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vehicle
2000 / suzuki / grand-vitara
known issues
8 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-06)
complaints
88 on file (2000-02-28 → 2018-11-20)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
0 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Fuel pipe/hose recall repairs delayed by parts availabilityFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE16 complaints2001-06 → 2004-10grand-vitara-2000-fuel-hose-recall-parts
897549 DEALER STATED NO PARTS HAVE COME IN. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER TO CALL TWICE WEEKLY ABOUT PARTS
899741 AFTER DRIVING 30 MILES TO RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT, DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS STILL WERE NOT AVAILABLE, DEALERSHIP PUT CONSUMER ON CALL LIST
896221 DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR REPAIR BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLETE REMEDY FOR LACK OF PARTS
Steel wheel cracking and recall repair delaysWHEELS3 complaints2001-08 → 2002-08grand-vitara-2000-steel-wheel-recall
895468 LITTLE BY LITTLE RIMS HAD BEEN CRACKING WITHOUT A PRIOR NOTICE JUST LIKE MENTIONED IN RECALL 00 E 080 000 ON DECEMBER 19, 2000
893936 WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE THE, . CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ONCE MORE, AND STILL NO PARTS AVAILABLE
8016573 EACH TIME CONTACTED DEALER TO GET RECALL 00E080000REPAIRS DONE ON STEEL WHEELS, AND WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE ON THE WAY
Fuel odor and fuel line leaksFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE5 complaints2001-08 → 2005-01grand-vitara-2000-fuel-smell-and-leaks
894092 WHILE DRIVING FUEL LINE BROKE CAUSING VEHICLE TO LEAK
755427 GAS FUMES COMING FROM UNDER HOOD THREW AIR VENTS,THE SMELL OF RAW GAS IS VERY OVERWHELMING
10056115 WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING A FUEL SMELL WAS COMING THOUGH THE VENTS. THIS HAPPENED ONLY IN COLD WEATHER
897807 BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED DUE TO OVERHEATING. HAD TO RESURFACE ROTORS EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES, DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM
10103345 OWNER COMPLAINTS VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING AND PREMATURE WEAR
10008757 WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE CALIPER FROZEN
Timing chain tensioner noise and replacementENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2 complaints2003-10 → 2006-12grand-vitara-2000-timing-chain-tensioner
10176709 NOISE COMING FROM TIMING COVER. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER
10045044 2000 GRAND VITARA WITH 60K MILES NEEDS A TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS PART SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 60K MILES
Frame and cross member corrosionSUSPENSION, STRUCTURE2 complaints2008-04 → 2010-08grand-vitara-2000-frame-crossmember-rust
10351649 THE S FRAME OF MY 2000 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA JLS STARTED VIBRATING AND I TOOK IT TO MIKE ALBERT LEASING AND WHEN THEY PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT THE S FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT
10226144 THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SWAY BAR FAILED AND THE CROSS MEMBER WAS EXCESSIVELY RUSTED
Stuck or sudden acceleration and throttle cable bindingVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL6 complaints2001-06 → 2006-03grand-vitara-2000-accelerator-cable-sticking
10055723 WITHOUT WARNING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR WHILE DRIVING 22 MPH
10059612 WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE
890512 AT ANY SPEED THROTTLE CABLE IS HANGING AND IS HARD TO MASH. DEALER SPRAYED CABLE, BUT DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING
Air bags not deploying in frontal impactsAIR BAGS3 complaints2003-12 → 2004-03grand-vitara-2000-airbag-non-deployment
10051806 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 20 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10059759 UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES
10061460 UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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 Grand Vitara vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/suzuki/grand-vitara
@misc{wrenchpro_2000_suzuki_grand_vitara_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2000/suzuki/grand-vitara}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
