NHTSA Campaign 11V593000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 11V593000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP filed the report for 11V593000 with NHTSA on December 19, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V593000, NHTSA lists up to 73 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 16, 2011 and August 31, 2011.
The 11V593000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V593000 were scheduled from January 11, 2012, 23 days after the report.
11V593000 covers 1 model from Suzuki, model years 2011–2012.
Owners of the model years 11V593000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 11V593000 vehicles, the 2011 Suzuki Equator has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V593000 ranks 6 of 7 AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SUZUKI IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 EQUATOR PICKUP TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 16, 2011, THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2011. SOME OF THE BOLTS THAT CONNECT THE ENGINE OIL COOLER AND THE ENGINE OIL FILTER TO THE ENGINE IN THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED TO BELOW SPECIFICATION STRENGTH. AS A RESULT, THE BOLT MAY BREAK AT THE OIL FILTER ATTACHMENT POINT AND CAN CAUSE AN ENGINE OIL LEAK.
- The risk
- IF THERE IS AN ENGINE OIL LEAK, THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WOULD DROP AND THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- SUZUKI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CONNECTOR BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SUZUKI AT 1-714-996-7040.
- Notes
- SUZUKI'S SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS NT.
Reported December 19, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V593000 (2)
Suzuki (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V593000, 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: December 19, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted