Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Suzuki Sidekick

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
36
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
4
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

36 filed
5
Crashes
0
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Suspension
    5
  • Unknown OR Other
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
    3
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR Conditioner
    3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    3
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power Assist System
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
00V008000·SUSPENSION2000-01-20

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH OF THE MOUNTING BASE ON THE UPPER END OF THE FRONT STRUTS CAN LEAD TO BREAKAGE OF THE MOUNTING BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE UPPER END OF THE FRONT STRUTS TO THE VEHICLE BODY.

RiskIF THE STRUT BROKE LOOSE, A DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL ADD A REINFORCEMENT, FOR BOTH FRONT STRUTS, BETWEEN THE FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BASE AND THE VEHICLE BODY. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BASES, MOUNTING BOLTS AND NUTS, AND STRUT BAR STAYS WILL BE REPLACED.

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