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    <title>Suzuki Grand Vitara - NHTSA record changes</title>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Air Bag Light remain on . The vehicle was checked in a scanner  and the codes B1312 and B1319 where found..I want to know if are recalls for this car. If yes What dealer in Puerto Rico can repair it.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SEATS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The Air Bag Light remain on . The vehicle was checked in a scanner  and the codes B1312 and B1319 where found..I want to know if are recalls for this car. If yes What dealer in Puerto Rico can repair it.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Seat belt light on for passager side</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SEAT BELTS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Seat belt light on for passager side</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I received 3 urgent letters telling me my2008  suzuki grand vitara has an airbag recall passenger side and needed to be repaired right away. But SUZUKI only has a few dealers left and none close to me so I have to drive my children in this unsafe car. So I called the dealer and they said I have to drop my car off 3 hours away and leave it for however long it takes to be repaired. And they said the</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I bought this car used one year ago and have had to change the low beam lights twice and now they are out again. At night I drive with the high beams on and they are so weak no one can tell. Last month the engine started surging making the car try to take off wether in neutral, park or drive. I have to hold the brake very strongly to keep the car from taking off. This is extremely dangerous for ob</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I bought this car used one year ago and have had to change the low beam lights twice and now they are out again. At night I drive with the high beams on and they are so weak no one can tell. Last month the engine started surging making the car try to take off wether in neutral, park or drive. I have to hold the brake very strongly to keep the car from taking off. This is extremely dangerous for ob</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I bought this car used one year ago and have had to change the low beam lights twice and now they are out again. At night I drive with the high beams on and they are so weak no one can tell. Last month the engine started surging making the car try to take off wether in neutral, park or drive. I have to hold the brake very strongly to keep the car from taking off. This is extremely dangerous for ob</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the instrument cluster turned off inadvertently. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the instrument cluster later turned on but then turned off again erroneously. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times that day. The vehicle was taken to a local Pep Boys</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The contact owns a 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the headlights failed to illuminate as needed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the headlight bulbs several times; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACTS OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED TO PROVIDE THE SPEEDOMETER READING, FUEL GAUGE READING, AND ABS READING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GERMAIN TOYOTA OF NAPLES (13315 TAMIAMI TRL N, NAPLES, FL 34110, (888) 722-4941) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS N</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE VEHICLE IS CONFRONTING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAGS SECURITY SYSTEMS IN MOTION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCE, WHICH DESERVES A DETAILED INVESTIGATION.. DUE TO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED, THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED TO US. RECALLS MAY HAVE BEEN ORDERED.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WHERE I T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MY 2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA BECAME IMMOBILIZED BECAUSE THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD THAT THE DRIVELINE BROKE. BUT THE DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE GPS WAS RECALLED ON THE NAVI SYSTEM.  I HAVE A 765 NAVI SYSTEM AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE RECALL.  I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.  THE GPS GOT SO HOT THAT IT STOPPED WORKING AND HAD TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE VEHICLE.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE HEADLIGHTS, PARKING LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS BURN OUT CONSTANTLY. MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS, PARKING LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS EVERY 3-4 MONTHS FOR THE 3 1/2 YEARS WE HAVE THIS VEHICLE. VERY CAREFUL WITH BULB HANDLING AND INSTALLATION. BULB CONNECTIONS APPEAR TO BE BURNED AND MELTED.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE HEADLIGHTS, PARKING LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS BURN OUT CONSTANTLY. MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS, PARKING LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS EVERY 3-4 MONTHS FOR THE 3 1/2 YEARS WE HAVE THIS VEHICLE. VERY CAREFUL WITH BULB HANDLING AND INSTALLATION. BULB CONNECTIONS APPEAR TO BE BURNED AND MELTED.