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Front cross member or subframe corrosion and breakageSUSPENSION, STRUCTURE5 complaints2009-11 → 2012-02esteem-1998-crossmember-corrosion
10369432 FRONT SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER IN 1998 SUZUKI ESTEEM CRACKED OPEN WHILE DRIVING AT 25MPH
10448231 I WAS DRIVING ON FLAT PAVED ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE SUBFRAME SNAPPED ON THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO IMMEDIATELY JERK RIGHT WITH SUBSTANTIAL FORCE
10384308 THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED
Air bags not deploying in collisionsAIR BAGS5 complaints1998-07 → 1999-08esteem-1998-airbag-no-deploy
837682 CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
830813 CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER FOUR TIMES, NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED
539466 NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, ALSO SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP, RESULTING IN INJURIES
Instability or loss of control at highway speedSUSPENSION4 complaints1998-01 → 2014-12esteem-1998-highspeed-instability
888479 WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS, APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND HIGHER, VEHICLE WILL WEAVE, AND VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON HIGHWAY
824306 WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE LOSES CONTROL. STEERING PULLS LEFT TO RIGHT
10662579 WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY , SLOWED DOWN TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO SIDE ROAD....THERE WAS A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE AND IMMEDIATE PULL OF CAR TO RIGHT
Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 1998 Suzuki Esteem vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/suzuki/esteem
@misc{wrenchpro_1998_suzuki_esteem_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1998 Suzuki Esteem},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/suzuki/esteem}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
