1998 Suzuki Sidekick problems
NHTSA has received 41 complaints about the 1998 Suzuki Sidekick, and 22% of them involve air bags. After that come engine (17%) and fuel system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 12 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 1998 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Suzuki Sidekick with enough data (32 complaints in that window).
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.
Possible engine failure caused the vehicle to catch on fire in the engine compartment one day after the vehicle was purchased (case # 01-250-843-501, report # 1023282). Nlm
On 6-28-99 airbags deployed violently when vehicle went in a ditch causing serious injury to the driver and passenger.
Consumer had a head-on collision at 30MPH. Smashed the front end completely, and the air bags did not deploy, as a result the driver dislocated shoulder.
Was in a frontal accident. Front end of car pretty much totaled. Airbags did not deploy, and no problems with the codes or light before this.
3 years ago I bought a set of 4 goodyear warngler duratrac tires for my suzuki vitara. After aprox 1,5 years I go to tire service shop to repair air loss around the rim. With tire unmounted we found inner layer separation. I reported this to the seller and after checking with goodyear represantive they changed the tire with new one. After another aprox 1,5 years I have to go to tire shop for another repair and found another tire with split layers.