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vehicle
1999 / suzuki / grand-vitara
known issues
6 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-06)
complaints
117 on file (1999-11-23 → 2017-09-29)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
0 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Fuel system recall repairs delayed by parts availabilityFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE20 complaints2001-07 → 2005-11grand-vitara-1999-fuel-recall-parts-delay
8012199 PARTS FOR RECALL 01V146000 REPAIRSHAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE JULY 2001. DEALERSHIP KEEPS CANCELLING APPOINTMENT AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN MADE DUE TO NO PARTS
896772 NHTSA RECALL 01V146000/ MANUFACTURERS RECALL X4, CONSUMER CALLED DEALER CONCERNING RECALL REPAIRS, DEALER HAD NOT RECEIVED PARTS, AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL COME IN
10143037 DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V427000L FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM PRESSURE REGULATOR FIRST IN 2004
Four-wheel drive disengaging or failing to engagePOWER TRAIN5 complaints2000-02 → 2002-04grand-vitara-1999-four-wheel-drive-disengage
760971 REPEATED FAILURE OF 4WD TO REMAIN ENGAGED, EVEN AFTER REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY
897617 DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE IN WET/RAINY CONDITIONS AND WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, TRANSMISSION WILL JUMP OUT OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE INTO 2-WHEEL DRIVE UNEXPECTEDLY
880268 WHEN TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 20 DEGREES VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE UNIT
Timing chain and tensioner failures with engine rattleENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING5 complaints2003-06 → 2004-04grand-vitara-1999-timing-chain-noise
10066510 WHILE DRIVING ENGINE MADE LOUD RATTLING NOISE AND FAILED.. AAA CALLED TO TOW VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED TIMING CHAIN FAILED
10067523 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE
10017956 THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE TENSION ON THE TIMING CHAIN
Air bags did not deploy in crashesAIR BAGS10 complaints2000-02 → 2005-06grand-vitara-1999-airbags-no-deploy
10115113 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. IT THEN SKIDDED AND FLIPPED OVER, HITTING THE FRONT FIRST. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
866258 UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER WENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD & SUSTAINED INJURIES
856277 DURING NONE OF THE INCIDENTS DID THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOY
10074290 INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WOULD RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH TO STOP THE VEHICLE
10022369 THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD GONE TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT BEING APPLIED
10054389 I DID RECEIVE NOTICE OF A RECALL OF THE 1999 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA REGARDING AN PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THE PLASTIC CASING WHICH ATTACHES IT TO THE FIREWALL
Exhaust pipe leaks and fumes entering cabinENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING4 complaints2001-01 → 2004-10grand-vitara-1999-exhaust-leak-fumes
10056051 CROSSOVER PIPE LOCATED BETWEEN THE FRONT SEAT AND THE BACK SEAT CRACKED. EXHAUST FUMES ENTERED INTO THE VEHICLE
877831 THERE IS A LEAK COMING FROM EXHAUST PIPE THAT IS LEAKING IN FRONT OF CATALYIC CONVERTER, CAUSING GASES TO ENTER VEHICLE
739179 UNDER THE VEHICLE WHERE THEY JOINED THE TWO TOGETHER THEY ONLY USED FLEX HOSE,AND IT BURNED OUT AND CAUGHT FIRE, AFTER ONLY 30,000 MILES
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Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.
Wrench.Pro (2026). 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1999/suzuki/grand-vitara
@misc{wrenchpro_1999_suzuki_grand_vitara_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1999/suzuki/grand-vitara}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
