Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| 10V392000 | AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. | V (Vehicle) | 20692 | 09/24/2010 | MFR | AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. | 09/01/2010 | 09/03/2010 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Suzuki is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2010 sx4, 2010 grand vitara, and 2009 through 2010 equator vehicles that were equipped with a garmin nuvi model 750, 760, and 765 navigation system. the batteries contained in the affected gps units can overheat. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Overheated batteries could result in a fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Suzuki will notify owners and the repairs will be performed by garmin technicians by replacing the battery and inserting a spacer on top of the battery free of charge. the safety recall began on september 24, 2010. owners may contact garmin directly at 1-866-957-1981 or suzuki at 1-887-697-8985. owners may also visit garmin's website at www.garmin.com/nuvibatterypcbrecall. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Suzuki's recall campaign number is sj.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE | |||
| 12/15/2009 | 29600 | ||
| I have an issue with the air bag sensor under the passenger seat of my 2008 suzuki sx-4 crossover awd. 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. to be a . 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. the car was at the suzuki dealer before warranty expiration and i state that problem and they said that they can't duplicate de problem, after the warranty expired the problem is back and now all the airbags and seat belts ligths are on all the time. | |||