Takata recall I was in an accident where I rear ended a car that was stopped at a light on a city street, speed limit 25-35, going uphill. Upon impact airbags did not deploy. The front of my car was severely crushed having gone under the SUV. Spare tire on SUV saved my life. I believe that the airbags shoud have deployed.
Suzuki SX4 no deployment problems
20 of the 312 owner complaints about the Suzuki SX4 describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 2008 model year.
- owner complaints
- 20
- worst model year
- 2008
- typical mileage
- 33,453
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20131
- 20121
- 20111
- 20102
- 20094
- 20088
- 20072
- 20001
Often reported together
What owners say
I hit a truck, destroyed my right front headlight, my airbags did not deploy......... My niece has the same car, she was hit, they totaled out her car. And her. Air bags also did not deploy. She could have been killed. What's going on I am furious about this. I am talking to an attorney.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 suzuki sx4. While making a left turn at 15 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic and was diagnosed as a write off. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 33,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 suzuki sx4. While proceeding through traffic at approximately 15 MPH, the contact had to make a sudden stop to avoid entering the intersection on the red light. A driver entering the intersection failed to stop and crashed into the front passenger side of the contact's vehicle. The passenger and driver side frontal air bags failed to deploy. The passenger and contact suffered back injuries, which required medical attention. A police report was filed. In addition, the contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v405000 (air bags) in may of 2014. The dealer stated that the part was not available to repair the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 suzuki sx4. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH in rainy weather, he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a ditch. The air bags failed to deploy. The front seat passenger sustained injuries to the neck and shoulder. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision center and was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the incident. The approximate failure mileage was 54,800.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 suzuki sx4. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH and attempting a turn, he lost control of the steering wheel. The vehicle crashed into an embankment and flipped over onto the driver's side. The air bags failed to deploy. The police reported to the scene and a report was filed. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 81,000. Updated 3/13/13
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 suzuki sx4. The contact stated that after crashing into a deer, the passenger air bag warning lamp illuminated and the air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the passenger seat air bag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000 and current mileage was 60,000.
My car's issue is that air bag light stays on. When I took the vehicle to the local suzuki dealership to fix an other issue on brake system, the air bag light also had stayed on. The service mechanics saw the front panel of my car where the brake system light and airbag system lights were on. However, they did not warn me about it. If they had told me, the costs should have been covered by warranty. At that time, I did not know what the airbag light indicated (I.e. Airbag would not deploy when I got an accident) as a dealership where I purchased the car did not warn me about it although it already stayed on when I purchased it. This is a serious safety issue in terms of quality of service technicians and airbag system itself of suzuki. This appears to be a known and wide spread issue with suzuki sx4 as I have seen multiple complaints, which are the same as my issue, on safecar.gove and other websites. Furthermore, looking at those information, those cars had the issue at a quite early stage of car usage (e.g. When purchased and mileage), which indicates that the airbag system has a defect. This issue could lead serious injuries or dead so suzuki should resolve it as soon as possible by either recalling the airbag system or extending the warranty so that car owners can fix it with no costs and saver our lives. Otherwise, car owners who could not afford the costs could not fix it. Also, car owners who are not familiar with airbag light/system would not pay attention to the dangerous situation. From that perspective, suzuki should notify car owners about the issue immediately. I hope that the federal safety agency also would take the issue seriously, investigate it and give the necessary directions to suzuki to save our nation of u.s.a 's lives from a defect airbag system.
This was the 2nd pretty major crash my car was in. Airbags did not deploy in either accident. Now my airbag light and seat belt light are on. From what I understand from online complaints this means my airbags don't work. I got this car brand new in 2008 loved the car till this issue. This needs to be a recall no reason people should have to drive a unsafe vehicle. I am very unhappy with suzuki was lucky to not hurt.
Vehicle rear ended causing a right hand spin resulting in a driver side down vehicle landing position in a 4 foot deep ditch at about 25 MPH. Driver side air bag did not deploy and driver received shoulder injury and head hit on driver side pillar post between front and rear left hand doors. Updated ivoq 04/24/12
Related recalls
Air bags
- What is wrong
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 Grand Vitara and 2007-2011 SX4 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, over time, the OCS sensor mat installed in the front passenger seat may fail due to repeated flexing of the mat from use of the seat. As a result, during a crash necessitating deployment, the air bag will deploy regardless of whether the front seat occupant is an adult or a child.
- Risk
- Air bag deployment with a child in the front passenger side seat increases the risk of injury to that child.
- Remedy
- Suzuki will notify owners and dealers will replace the front passenger seat cushion assembly (which includes the OCS sensor mat) free of charge. Sufficient quantities of parts are not currently available to fix all of the affected vehicles. Owners will be notified of the recall in October 2013 and will receive a second notification when parts are available to have their vehicle repaired. The recall began on May 23, 2014. Owners may contact Suzuki at 1‑800‑934‑0934. Suzuki's recall campaign number is VD.
Recall number 13V405000 · Recall details
Questions about the Suzuki SX4 no deployment
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The model years with the most reports are 2008 (8 complaints), 2009 (4 complaints) and 2007 (2 complaints).
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