Recall Register

Suzuki Sidekick: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Suzuki Sidekick, model years 1988 to 2000. NHTSA has 221 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19880
  2. 19891
  3. 19901
  4. 19911
  5. 19920
  6. 19931
  7. 19941
  8. 19950
  9. 19962
  10. 19971
  11. 19980
  12. 20000
Suzuki Sidekick: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2000 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page015%
1998 Suzuki Sidekick027147%
1997 Suzuki Sidekick136195%13,461
1996 Suzuki Sidekick259320%17,786
1995 Suzuki Sidekick026141%
1994 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page121114%5,247
1993 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page11476%5,247
1992 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page01054%
1991 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page11476%127,155
1990 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page1527%127,155
1989 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page1738%127,155
1988 Suzuki Sidekick NHTSA page015%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

298 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Suzuki Sidekick: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling144.343
Power Train134.240
Suspension114.134
Service Brakes, Hydraulic9428
Seat Belts80.524
Electrical System80.524
Air Bags5717
Structure4714
Fuel System, Gasoline43.613
Visibility40.312

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Suzuki Sidekick, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1994, with 1 campaign.
Complaints about the Suzuki Sidekick, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 42 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Suzuki: all 39 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Suzuki Sidekick: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/suzuki/sidekick/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file
AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Suzuki Sidekick model years have the most recall campaigns?
1996 with 2, 1997 with 1, 1994 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Suzuki Sidekick model year has the most complaints?
The 1996 model year, with 59 of the 221 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Suzuki Sidekick name?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 144.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 134.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 114.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Suzuki Sidekick?
4 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.