Suzuki Vitara. Published by Transport Canada as 2002208 on 14 November 2002. System: Other.
What the notice says CMVSS 115 requires that certain information be uniquely identified in the vehicle identification number (VIN). One such item is the engine type. This particular vehicle configuration has two available engines, 1.6L and 2.0L. Both vehicle configurations have been labelled with the same VIN prefix that being …
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Suzuki VITARA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Suzuki VITARA is named on 7 American notices, 22 British, 8 European and 6 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2002208
- Recall date
- 14 November 2002
- Make
- Suzuki
- Models
- Vitara
- Model years
- 1999 to 2002
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 567
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
CMVSS 115 requires that certain information be uniquely identified in the vehicle identification number (VIN). One such item is the engine type. This particular vehicle configuration has two available engines, 1.6L and 2.0L. Both vehicle configurations have been labelled with the same VIN prefix that being "2S3TA52C". This was the correct VIN prefix for the 2.0L model. All 1.6L models should have been encoded with the VIN prefix "2S3TA03C". Correction: As this does not present a safety risk and there are no possibilities that a VIN could have been applied in duplicate, no corrective measures will be taken.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2002208.
Suzuki elsewhere in this register
Suzuki is named on 132 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2002188 · 11 October 2002 · Eiger 400 (lt-F400f), Eiger 400 (lt-A400f) · Electrical
- 2003155 · 16 June 2003 · Aerio, Xl-7, Esteem · Other
- 2001300 · 15 November 2001 · Eiger 400 (lt-A400f) · Other
- 2003296 · 26 November 2003 · Xl-7 · Electrical
- 2001266 · 1 November 2001 · Eiger 400 (lt-F400f) · Engine
- 2003320 · 8 December 2003 · Grand Vitara, Xl-7 · Other
- 2001209 · 22 August 2001 · Quadmaster 50 (lt-A50) · Powertrain
- 2001206 · 9 August 2001 · Swift · Label
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2002222 · 21 November 2002 · Argosy, L-Line, A-Line · Other
- 2002022 · 14 February 2002 · I35, Maxima · Other
- 2002023 · 11 February 2002 · Discovery · Other
- 2002020 · 7 February 2002 · WXLL, WXR, WX · Other
- 2003002 · 10 January 2003 · Safety 1st (22-56c), Summit (22-26c), Arriva (22-H09) · Other
- 2003004 · 13 January 2003 · Celica · Other
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Suzuki: 132 in the register, and 246 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2002.
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