED ACCELERATING. THIS CIRCUMSTANCE CREATED A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SERVICE ANALYST AND TECHNICIAN COULD NOT CONFIRM THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM , BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEMS W/ THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION SINCE THE 2000 MODEL YEAR AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE 2003 MODEL YEAR. A TSB REGARDING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED.*AK

CORRECTION: 2002 SUZUKI VS1400 GLP: BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN LOCKING THE SEAT BELT BELT WILL GET STUCK, AND CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO TAKE BELT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

REAR TURN SIGNALS ARE POSITIONED TOO LOW ON VEHICLE. RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS RIGHT ABOVE EXHAUST, CAUSING IT TOO TURN BLACK. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE CAM CHAIN TENSIONER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER INQUIRING ABOUT THE RECALL AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT MAY HAVE A DEFECTIVE CAM CHAIN TENSIONER AND IF IT FAILS IT COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE ENGINE DAMAGE. COSNUMER HAD TO PARK THE VEHICLE UNTIL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED AND SOME TIME HAD PASSED THE MOTOR BEGAN MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE UPON DECELERATION. CONSUMER NO LONGER HAS VEHICLE. *JG

SAFETY IMPROVEMENT REPAIR ON VAPOR VALVE WAS DONE IN MAY OF 2002. IN JULY 2002 ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER STATED A DIFFERENT VAPOR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONDENSER FINS BEHIND ELECTRIC FAN ARE BENT/SMASHED; FAN BLADES APPEAR NOT TO HAVE CONTACTED FIN AREA; NO FRONT END DAMAGE; FINS OUTSIDE FAN AREA APPEAR IN NEW CONDITION; ONE OTHER VEHICLE AT DEALER CHECKED AND HAS SIMILAR DAMAGE; APPEARS TO BE DESIGN PROBLEM

THE 1999 SUZUKI ESTEEM I PURCHASED STARTED HAVIN G TROU BLE KEEPING UP SPEED ON 5-29-02,THEY REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT IT, UNTIL A MONTH LATER WHEN I WENT BACK UP THERE AGAIN. THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IS HTAT THERE IS SEALANT ON THE #1 PLUG, AND ALL THEY SAY IS WRONG WITH IT IS THE #1 FUEL INJECTOR,WHICH THEY WANT $500.00 TO PUT IT IN.IVE HAD AT LEAST 3 OTHER MECHANICS TELL ME THAT THE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN, OR THE HEAD IS CRACKED ON THE CAR, AND THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM REFUSED TO CHECK IT OUT.*AK

THE Y PIPE ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME NOISY, AND LEAKS FUMES. THE VEHICLE HAS OXYGEN SENSORS WHICH CONNECT TO THIS PIPE TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING PROPERLY. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS PIPE IS EXCESSIVE , MORE THAN $400.00 , AND SUZUKI HAS HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THIS "Y" PIPE WHICH IS LOCATED BETWEEN THREE CAT. CONVERTERS, AND ALSO HAS A WAITING PERIOD TO GET. I BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS MADE CHEAP AND SUZUKI IS AWARE IT HAS A SHORT LIFE PERIOD . FURTHER I FEEL SUZUKI SHOULD REPLACE THIS ITEM AS A RECALL, AS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS A SAFETY INSPECTION WITH THE PIPE IN THIS CONDITION.

VEHICLE WONDERS LEFT AND RIGHT ON ROAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER , AND THEY PERFORMED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. AT 14000 MILES, ALL FOUR TIRE WERE WOREN OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK