NHTSA Campaign 13V405000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 13V405000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Suzuki Motor of America, Inc filed the report for 13V405000 with NHTSA on September 6, 2013; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 13V405000, NHTSA lists up to 189,901 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 2010 and May 10, 2011.
The 13V405000 report reached NHTSA 2 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V405000 were scheduled from May 23, 2014, 259 days after the report.
13V405000 covers 2 models from Suzuki, model years 2010–2011.
Owners of the model years 13V405000 covers have filed at least 24 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V405000 vehicles, the 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara has the most (10).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V405000 ranks 2 of 25 Suzuki Motor of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 13V405000, Suzuki Motor of America, Inc has 1 other recall on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 Grand Vitara and 2007-2011 SX4 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, over time, the OCS sensor mat installed in the front passenger seat may fail due to repeated flexing of the mat from use of the seat. As a result, during a crash necessitating deployment, the air bag will deploy regardless of whether the front seat occupant is an adult or a child.
- The risk
- Air bag deployment with a child in the front passenger side seat increases the risk of injury to that child.
- The fix
- Suzuki will notify owners and dealers will replace the front passenger seat cushion assembly (which includes the OCS sensor mat) free of charge. Sufficient quantities of parts are not currently available to fix all of the affected vehicles. Owners will be notified of the recall in October 2013 and will receive a second notification when parts are available to have their vehicle repaired. The recall began on May 23, 2014. Owners may contact Suzuki at 1-800-934-0934. Suzuki's recall campaign number is VD.
- Notes
- Note: Vehicles which previously had a countermeasure occupant classification system (OCS) sensor mat installed under the special coverage campaign conducted by Suzuki distributors in the United States are not affected by this recall.
Reported September 6, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V405000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V405000, 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 6, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted