Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Suzuki Reno submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
LUCKILY I WAS PARKED. TURNED ON MY CAR TO ROLL UP THE WINDOWS AND SUDDENLY THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT EXPLODED,WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN AIRBAG INSIDE THE SEAT. IT HIT MY ARM CAUSING A BRUISE. THE SEAT IS NOW TORN AND BUSTED.
TAKATA RECALL. I GOT INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE. I REACHED BACK FOR MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIRBAG INSIDE THE DRIVERS SEAT DEPLOYED. MY CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION, I WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR WAS NOT IMPACTED BY ANYTHING. THE AIRBAG STRUCK ME ON THE LEFT SIDE AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WENT INSIDE TO THE ER BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A REGULAR APPOINTMENT. I DID NOT SIT BACK HARD IN THE SEAT, I SIMPLY REACHED BACK FOR MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM WITHIN THE DRIVERS SEAT, NOT THE SIDE OF THE CAR.
AFTER GOING AND HAVING THE WIRING CHECKED AT PUGMIRE SUZUKI, FOR MY AIRBAG RECALL , IN NOVEMBER 2017, AND HAVING NO PROBLEMS SEEN, I AM NOW IN FEBURARY 2017, EXPERIENCING MY AIRBAG WARNING/IDIOT LIGHT ON MY CAR'S DASH. PUGMIRE SUZUKI REFUSES TO REXAMINE THE CAR, WITHOUT ME PAYING $100.00 TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAG IS UNUSED.
WIFE GOT IN THE CAR THIS A.M. TURNED THE KEY AND BOOM DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIR BAG BLEW UP. *TR
DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE CONNECTION PROBLEMS ON THE SIDE AIRBAGS FOR BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE, THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS STILL ON. THIS IS AFTER SUZUKI REALIZED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS STRETCHED TOO TIGHT WHEN THE SEAT WAS ROLLED BACK INTO IT'S FULL LENGTH. THE FIX WAS TO BREAK THE CONNECTION OFF OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT, WRAP THE CONNECTION IN VELCRO, AND STICK THE CONNECTION ONTO TO CARPETED FLOOR. DESPITE SEVERAL TIMES OF HAVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT CLEARED, THE LIGHT HAS ONCE AGAIN COME ON. ACCORDING TO ONLINE RESEARCH, MANY OTHER DRIVERS ARE HAVING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR
WARNING LIGHT FOR AIR BAG SYSTEM CAME ON AND STAYS ON, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE CAR FAX FOR THIS CAR SHOWS NO ACCIDENT WHERE AIRBAGS WHERE USED, AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST. CALLED PUGMIRE SUZUKI, IN MARIETTA, GA. AND THEY ADVISED THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY, SINCE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PART, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE NO USE OF AIRBAGS, UNTIL IT WAS DIAGNOSED FOR 100 DOLLARS AND THEN REPAIRED FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT THAT IS MORE THAN THE 100 DOLLARS, AND I DECIDED NOT TO GO AND GET IT FIXED BECAUSE IT IS 70 MILES TO THE NEAREST DEALER, AND THEREFORE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THERE WITH NO AIR BAG USE POSSIBLE. THIS SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE CAR MAKER, BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT. *TR
AT AROUND 55,000 MILES AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, READ ONLINE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN FOR AIRBAG RELATED PROBLEMS FOR A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. *JB
I GOT IN MY CAR, TURN IGNITION SWITCH ON AND BOOM MY SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR
AIRBAG LIGHTS COME ON WITHOUT INCIDENT, THEY HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF AT THE SUZUKI DEALER IN THE RIVERGATE AREA OF NASHVILLE IN 2010. SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE COME ON TWICE AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF. THEY CAME ON AGAIN DECEMBER OF 2011, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF. CAR HAS NOT HAD ANY DAMAGE, WRECK, WATER OR STORM. I HAVE READ ONLINE SUZUKI IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN BE OF ANY HELP.
I GOT IN MY CAR, TURN IGNITION SWITCH ON AND BOOM! MY SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR FENDER BENDER AND NO WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN A VERY LONG TIME EXCEPT FOR MY OIL CHANGE ABOUT 45 DAYS AGO. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR ANYTHING. IT JUST BLEW UP. *TR
ON 12-08-09, I ENTERED INTO MY 2007 SUZUKI RENO. I WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I TURNED THE IGNITION TO ACCESSORY MODE(I DID NOT START THE ENGINE), WITHIN SECONDS MY DRIVER'S SIDE(SEAT) AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS IN THE VEHICLE, NOR ANY OTHER DAMAGE THAT WOULD CAUSE AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. I HAVE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE AIRBAG. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO CONTACT SUZUKI CORPORATE OFFICE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH NUMEROUS REPS WITH SUZUKI, ALL OF WHOM SAY THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY LOCAL DEALER THAT THEY WILL TOW THE CAR TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR INSPECTION. BUT DUE TO THE FACT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY INITIAL WARRANT OF 36000 MILES, ANY AND ALL REPAIRS - THIS INCLUDES MALFUNCTIONS AND DEFECTS - WOULD HAVE TO BE COVERED PERSONALLY. *TR
SINCE THE PURCHASE, MY FLAT TIRE INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE FRONT DRIVERS TIRE AND REAR PASSENGER TIRES NEED AIR ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS. ABOUT 1 YEAR AFTER PURCHASE THE INTERIOR LIGHTS, PASSENGER SIDE REAR LIGHTS WENT OUT. AFTER REPLACING FUSES AND BULBS THERE IS STILL NO LIGHT. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE PURGE VALVE HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. WHILE DRIVING 32 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AS OF MARCH 21, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE OF THE CRASH, THE DRIVER OF THE SUSTAINED A BUMP ON THE HEAD AND THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BUMP ON THE HEAD, BRUISES ON HER KNEES AND AN INJURED THUMB. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 12,800.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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