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Suzuki Esteem

Every Suzuki Esteem model year on file, 1995 to 2002. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years12121 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years81995 to 2002
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins45Summed across model years
By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 26, 21% of the model's total

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

01020301995199619971998199920002620012002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Suzuki Esteem complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
35
Suspension
26
Brakes
20
Engine and cooling
15
Airbags
12
Powertrain
9
Tires
8
Steering
7
Electrical system
7
Seat belts
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Suzuki Esteem 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 Esteem by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2002Wagon520.063104
2001Sedan219.596005
2000Sedan2611.583007
1999Wagon2020.0200007
1998Wagon2433.379006
1997Sedan714.337005
1996Sedan520.025005
1995Sedan137.770006
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Suzuki Esteem

  • 03V-223 Jun 16, 2003
    Certain passenger (111 my 2002 esteem, 777 my 2002 aerio, 2,368 my 2003 aerio) and sport utility (324 my 2002 grand vitara, 274 my 2003 grand…
    Visibility and wipers · 5,319 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.