https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Suzuki Samurai. en-us Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:47:54 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-433225 Thu, 02 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT TIRE FAILURE. *LA https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-394173 Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT THERE WAS A PETITION FOR A 98 SUZUKI SAMURAI. *DT *JB https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-303899 Tue, 17 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT BRIDGESTONE, P205/70R15, DOT UNKNOWN, REPLACEMENT TIRE, MILAGE UNKNOWN ON A 1988, SUZUKI, SAMURAI. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HEARD A NOISE. THEN, VEHICLE STARTED TO FISHTAIL, SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES AND HIT A TREE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN. NO INJURIES. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, A 2 1/2 FEET LONG PIECE OF TREAD CAME OFF, TIRE WAS NOT FLAT. *AK TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-266048 Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH HEARD A NOISE. VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY. PULLED VEHICLE OVER & CHECKED ON TIRES. NOTICED LEFT FRONT TIRE, A SPARE, HAD LOST ITS TREAD. TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED SUZUKI SAMAURI JEEP FIRESTONE, SF405, P205/70R15, DOT ELYTCKK508. *AK *JB https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-247735 Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT TREAD SEPERATED (TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/75R15 ) https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-244746 Wed, 04 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE LEFT REAR TIRE DELAMINATED AND WRAPPED AROUND THE AXEL, CAUSING THE CAR TO GO OUT OF CONTROL... CAUSING US TO GO OUT INTO THE DESERT AND ROLL OVER... I WAS INJURED, MY HUSBAND ONLY SUFFERED A BRUISE, I RECEIVED SEVER TRAUMA TO MY HEAD, CAUSING ME TO NEED EYE SURGERY WITHIN A YEAR TO REGAIN VISION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: EJYT TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 ) https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-220082 Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON FREEWAY 101 THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN FRONT THAT WAS IN THE WAY. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE MADE A SLIGHT TURN TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, AND ALL OF SUDDEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, HITTING AN EMBANKMENT, THEN HIT A WALL, THEN VEHICLE STOOD UP. *AK *ML https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-194207 Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-165827 Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT WHEN CONSUMER SUDDENLY APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER CAUSING HER SERIOUS INJURY. *YC https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-141939 Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT I WANTED INFORMATION ON HOW EASILY THE SAMURAI TIPS OVER... https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-127754 Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:00:00 GMT THE POOR DESIGN OF THE DOOR HANDLES RESULTED IN THREE BROKEN HANDLES (TWO INSIDE AND ONE OUTSIDE). https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-86190 Mon, 08 Sep 1997 00:00:00 GMT TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT RETAINING BOLT SNAPPED OFF TWICE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-85779 Wed, 03 Sep 1997 00:00:00 GMT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT THE BELT, AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER IN CASE OF A VEHICLE COLLISION. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-78031 Mon, 16 Jun 1997 00:00:00 GMT RECEIVED ARECALL NOTICE FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLES. AFTER RECALL WORK WAS DONE, SEAT BELTS NOW ARE WORST. CHILD ALMOST FLEW OUT OF SEAT BECAUSE OF REPLACEMENT BUCKLES. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-73564 Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:00:00 GMT ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-72734 Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:00:00 GMT RECALL #95V103 SEAT BELT BUCKLE: RECEIVED NOTICE IN OCT. OF 96 CALLED TO TAKE VEHICLE IN AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE TOO BUSY. MADE AN APPOINTMENT IN NOVEMBER 1996 AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE THREE TO FOUR DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO IT. VEHICLE STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-72314 Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:00:00 GMT PART OF FRAME AROUND WINDSHIELD FELL OFF, LEAVING A HOLE AROUND WINDSHIELD, WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER INTERIOR OF VEHICLE, DAMAGING WIRES TO RADIO AND ALSO FLOODED INTERIOR. https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-63934 Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMT DRIVER WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKING, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WENT INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-60449 Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER IN ACCIDENT DUE TO POOR STABILITY. https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-47252 Wed, 19 Jun 1996 00:00:00 GMT STEERING MECHANISM FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ROLLOVER. *SD https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-43872 Thu, 09 May 1996 00:00:00 GMT LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON WET PAVEMENT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STRIKE SIDE OF HILL/ROLLOVER. *SD https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-41810 Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:00:00 GMT FRONT SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE. *DSH https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-41185 Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00:00 GMT FAILURE OF THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-39728 Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:00:00 GMT PASSENGER REAR RIGHT LAP BELTS INOPERATIVE, MALE WON'T GO INTO FEMALE PORTION TO LOCK. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-38395 Tue, 26 Mar 1996 00:00:00 GMT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED, REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT COME OUT OF HOUSING, *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-38398 Tue, 26 Mar 1996 00:00:00 GMT DURING IMPACT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-38224 Fri, 22 Mar 1996 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING CAR WAS OVERHEATING SO HE PULLED OVER CHECKED THE CAR AND OIL WAS COMING OUT. LATER HE FOUND OUT A BOLT HAD COME LOSE AND ONE FELT OUT. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-34977 Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:00:00 GMT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT RELEASE. *DSH https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-33447 Thu, 22 Feb 1996 00:00:00 GMT STEERING FAILURE. *SD https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai https://plaincars.com/make/suzuki-samurai#complaint-33448 Thu, 22 Feb 1996 00:00:00 GMT SOFT TOP RIPPED, REPLACED BY DEALER. *SD