1996 Suzuki X90

Routine

Owners filed 9 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags › Frontal4
402
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip2
200
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Steering1
000
Latches/Locks/Linkages1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Latches/Locks/Linkages
Filed Nov 5, 2002CA

SINCE FEW MONTHS BACK THE POWER LOCKS HAVE STARTED ACTIVATING (LOCK/UNLOCK) ON THEIR OWN AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. IT CAN HAPPEN LIKE 10-15 TIMES/DAY. MAY HAVE HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE WHILE DRIVING.**** DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*****769328. *AK *JB

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed May 22, 2002WI

UPON LOSING CONTROL, VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH, HITTING A TREE HEAD-ON. NEITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER RECEIVED EXTENSIVE FACIAL INJURIES. A MECHANIC/INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE HAS DECLARED VEHICLE TOTALLED.*AK. CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS DRIVING SLOW BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER, WHEN SHE HIT A PATCH OF ICE AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH AGAINST A TREE, CONSUMER SUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE, AND NERVE DAMAGE TO HER RIGHT CHEEK.*JB

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Apr 19, 2000WV

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH AND PASSING AN INTERSECTION STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed May 10, 1999NJ

ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION. *YC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Sep 17, 1998LA

APPLIED BRAKES IN RAINING CONIDTIONS, BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE, RESULTING IN A REAREND COLLISION. ABS LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE , BUT THEN TURNED OFF. *AK

Steering
Filed May 27, 1998NY

STEERING IS VERY POOR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 7, 1998IL

CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH , PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO SUSTAIN COMPOUND FRACTURES IN THE ARM. ALSO, HAD NOTICED 2 TEARS IN AIRBAGS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Sep 11, 1997IL

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT AT 30 MPH THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHCH CAUSED A COLLISION, THE CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. *AK *JB

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed May 16, 1997SD

THE SECOND FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15-20 MPH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

9 of 9 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20015000Routine
19981000Routine
19972010Routine
1996 — this page9000Routine

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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.