2008 Suzuki Xl-7 Driver assistance Problems

SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT ON DASH BOARD

NHTSA ID

11220556

Incident

May 1, 2019

Mileage

174,000 mi

MY STABILITY TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON WHICH TURNED STC OFF, IN ADDITION IT TURNED OFF THE AWD. THE POWER STEERING ONLY WORKS AT FASTER SPEEDS. I'VE ALMOST WRECKED THIS CAR ON MANY OCCASIONS DUE TO THIS. IT'S HORRIBLY UNSAFE IN THE RAIN. IT WILL LITERALLY GET STUCK IN A LITTLE MUD PUDDLE BC OF THE ST N AWD BEING OFF. SO MANY COMPLAINTS! IT SHOULD BE RECALLED SOON! IT'S 7 PASSAGE VEHICLE I'M ASSUMING MOSTLY FOR KIDS N IT'S STC,AWD,POWER STEERING JUST STOPS N IT SHAKES WHEN U SLOW DOWN. I'M SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE MINE ESPECIALLY IN BAD WEATHER!!!

NHTSA ID

11162874

Incident

Aug 11, 2018

Mileage

140,000 mi

POWER STEERING IS OUT, TIMING BELT AND TENSIONER, COOLING IN FRONT NOT BACK

NHTSA ID

11001711

Incident

Jun 25, 2017

MY SUV KEEPS SHUTTING THE STABILITY CONTROL OFF FOR NO REASON EVERYTIME I SCAN THE COMPUTER THERE IS NO CODES AND IT JUST SHUT OFF RANDOMLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND SUZUKI DEALERSHIPS SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WHEN THERE OBVIOUSLY IS BECAUSE WHEN IM DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET AND IT JUST SHUTS IT OFF WHILE YOUR DRIVING IT PUT YOU AND THE PEOPLE IN YOU CAR IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IN THE PROGRESS OF SHUTTING THAT OFF THE ABS GOES OFF THE TRANSACTION CONTROL GOES OFF AND THE STABILITY CONTROL STOP WORKING NOT SAFE AT ALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10933966

Incident

Dec 7, 2016

Mileage

128,000 mi

LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING,BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. COST $2300 TO REPAIR. SAID DEFECT STARTED AS STEERING RACK AND CAUSED METAL TO GO THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND TAKE OUT THE PUMP ALSO. ABS/TRAC CONTROL/STABILITY LIGHTS AMONG OTHERS COME ON AND LOOSE AWD. SUNROOF LEAK AND PAINT PEELING. STEERING WAS LOST AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 1.5 YEARS LATER. DEFINITE RECALL SITUATION.

NHTSA ID

10838757

Incident

Oct 31, 2013

Mileage

90,925 mi

MY 2008 XL7 SERIVCE STABILITY CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN.

NHTSA ID

10837312

Incident

Feb 18, 2016

WARNINGS: SERVICE STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, AWD OFF, ABS. INTERMITTENTLY APPEARS AND GOES AWAY. NO RHYME OR REASON, JUST NERVE RACKING. STEERING ON THE VEHICLE IS HARD.

NHTSA ID

10726305

Incident

Jun 1, 2015

Mileage

110,649 mi

MY SUZUKI XL-7 PAINT HAS PEELED OFF THE BACK DOOR AND THE TOP OF THE CAR A MECHANIC STATED ITS A TRIPLE COAT PAINT JOB BECAUSE OF THE COLOR WHICH IS PEARL WHITE. THE IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE PATHETIC. THE PAINT IS PEELING SO BAD I'M SCARED TO WASH THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PAINT MAY COME OFF! THEN THE ELECTRICAL IS WORSE I GET IN THE DOOR CHIME GOES THROUGH THE SPEAKERS AT HIGH VOLUME. THE STABILITY CONTROL KEEPS CUTTING OFF AND ON AND SO DOES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

NHTSA ID

10716560

Incident

Nov 1, 2014

Mileage

95,000 mi

DRIVING AND STABILITY CONTROL, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED OVER PUT IN PARK AND WHILE SITTING THERE SPEEDOMETER SHOOTS UP TO 80 MPH, NOTICE THE CAR IS IN PARK. THE DOORS START LOCKING AND UNLOCKING BY THEMSELVES. TOOK IT IN TO GET FIX THEY SAID ITS THE ROLLOVER SENSOR PAID TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. 3 DAYS LATER SAMETHING HAPPENED. APPARENTLY THAT'S WASN'T THE PROBLEM. TAKING IT BACK TO THE SHOP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10683043

Incident

Feb 6, 2015

WHEN STARTING CAR THE DASH COMES UP STATING STABILITY CONTROL NEEDS SERVICED AND TURNS OFF PLUS MY TRACKING CONTROL OFF. THEN ONCE YOU KEEP GOING WILL START WORKING AFTER 15 MINUTES. ITS, CRAZY CAUSE TRIED TO TALK TO SUZUKI AUTO OF AMERICA AND THEY JUST BLEW OFF ANY ISSUES AND STATED SORRY CAN'T HELP YOU OUT OF WARRANTY AND SAID NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED IT TO BE A RECALL. I WAS LIKE IT'S A 30,000 DOLLAR SUV AND I SAID NO WONDER THEY WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY. IT'S SO UPSETTING NOT EVEN THAT OLD LOW MILEAGE AND IT'S NOW ON MY SUV HAS 64,680 AND STILL SANE ISSUE AND MORE. CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T MORE OUT THERE NOT TO HAVE A RECALL. I WOULD BELIEVE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE CAUSE OF ALL THE BRAKES AND STABILITY OF CAR. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10671173

Incident

Jan 1, 2014

Mileage

52,680 mi

ALL SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON. NOT SURE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR NOT. THE ELECTRICAL STABILITY CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, ABS, AND ETC. *TR

NHTSA ID

10643913

Incident

Aug 12, 2013

Mileage

81,000 mi

TO BEGIN, MY MOONROOF LEAKED INTO THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS IN THE CABIN ANY TIME I WASHED THE CAR. HAD TO TAKE IT IN 3 TIMES TO GET IT FIXED. WINDOW SEALS WERE BUCKLING AND GOT THOSE REPLACED BY DEALER - BUT CONTINUED TO BUCKLE. ALL STABILITRAC LIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERMITTENT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. KEY FOB WORKED INTERMITTENTLY AROUND 85000 THEN THE REAR DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO IT. REPLACED BATTERY IN FOB AND HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO ONLY HAVE IT DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACTUATOR IN THE DOOR WAS GOING OUT. WHILE I WAS TURNING A CORNER IN MY 2008 XL7, I HEARD A GRINDING/RATTLING NOISE THAT SEEMED TO WORSEN AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND WOULD GO AWAY AS I ACCELERATED THROUGH THE TURN AROUND 90000 MILES. POWER STEERING FELT TIGHT, ABS LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, AWD OFF, STABIL-TRAC LIGHT ALL CAME ON...INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK IT IN FOR OTHER REPAIRS BEFORE WARRANTY RAN OUT AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE/SOUND. AT 95700 MILES SAME THING STARTED HAPPENING, TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. AT 103000 MILES THE NOISE/RATTLING/GRINDING IS BACK IN FORCE. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT, PULLED MULTIPLE MIS-FIRE CODES P0300, P0301,P0305, & P0303. REPLACED A WEAK BATTERY, CHANGE THE OIL AND DIAGNOSED THE TIMING CHAIN/TENSIONER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CALLED SUZUKI TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 15000 MILES SPORADICALLY, FINALLY GOT IT DIAGNOSED AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THEY WILL NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THE FIX IS AROUND $3000. THIS IS A PREVALENT RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE XL7 2007-2009. AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I HAVE SEEN REGARDING THIS ISSUE, KNOWING THAT IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT LIKE THIS THAT IT COULD DESTROY THE ENTIRE ENGINE, SUZUKI SHOULD BE ISSUING A RECALL AND FIXING THIS DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10638464

Incident

Mar 3, 2014

Mileage

32,000 mi

MY SUZUKI XL7 HAS THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT AND ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL LIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR GO ON AND OFF, THE WARNINGS FOR THE BREAKS AND STABILITY CONTROL THEY ALWAYS COME ON AFTER IT RAINS. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS OVER 85*, ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE CAR GO CRAZY AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF, AFTER TAKING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER THE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAN CAUSE THIS ISSUE, BUT NOW ALL THE LOCKS ARE NOT WORKING WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS HIGH AND THE CAR IS EITHER LOCKED OR UNLOCKED, AND WE HAVE ISSUES WITH OUR AIR BAGS TOO, SOMETIMES THE PASSENGER LIGHT IS OFF WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING ON IT. *JS

