Consumer Complaint Detail

SUZUKI / VITARA / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043556 Incident Date: Oct, 18 2005
Consumer's City: NAPLES Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Suzuki Motor USA, LLC
Model Name: VITARA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 2S3TE52V516 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 20 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Mar, 27 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact stated the air bag did not deploy when the contact's vehicle went into a median and hit a tree. the front middle of the vehicle hit the tree. the vehicle was turning when this happened. therefore, she was unaware of the speed. she moved the vehicle to a nearby parking lot. it was then towed to a local body shop. no one inspected the vehicle to see why the air bags did not deploy. the contact broke her nose when this happened. *ak updated 11/29/2005 - *nm