2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara problems
The 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara has 86 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns air bags. Next are lighting (19%) and electrical system (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 86 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 16 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 17 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 70 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 45,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 40,000 miles (17 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Suzuki Grand Vitara with enough data (52 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On 15 sep 2008, my wife was driving her 2007 suzuki grand vitara, I was in the passenger seat, and our 2 small children were in the rear. A driver in a ford pickup ran a red light and t-boned us on the drivers side, near the rear door & rear wheel well, near where the air bag sensor is, at appr 30-35 MPH. None of the side air bags deployed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 suzuki grand vitara. The contact was involved in a head on collision and the air bags did not deploy. The contact was at a complete stop when the collision occurred and did not know how fast the other vehicle was traveling. The vehicle was towed to an auto body shop to be repaired, but had not been inspected. The failure and current mileages were 37,000.
Told suzuki that brakes where no good they said that they seemed fine a week before. The car also would set the cruise control to engage at 0MPH and go to 40RPM when I took my foot off brake. The dealer saw no problem. I was going into my driveway at 1mile per hour when the brakes entirely failed.
Two more problems with my vehicle, gear shift sticking and unable to shift without jamming it into the correct gear. Two, the air conditioning has a foul odor when you turn the vehicle on all the time. I have taken my vehicle in for both problems. The gear shift first off will pop out of place if hit even in park or when the car in not running and it sticks and has to be jammed into place, I have taken it in and was told could not duplicate problem-never fixed.
I see that you have recalls on some vehicles for the daytime headlights over heating. It is also happening on the 07 suzuki grand vitara. I have to replace my headlights at least once a year from the over heating issue and it also has a rubber burning smell. If my vehicle is recalled how do I go about getting it fixed if I havent even got called for even the past recalls on my vehicle like the airbag reccall... Please inform me on how to do so.