Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsCrash
Filed May 30, 2002WI
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE FISH TAILED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*JB.*JB
1997 Suzuki X90
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system › emission control. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission ControlFire
Filed Nov 16, 1999MI
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45- 50 MPH PASSENGER NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH DRIVER'S BUCKET SEAT, DRIVER HAD TO SMOTHER FLAMES BY HITTING FLAMES WITH COAT. FUEL EMISSION CONTROL WIRING WHICH IS LOCATED UNDERNEATH DRIVER SEAT AND CONNECTS TO PLUG INTO EXHAUST MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FLAMES.MANUFACTUER WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY. *AK
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.