NHTSA Campaign 10V392000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)
NHTSA campaign 10V392000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system). The repair is free.
AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP filed the report for 10V392000 with NHTSA on September 1, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V392000, NHTSA lists up to 20,692 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V392000 were scheduled from September 24, 2010, 23 days after the report.
10V392000 covers 2 models from Suzuki, model years 2010.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V392000 ranks 3 of 7 AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SUZUKI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 THROUGH 2010 SX4, 2010 GRAND VITARA, AND 2009 THROUGH 2010 EQUATOR VEHICLES THAT WERE EQUIPPED WITH A GARMIN NUVI MODEL 750, 760, AND 765 NAVIGATION SYSTEM. THE BATTERIES CONTAINED IN THE AFFECTED GPS UNITS CAN OVERHEAT.
- The risk
- OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- SUZUKI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY GARMIN TECHNICIANS BY REPLACING THE BATTERY AND INSERTING A SPACER ON TOP OF THE BATTERY FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GARMIN DIRECTLY AT 1-866-957-1981 OR SUZUKI AT 1-887-697-8985. OWNERS MAY ALSO VISIT GARMIN'S WEBSITE AT WWW.GARMIN.COM/NUVIBATTERYPCBRECALL.
- Notes
- SUZUKI'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS SJ.
Reported September 1, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V392000 (2)
Suzuki (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V392000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted