Suzuki Vitara: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Suzuki Vitara, model years 1999 to 2004. NHTSA has 115 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 6 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.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Suzuki Vitara NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 5% | 172,093 |
| 2003 Suzuki Vitara NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 5% | |
| 2002 Suzuki Vitara NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 5% | |
| 2001 Suzuki Vitara | 0 | 27 | 141% | |
| 2000 Suzuki Vitara | 0 | 35 | 183% | |
| 1999 Suzuki Vitara | 4 | 50 | 261% | 10,992 |
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
148 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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 182.4 | 27 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 182.4 | 27 |
| Power Train | 135.1 | 20 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 60.8 | 9 |
| Structure | 60.8 | 9 |
| Air Bags | 54.1 | 8 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 40.5 | 6 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 40.5 | 6 |
| Unknown or Other | 40.5 | 6 |
| Equipment | 33.8 | 5 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Forenza6 campaigns
- Grand Vitara15 campaigns
- SX49 campaigns
- Sidekick4 campaigns
- XL72 campaigns
- Verona6 campaigns
- Reno4 campaigns
- XL-73 campaigns
- VZR18001 campaign
- Boulevard M109R0 campaigns
- Esteem1 campaign
- Aerio2 campaigns
- GSX-R6004 campaigns
- Kizashi7 campaigns
- GSX-R7505 campaigns
- GSX-R10007 campaigns
- Grand Vitara XL-73 campaigns
- Swift4 campaigns
- SV1000S1 campaign
- GSX1300R5 campaigns
- GSXR7501 campaign
- DL10005 campaigns
- DL6504 campaigns
- AN4005 campaigns
- Equator5 campaigns
- TL1000SV2 campaigns
- VZ15002 campaigns
- SFV6504 campaigns
- VLR18002 campaigns
- GSF1250S2 campaigns
- SJ4102 campaigns
- GSX650F2 campaigns
- LJ802 campaigns
- LJ812 campaigns
- UH2002 campaigns
- GS8502 campaigns
- GSX250R2 campaigns
- GSX1300BK2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Suzuki Vitara: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/suzuki/vitara/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- 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 Vitara model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1999 with 4, 2004 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Suzuki Vitara model year has the most complaints?
- The 1999 model year, with 50 of the 115 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Suzuki Vitara name?
- Suspension: 182.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 182.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 135.1 per 1,000 component mentions.