NHTSA ID

10616695

Incident

Jul 27, 2014

WHILE DRIVING 20 MILES PER HOUR ON AN ICY ROAD THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE AWD, AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHTS CAME ON. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND SURGED AND MY BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE SLID AND FISHTAILED. I REGAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND PUSHED THE GAS LIGHTLY TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND I SLID INTO A CANAL. I WAS ABLE TO CLIMB INTO THE BACK SEAT, ESCAPE OUT THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR, AND SWIM TO SAFETY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10562812

Incident

Feb 4, 2014

Mileage

90,000 mi

WAS TOLD THAT I WAS HEARING A NOISE THAT WASN'T THERE WHEN THE RACK N PINION STARTED TO FAIL. AND THAT THE DASH BOARD WAS SUPPOSE TO CRACK. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CHARACTERS TO TELL YOU HOW UNSAFE THIS CAR IS SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LIST. WHICH TAKE ANOTHER 100+ OUT OFF MY POCKET, I CAN'T FIX THE CAR BUT MUST PAY FOR THE INSUREANCE. I ALSO CAN'T REGISTER THE CAR. AND IT IS TO DANGEROUS TODRIVE ANY WAY. WHILE SUZUKI FILES CHAPTER 11. LETS SEE IT ONE OF THE HIGHER UPS IN THE COMPANY WILL PAY FOR IT OUT OF HIS BONUS. 1 RACK N PINION 2 DASH BOARD CRACK A PASSANGERS AIR BAG WAS REPLACED CRACK AGAIN 3 REAR STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A 9 MONTH OLD CAR BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING4 FRONT PASSENGERS SEAT CAME OFF 4 FRONT PASSANGER SEAT CAME OFF HAD TO BE REPLACED 5 DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF 6 DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WORKS INTERMITTENTLY 7 DRIVERS SIDE LOCK DOSEN'T WORK 8 REPLACED 4 POWER STEERING PUMPS AT MY COST 9 ENGINE LIGHT CODE P0008 ON CAN'T REGISTER CAR. CAUSES POSSIBLE CAUSES OF OBD CODE P0008 10 STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS RANDOMLY GO ON AND OFF 11 RANDOMLY LOSE SPEED FROM 65 TO 25 ON FREEWAY 12 TIRE PSI ALWAYS WRONG 13 WINDSHIELD FLUID MOTOR NO LONGER WORKS. 14 " WIPER IN BACK GOES OFF WITH OUT POWER 15 2ND ROW SEAT BELTS ALWAYS GET STUCK 16 REAR DOORS RANDOMLY HAVE TO BE PRIED OPEN 17 CLIMATE CONTROL IN ALL 3 SECTIONS, AS WELL AS AC NO LONGER WORK 18BATTERY ALTHOUGH IN WORKING ORDER RANDOMLY NEEDS TO BE JUMPED. 19 STEREO ALTHOUGH REPLACE ONCE SWITCHES FROM RADIO TO AUX. 20 1ST TIME THE JACK WAS NEEDED TIRE IRON BROKE 21 METALLIC COVERING ON INSIDE DOOR HANDLES IS PEELING OFF CAUSING HANDS TO BE SLICED 22 CONSOLE CLIP BROKE WAS REPLACED, NOW VANITY MIRROR DRIVERS SIDE BROKE OFF. *TR

NHTSA ID

10504419

Incident

Oct 15, 2009

Mileage

18,112 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI XL7. THE CONTACT STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND HE HAD TO PLACE HIS FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO LIFT IT UP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT A WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STARTED STICKING. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

NHTSA ID

10399785

Incident

Mar 4, 2011

INITIALLY STABILITY CONTROL OFF WARNING MESSAGE LIGHT LIT UP AFTER STARTING ENGINE--ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS--MESSAGE DISAPPEARED W/I 5 SECONDS. THEN TRACTION CONTROL OFF, STABILITY CONTROL OFF, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE STABILITY CONTROL, AND AWD OFF MESSAGES ON EVERY START UP AND IS CONSTANT UNTIL CAR IS TURNED OFF COMPLETELY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10366757

Incident

Feb 1, 2010

Mileage

45,000 mi