Vehicle profile
1997 Suzuki Sidekick
SUV · Special Purpose Vehicles
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 95 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.8L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 1997 Special Purpose Vehicles
- 0.23× the 4.28 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SUSPENSION — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1997 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
00V008000
SUSPENSIONVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH OF THE MOUNTING BASE ON THE UPPER END OF THE FRONT STRUTS CAN LEAD TO BREAKAGE OF THE MOUNTING BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE UPPER END OF THE FRONT STRUTS TO THE VEHICLE BODY.
Consequence: IF THE STRUT BROKE LOOSE, A DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL ADD A REINFORCEMENT, FOR BOTH FRONT STRUTS, BETWEEN THE FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BASE AND THE VEHICLE BODY. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT STRUT MOUNTING BASES, MOUNTING BOLTS AND NUTS, AND STRUT BAR STAYS WILL BE REPLACED.
20/01/2000
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