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>WHEN I BUY THE CAR IN BETWEEN 2 WEEK AGO IT HACE THE AIRBAG TURN ON AND THE PASS TOO WHEN I ASK A MECHANIC WHO SPEACILIZED IN SUZUKI HE SAID THAT IT NEED TO GO TO A DESLER OF SUZUKI BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS FROM FABRIC AND THE CAR NEVER WAS IN A ACCIDENT</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>MY MOST RECENT INCONVENIENCE WITH MY SUZUKI RECALL TENSIONER WAS ON 2/5/2020, I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN WHEN MY VEHICLE'S BELT TENSIONER AND DRIVE BELT CAME OFF OF THE RECALL TENSION ADJUSTER PULLEY. I COULD NOT TURN MY VEHICLE, THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT WAS ON, AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL OF MY RECALL PARTS FOR MY SUZUKI GRAND VITARA REPAIRED SINCE MAY 2019</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>MY MOST RECENT INCONVENIENCE WITH MY SUZUKI RECALL TENSIONER WAS ON 2/5/2020, I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN WHEN MY VEHICLE'S BELT TENSIONER AND DRIVE BELT CAME OFF OF THE RECALL TENSION ADJUSTER PULLEY. I COULD NOT TURN MY VEHICLE, THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT WAS ON, AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL OF MY RECALL PARTS FOR MY SUZUKI GRAND VITARA REPAIRED SINCE MAY 2019</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>MY MOST RECENT INCONVENIENCE WITH MY SUZUKI RECALL TENSIONER WAS ON 2/5/2020, I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN THE RAIN WHEN MY VEHICLE'S BELT TENSIONER AND DRIVE BELT CAME OFF OF THE RECALL TENSION ADJUSTER PULLEY. I COULD NOT TURN MY VEHICLE, THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT WAS ON, AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ALL OF MY RECALL PARTS FOR MY SUZUKI GRAND VITARA REPAIRED SINCE MAY 2019</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A BRIDGE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM A STOP SIGN, CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST CAUSING A CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL. THE CONTACT COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND HER BODY LUNGED FORWARD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AS THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT.  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPL</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SEAT BELTS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A BRIDGE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM A STOP SIGN, CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST CAUSING A CRASH INTO A CEMENT WALL. THE CONTACT COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND HER BODY LUNGED FORWARD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AS THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT.  THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPL</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN OR OTHER</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND IT DOES HAVE RECALLS AND I HAD I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE RECALLS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED OR STILL NEED DONE PLEASE THANK YOU</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STEERING</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE POWER STEERING PUMP DRIVE-BELT TENSION ADJUSTABLE PULLEY- HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ... AND EFFECTS MY AC. WHILE RESEARCHING I FOUND THE 2006 - 2012 MODELS WERE EFFECTED AS WELL, CAUSING A RECALL..VEHICLE WAS IN PARK- AND WOULD NOT START.. TURNED OFF AC AND SHE FINALLY TURNED OVER.. AFTER I LET HER SIT FOR 2 HOURS  PLEASE ADVISE  THANK YOU [XXX]  INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFO</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN OR OTHER</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE POWER STEERING PUMP DRIVE-BELT TENSION ADJUSTABLE PULLEY- HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ... AND EFFECTS MY AC. WHILE RESEARCHING I FOUND THE 2006 - 2012 MODELS WERE EFFECTED AS WELL, CAUSING A RECALL..VEHICLE WAS IN PARK- AND WOULD NOT START.. TURNED OFF AC AND SHE FINALLY TURNED OVER.. AFTER I LET HER SIT FOR 2 HOURS  PLEASE ADVISE  THANK YOU [XXX]  INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFO</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>NO WORD ABS AND ESP,</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>NO WORD ABS AND ESP,</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TAKATA RECALL. MY SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 2012 HAS THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I CALL FOR TWO TIMES TO THE DEALER THAT SUZUKI FACTORY DELEGATE THE SERVICES, BUT THEY TELL ME THAT MY VEHICLE VIN NUMBER IS NOT IN THE LIST. I USE THAT CAR TO TAKE MY WIFE TO HER QUIMIOS AND I AND AFRAID THAT SHE IS HURT WITH THE MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRBAG.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER TWO WEEKS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER LATER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VE</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE HEAD LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT EVERY SIX MONTHS.  I KEEP REPLACING, BUT THEN THE GO OUT AGAIN.</description>
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