NHTSA campaign 10V392000 · Manufacturer campaign SJ
AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. Recall 10V-392: AUTOMOTIVE GPS PRODUCTS/OVERHEATS
NHTSA recall 10V392000 (Manufacturer campaign SJ) was reported by AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. on September 1, 2010, with 20,692 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Suzuki SX4, Suzuki Equator and Suzuki Grand Vitara for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on September 24, 2010, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 10V392000 (also written 10V-392 or 10V392)
- Filed by
- AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- SJ
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 20,692 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment — Electrical — Navigational System(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V392000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V392000.
Defect description
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.
Safety consequence
OVERHEATED BATTERIES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
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.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 10V392000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.