Currently have a airbag light on my dash that only goes away for a minute when i hit a bump as well as the passenger seat not detecting there is someone there so their airbag light says its off, no one will help when you call suzuki but they want to keep sending things like fuel tank may crack and occupant classification system or about the airbags, me and my passenger or just me are at risk of definitely a head injury because of our airbags not even working because the seat is not detecting us, my airbag light stays on never comes off since 2023 but suzuki dont want to offer any help, this car has become a problem with all the money being put into it just for there to be recalls and my car not wanting to work half the time
The worst 2010 Suzuki Kizashi problems
Ranked by number of owner complaints. Mileage and cost come from what owners wrote.
- Transmission6
- Electrical5
- Engine5
- Airbags4
- Acceleration3
Problems by type
Tap a problem to see which part fails, at what mileage and in which other years.
- Transmission6
- Electrical5
- Engine5
- Airbags4
- Acceleration3
- Fuel system3
- Steering3
- Suspension2
- Tires2
- Seats1
- Wheels1
Recalls 6
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- What is wrong
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling 2010-2013 Kizashi vehicles. The front passenger seat Occupant Classification System (OCS) may misclassify an adult occupant as child and deactivate the front air bag.
- Risk
- The deactivated front air bag will not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Remedy
- Suzuki will notify owners, and service providers will replace the front passenger seat cushion, which includes a new OCS mat assembly, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed on October 29, 2021. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1‑800‑934‑0934. Suzuki's number for this recall is C5.
Recall number 19V343000 · Recall details
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- What is wrong
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain 2010-2013 Kizashi and 2006-2013 Grand Vitara vehicles. The front passenger leather seat may shrink due to high humidity and high temperature. As a result, the occupant classification system (OCS) sensor mat may not accurately detect if an adult or child is occupying the seat.
- Risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating airbag deployment, an incorrect classification may result in the passenger frontal air bag deploying even if there is a child in the front passenger seat, increasing their risk of injury.
- Remedy
- Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat bottom cushion, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on May 3, 2019. All second letters notifying owners of the remedy were mailed by April 10, 2020. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1‑800‑934‑0934. Suzuki's numbers for this recall are 4011 and 4012.
Recall number 19V187000 · Recall details
Fuel system, gasoline
- What is wrong
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain 2010-2013 Suzuki Kizashi vehicles. Dust can enter the vent line that provides fresh air to the carbon canister, restricting its air flow and possibly creating excessive negative pressure in the fuel tank which may result in the fuel tank cracking.
- Risk
- A cracked tank may leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.
- Remedy
- Suzuki has sent owners an initial notification to inform them of the recall. When parts are available, a second notice will be mailed and dealers will install a cover over the opening near the suction pipe inlet, and relocate the suction filter. The fuel cap and fuel tank will also be replaced with improved parts. The recall began August 12, 2019. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1‑800‑934‑0934.
Recall number 18V769000 · Recall details
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (PRNDL)
- What is wrong
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 SX4 vehicles manufactured July 16, 2009, to November 1, 2012, and 2010-2013 Kizashi vehicles manufactured October 13, 2009, to October 31, 2012. The shift selector can be moved out of the "Park" position without depressing the brake pedal.
- Risk
- If the shift selector is moved out of the "Park" position while the brake pedal is not depressed, the vehicle may unexpectedly roll, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Remedy
- Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will replace the shift selector assembly and inspect, and if necessary, replace the shift knob, free of charge. The recall began January 16, 2015. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1‑714‑996‑7040. Suzuki's number for this recall is VL.
Recall number 14V811000 · Recall details
Fuel system, gasoline
- What is wrong
- Suzuki Motor Of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Kizashi vehicles manufactured October 2009 through July 2012. In the affected vehicles, spiders may weave a web in the evaporative canister vent hose, blocking it and causing the fuel tank to have an excessive amount of negative pressure.
- Risk
- Negative pressure could cause the fuel tank to crack resulting in a fuel leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
- Remedy
- Suzuki is in the process of notifying owners, and dealers will replace the evaporative canister vent line on the affected vehicles with a vent line that has a filter on the end. If the canister vent line is found to be obstructed by a spider web, the fuel tank will also be replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on August 12, 2014. Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1‑800‑934‑0934. Suzuki's number for this recall is VG.
Recall number 14V464000 · Recall details
Structure: body: door: hinge and attachments
- What is wrong
- Suzuki is recalling certain model year 2010 kizashi passenger vehicles manufactured from october 13, 2009 through may 31, 2010. The hinged door of the center lower box located in the front dashboard area fails to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impact."
- Risk
- The door may open in a crash, increasing the risk of injury to the vehicle's occupants.
- Remedy
- Suzuki will notify owners and dealers will replace the instrument panel center lower box of the affected vehicles with a new part free of charge. The safety recall began on july 13, 2010. Owners may contact suzuki at 1‑714‑996‑7040.
Recall number 10V287000 · Recall details
Technical service bulletins for the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi 12
Bulletins tell dealers how to fix known problems. A warranty extension means the manufacturer pays for that repair for longer.
- Reminder of the importance to conduct safety inspections for rust damage to suspension and related parts...
- Service update of cylinder block warranty extension (revision of original notice)
- This letter was sent to owners of vehicles included in a warranty extension campaign for a possible...
- This communication is a revised Service Bulletin concerning an extended warranty for a possible cracked...
- This letter was sent to owners of 2009 Grand Vitara and certain 2010 Grand Vitara and Kizashi vehicles,...
- This Service Bulletin informs Suzuki Service Providers in the mainland U.S. about a customer-satisfaction...
