2002 Suzuki Vitara

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Suspension

Filed May 21, 2009MA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SUZUKI VITARA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SUSPENSION AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY COULD NOT BE PERFORMED UNLESS ANOTHER COMPONENT WAS REPLACED. THE REPAIR COST WAS ESTIMATED AT $900. THE RECALL DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL REPAIR THAT WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING DRIVEN. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE SYSTEM. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER AND MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2004	1	1	0	Routine
2003	1	0	0	Routine
2002 — this page	1	0	0	Routine
2001	27	1	1	Routine
2000	35	1	0	Routine
1999	50	5	1	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.