Suzuki Vitara. Published by Transport Canada as 2004421 on 30 November 2004. System: Other.
What the notice says Certain vehicles equipped with 2.0L engines may experience a condition where the accelerator may not return to idle. These vehicle, when operated in extremely low ambient temperature (-30 degrees Celsius) and at a fixed (constant) throttle position, may experience ice forming in the throttle valve that can prevent …
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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
- 2004421
- Recall date
- 30 November 2004
- Make
- Suzuki
- Models
- Vitara
- Model years
- 2002 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 2,772
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles equipped with 2.0L engines may experience a condition where the accelerator may not return to idle. These vehicle, when operated in extremely low ambient temperature (-30 degrees Celsius) and at a fixed (constant) throttle position, may experience ice forming in the throttle valve that can prevent the throttle valve from closing when the drivers foot is removed from the accelerator pedal. Unwanted acceleration could result in a vehicle crash without prior warning. Correction: Dealers will add additional hardware between the intake manifold and the PCV valve to prevent the ice build-up condition
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 2004421.
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.
- 2004375 · 20 October 2004 · Eiger 400 (lt-F400f), Vinson 500 (lt-F500f), Vinson 500 (lt-A500f) · Fuel System
- 2004313 · 31 August 2004 · Grand Vitara, Xl-7, Vitara · Fuel System
- 2004290 · 12 August 2004 · Verona · Fuel System
- 2004108 · 22 March 2004 · Ozark 250 (lt-F250), Quadsport 250 (lt-Z250), Quadsport 400 (lt-Z400) · Fuel System
- 2005022 · 31 January 2005 · Verona · Electrical
- 2005051 · 1 March 2005 · Vinson 500 (lt-F500f), Vinson 500 (lt-A500f), Kingquad 700 (lt-A700x) · Other
- 2005105 · 14 April 2005 · Vinson 500 (lt-A500f) · Fuel System
- 2005213 · 19 July 2005 · Twin Peaks 700 (lt-V700f) · Suspension
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.
- 2004422 · 30 November 2004 · Presidential, Medallion, Alumascape · Other
- 2004419 · 29 November 2004 · Tracker · Other
- 2004420 · 29 November 2004 · V · Other
- 2004414 · 24 November 2004 · Range Rover · Other
- 2004416 · 24 November 2004 · Vii · Other
- 2004402 · 17 November 2004 · Vanquish V12, Vanquish S · Other
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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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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