- This communication from Suzuki Motor Corporation announces a customer satisfaction warranty period...
- This Service Bulletin was sent by Suzuki Motor Corporation to its authorized Suzuki automobile...
- This bulletin describes corrective action needed to address complaints of reduction in engine power output...
- Suzuki: on certain my 2012 vehicles (SX4/kizashi) equipped with continuously variable transmission (CVT),...
What 2010 Suzuki Kizashi owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
I have received multiple recall notifications for problems with air bag on the passenger side, and a fuel tank that Suzuki says may crack. It would be great to have these things taken care of, but the repair providers that Suzuki has authorized are both 3 HOURS away! That means 6 hours total driving time, which is quite unreasonable. Does the federal safety agency have any authority to either 1) get Suzuki to authorize a shop a reasonable distance from me, or, 2) have Suzuki reimburse me for recall repairs done at a local facility? I have called Suzuki myself, but they are extremely unhelpful. They made their money when they sold the car, and seem to be extremely unwilling to promote any lasting good will.
The vehicle goes in the limp mode while accelerating uphill. At one occasion it went into the limp mode and stalled, very unsafe for highway. Turing it off and restarting needed. The transmission has issues that hasn't been addressed by the manufacturer.
The contact owns a 2010 Suzuki Kizashi. The contact had received a recall letter regarding the front passenger’s air bag seat sensor. The contact stated that she was not aware of warning lights only a short beeping sound when any weight was placed on the seat. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed and the seat cushion sensor was replaced. The contact later received another recall letter stating that the seat cushion sensor had to be replaced with a newer sensor. The vehicle was not repaired because the dealer did not have the part. The dealer informed the contact that the manufacturer had not responded to a request for a parts update. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure but could not provide a timeline on parts availability. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.
Transmission control module (TCM) for the CVT, the TCM may detect an abnormality in the CVT pulley ratio under as a result of the unusual movement of the stepper motor. The malfunction indicator light (mil) may illuminate and the CVT could go into a fail safe mode resulting in the vehicle losing acceleration. Contacted the suzuki corporation and they state my VIN is not showing this recall however, the vehicle is doing the exact same thing. Recall notice has been out for this exact year, make and model of this vehicle, but denies that it's for this vehicle. While driving on the highway this vehicle went into like a safety type mode and would not accelerate, and the vehicle will not exit the fail safe mode and needs dealership attention. I almost died on the highway from this issue.
The car has low mileage. First the air conditioning system went out. We called suzuki to see if there was a recall, they said no. We had to search for a part and finally had it replaced at great cost. Now a few months latter this happens. The passanger air bag light has been on for about 2 weeks. Called toyota dealer. He said it is probably just a bad msg, happens in hawaii all the time, so we continued driving it. While driving the car on jan 6, on the other side of the island of hawaii, as we turned left onto the main highway hear oceanview, all the dash lights came on. The car lost power steering but we were able to get it to a safe place. We could not shut the engine off until about 30 minutes later. We had the car towed to the dealer. While they were testing the car, it stopped in the middle of testing and they couldn't restart it. It had 12 - 15 codes that they had to clear. The air bag light came back and could not be cleared. Now one week later the car is still not fixed as there are no "air bag control modules" available in hawaii. It will take 2-4 weeks to get one. We are having to pay for a rental car. We only have 37,000 miles!
On july 10,2019 pulled out of a red light making right turn steering wheel became hard to turn pulled over turn engine off waited 5 or 10 minutes turned engine back on steering was normal, same thing happened next day under low speed conditions turned engine off steering became normal again. Did not have another steering problem until september 5, 2019 traveling on interstate highway 60 MPH steering wheel became hard to turn, pulled over turned engine off waited 5 or 10 minutes this time steering continued to be hard to turn took car to dealership waiting for a diagnosis.
Car has begun lurching and RPM gauge fluctuating at highway speeds (above 60 MPH). Transmission fluid was replaced at 80k miles by suzuki dealer, now at 88k miles and having issue. This is not safe on the highway!
Constant smell of gas and then computer issued code p0456. Dealer found a dangerous situation where the fuel fill pipe and attached vent pipe was rusting badly. Small rust holes were in the vent pipe. This was causing the p0456 code and also leaking of fumes and gas. This could cause a possible fire situation with the vehicle.
The car has on numerous occasions while traveling at highway cruising speed on a sunny day will go into a failsafe mode, and no error is detected by the car, loses the ability to downshift, and loses acceleration. Has become a reoccurring issue on all long trips as the car must be on the road over an hour before the instance will occur. Almost always when in the middle of nowhere which causes driver to have to pull over and wait for the car to cool before the car will allow itself or the driver to downshift even in automatic or manu-matic configuration. Please issue the same recall for the 2010 that you did for the 2013. I have a video of the instance occurring if needed.
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Questions about the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi
Is the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi reliable?
Owners have filed 23 complaints about the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi, close to a typical Kizashi model year.
What is the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi year score?
The 2010 Suzuki Kizashi scores 71 out of 100 (average). The score compares it with the other model years of the Suzuki Kizashi: 75 is a typical year, 50 means twice the usual complaints, and serious complaints and recalls lower it.
What is the most common problem with the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi?
Transmission and drivetrain, with 6 complaints, typically around 99,000 miles. Next is electrical (5).
How many recalls does the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi have?
6 recalls, covering air bags, fuel system, gasoline and power train.
Was there a recall on the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi transmission?
Yes, 1 recall: 14V811000. Check your VIN to see if your car still needs the free repair.
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