Suzuki Grand Vitara Complaints (2001)

38 consumer complaints on file.

#10046085October 30, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP ACCELERATION VEHICLE HAS TO BE SHUT OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038112September 3, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE CLEANING WINDSHIELD CLEAN FLUID LEAK INSIDE VEHICLE THROUGH SEAL. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032099August 5, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELTS LOCK UP WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021056June 4, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT, TIRES
DRIVELINE VIBRATION AT OVER 57 MPH. 24,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, ITS NORMAL FOR THAT VEHICLE! LOOKING AT IT ON LIFT FOR A HOUR, CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE, SAYS EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. THERE IS A DRONING TYPE NOISE DEFINITELY DRIVELINE RELATED, ANY PASSENGER WITH THEIR EYES CLOSED CAN TELL WHEN YOU ARE GOING OVER 57 MPH. EITHER DRIVESHAFT PROBLEMS OR TRANSMISSION, TRANSFER CASE,REAR END PROBLEM. ORIGINAL TIRES HYDROPLANING AT 24,000 MILES. HAD TO REPLACE TIRES, ALSO ALIGNMENT WAS OFF VEHICLE PULLS TO SIDE. SECOND DEALER ALSO SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003959January 15, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
POOE, VISIBILITY, DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK, MAKING IT HARD TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW. TS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023109November 21, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE VEHICLE PULLING TO LEFT VEHICLE WAS SERVICE BY DEALER TECHNICIAN ALIGNMENT AFTER REPAIR VEHICLE WAS STILL TRAVELING THE SAME RESULTING TIRE WEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022075November 1, 2002
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
FRONT WINDSHIELD FOGGED WHEN USING THE DEFROSTER, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MR ALL THE WINDOWS WILL FOG OVER AT THE SLIGHTEST CHANGE IN WEATHER EVEN WITH THE DEFOGGER ON HIGH POWER. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021552October 24, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER STATES, WHILE DRIVING ON NORMAL CONDITIONS APPLIED THE BRAKES, ALWAYS LOCK UP. DEALER HAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766518August 31, 2002
TIRES
TIRE HAS EXTREME WEAR AND CUPPING, VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON, HOWEVER, BRIDGSTONE/FIRESTONE REFUSES TO WARRANTY DEFECTIVE TIRE AND MY VEHICLE HAS NO FRONT-END ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006233March 22, 2002
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND OVER ,THERE IS VIBRATION. DEALER ALIGNED VEHICLE TWICE, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. TIRES ARE SHOWING EXCESSIVE WEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758001February 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, AIR BAGS
NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND A NIGHTMARE TO OWN.. DEALER NOT SYPATHETIC. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755048November 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS BEGINNING AT ABOUT 400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUING TO PRESENT DATE. FAILURE HAS RESULTED IN BEING UNABLE TO STOP UNTIL ROLLING THRU INTERSECTIONS...SO FAR NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER FOR PROBLEM 4 TIMES, MOST RECENTLY DURING NOVEMBER. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SEEM INCLINED TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM DESPITE THE POTENTIAL FOR DISASTER FOR MY FAMILY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IN THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM--DRIVER CAN FEEL ABS SHUTTLE VALVES CHATTERING (OPENING & CLOSING) AS IF THE SYSTEM SENSES A SKID ON BOTH SIDES, RESULTING IN BOTH SIDE BRAKES RELEASING SIMULTANEOUSLY. CONSEQUENTLY, VEHICLE BRAKING IS NEAR NIL, ONLY MEANS TO STOP THE VEHICLE IS TO MANUALLY OVERRIDE THE HYDRAULICS. OVERRIDE REQUIRES FULL STRENGTH FROM DRIVER WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, AND STILL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP THE CAR. EACH INCIDENT HAS, THUS FAR, TAKEN PLACE AT SLOW SPEEDS AND HAS OCCURRED WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF FIRST ENGINE START OF THE DAY. IF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED OR AT A CRITICAL STOP INCIDENT IT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE IS SCARY, AND SUZUKI [KATHY AT (800) 934 0934 ] PROMISED BACK ON NOVEMBER 21, 2001 TO INTERCEDE WITH DEALER TO GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. THUS FAR NEITHER DEALER NOR SUZUKI MOTOR COMPANY HAS BOTHERED TO CONTACT US. FOUR ATTEMPTS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ARE 3 TIMES TOO MANY. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS, BUT WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO DRIVE IT UNTIL A LOANER VEHICLE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEALER/MFGR WHILE THIS ONE IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED. TOOK THE DEALER 4 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE FRONT END ALIGNED, AND IT STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT, JUST THE SAME AS IT DID WHEN WE PICKED IT UP NEW. THUS, NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE ON THAT SERVICE DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO FIX THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. THUS FAR, FAILED ON 4 TRIES. PROMISED SUZUKI REGIONAL REP WOULD CONTACT ME THE DAY AFTER I TURNED THE CAR IN EARLIER THIS MONTH--HE DIDN'T--P/U10 DAYS LATER BRAKES FAILED AGAIN IN 2 DAYS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754306November 9, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 9 YEAR OLD WAS SITTING IN THE BACK RIGHT SEAT WHEN THE DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD NO WARNING THAT SHE HAD NOT CLOSED THE DOOR PROPERLY. WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT THE THE DOME LIGHT WILL STAY ON IF THE DOOR IS NOT SHUT ALL THE WAY. HOWEVER THIS IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE MEANS DURING THE DAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752155September 13, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING FOR OVER A MONTH NOW. THE CONDINSER FOR THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSIDLY ON BACK ORDER; HOWEVER, NEITHER THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURE WILL PROVIDE ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. I LIVE IN AN ARE WHERE THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 90'S TO 100'S, AND HAVE GOTTEN HEAT EXHAUSTION ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING A SCARY SITUATION. I AM VERY UNHAPPY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#751685September 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE 4 DAYS AGO. HAS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN DRIVETRAIN. IN FOR SERVICE TWICE AT DEALER (1ST TIME REPLACED TIRES-DID NOT CURE PROBLEM) IT IS NOW AT THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT (9/4/01) FOUND A TSB (01-04-17-002) FOR THE CHEVROLET TRACKER (SUZUKI TWIN) FOR POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:SHAFT CHAIN:PROPELLOR:DRIVE. THIS IS IDENTICAL TO THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING. DEALER SEEMS UNAWARE OF TSB FIX .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895099August 23, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING A COLLISION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894563August 16, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 01V146000 NOTICE.PARTS HAVE BEEN ON BACK ORDER, AND NO AVAILABLE DATE HAS BEEN GIVEN. DEALER, AUTO MALL, RT 1 N AVE, NJ. 07001 PHONE# 732-815-0500. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892018July 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
WHENEVER EXHAUST GOT HOT FUME ODORS GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO BECOME SICK. HAD BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED EXHAUST IS SPRAYED WITH COSMOLINE.*AK THE DEALER WAS INFORMED THAT PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY AT ABOUT 5000 OR 6000 MILES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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