2000 Suzuki Esteem: raw data

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vehicle2000 / suzuki / esteem
known issues5 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-06)
complaints34 on file (2000-03-23 → 2014-09-24)
recalls0
investigations0
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Front subframe or cross member corrosion and fractureSUSPENSION, STRUCTURE8 complaints2007-07 → 2014-09esteem-2000-front-subframe-corrosion
  • 10638725 THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER BAR FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED
  • 10457250 THE SUBFRAME AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXEL RUSTED THROUGH AND COLLAPSED WHILE TURNING CORNER. LOUD GRINDING OF TIRES
  • 10335859 THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FRONT K FRAME WAS SEVERELY ROTTED AND THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD RIPPED THROUGH THE MAIN FRAME
Recall coverage and parts availability disputesSUSPENSION, STRUCTURE3 complaints2003-04 → 2013-02esteem-2000-recall-coverage-dispute
  • 10500361 THE NEXT DAY, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER, STATING A MISTAKE HAD BEEN MADE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER THE RECALL
  • 10475269 APPARENTLY SUZUKI KNOWS OF THE RECALL BUT IS NOT WILLING TO REPAIR OUTSIDE MARCH 2012
  • 10015114 THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE
Check engine light and fuel vapor valve replacementENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING3 complaints2002-06 → 2002-08esteem-2000-check-engine-vapor-valve
  • 8015716 SAFETY IMPROVEMENT REPAIR ON VAPOR VALVE WAS DONE IN MAY OF 2002. IN JULY 2002 ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON
  • 763589 13 MARCH 2002 THERE WAS A RECALL ON A FUEL VAPOR CONTROL VALVE AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN THEY REPLACE THE FUEL VAPOR CONTROL VALVE AND SAID THAT WAS MY PROBLEM 12 DAYS LATER IT HAPPEN AGAIN SO THEY REPLACE MY CANISTER AIR VALVE
Broken door handles and door latchesLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES2 complaints2004-03 → 2005-01esteem-2000-door-handle-latch-failure
  • 10107078 THE LATCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS BROKEN AND OWNER IS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR
  • 10061965 BOTH DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN. THE FIRST BROKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO. NOW A MONTH LATER, THE OTHER HAS BROKEN
Air bags not deploying in deer collisionsAIR BAGS2 complaints2001-04 → 2011-08esteem-2000-airbag-no-deploy-deer
  • 10418281 THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN A DEER CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED
  • 885059 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH HIT A DEER HEAD-ON , AND DUAL AIRBGAS DID NOT DEPLOY

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
342000-03-232014-09-2430STRUCTURE:10; SUSPENSION:8; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:5; UNKNOWN OR OTHER:4; VISIBILITY:3

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

not identifiable in FARS (absent, not zero)

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2000 Suzuki Esteem vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/suzuki/esteem
@misc{wrenchpro_2000_suzuki_esteem_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2000 Suzuki Esteem},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/suzuki/esteem}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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