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Suzuki Equator

Every Suzuki Equator model year on file, 2009 to 2013. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years150 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52009 to 2013
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins27Summed across model years
By model year

The 2010 model year drew the most complaints, 7, 47% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02468200920107201120122013
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Suzuki Equator complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
6
Fuel system
2
Seats
2
Engine and cooling
2
Suspension
2
Speed control
1
Powertrain
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Suzuki Equator model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Suzuki Equator by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2013Not decoded0NoneNone003
2012Pickup10.02206
2011Pickup20.05106
2010Pickup70.021306
2009Pickup50.018106
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Suzuki Equator

  • 12V-464 Sep 19, 2012
    These vehicles may have been equipped with front wheel hubs that may not meet the design hardness specifications
    Suspension · 25 vehicles
  • 11V-593 Dec 19, 2011
    Some of the bolts that connect the engine oil cooler and the engine oil filter to the engine in these vehicles may have been manufactured to below…
    Engine and cooling · 73 vehicles
  • 10V-392 Sep 1, 2010
    Batteries contained in the affected gps units can overheat
    Equipment · 21k vehicles
  • 10V-213 May 19, 2010
    Lower control link bushing collars, located in the front suspension, may contain welds that do not meet strength specifications
    Suspension · 582 vehicles
  • 10V-118 Mar 25, 2010
    Suzuki has notified nhtsa of a defect in certain model year 2010 equator trucks manufactured from february 22, 2010 to march 13, 2010
    Airbags · 15 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.