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2000 Suzuki ESTEEM Structure Frame And Members Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	637476
Internal NHTSA #	10197287
Manufacurer	AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.
Brand	SUZUKI
Model	ESTEEM
Model Year	2000
File date	23/07/07
Component	STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was driving my 2000 suzuki esteem home from uptown with my sister and 8-year-old daughter in the car when a noise which was faint over the last couple of weeks grew quickly louder and all of a sudden my car jerked to the right, practically out of my hands. I grasped the steering wheel as hard as i could just to keep the vehicle on the road. I was only traveling about 20-25 mph. I fought the difficult steering long enough at a very slow speed to get the car to my sister's house. I parked the car there and called my husband at work to explain what had happened and to come pick me up. As i exited the car, i noticed the right front (passenger's) wheel was shoved clear back almost into the back of the fender well. When my husband and a colleague of his from work stopped by later, they crawled under the vehicle to assess what the problem was. To his astonishment, the front frame section of the car had rusted through enough to crack and crumple backwards far enough to allow the wheel to move into the fender well. He said that i was very lucky i was not on the highway doing 55-60 mph, because the speed could have been enough to throw the tire back into the fender well hard enough to lock the one front tire, causing the car to lose control, spin sideways and possibly flip over, killing all three of us. It was only by the grace of god that we were traveling at a slow speed in a remote area where no other cars were around to interact with at the time. The car is currently at my sister's house awaiting a decision on what to do with it. A seven-year-old car with an average of less than 12,000 miles per year on it should not have a frame rusted through long before the body shows any signs of significant rust. I just had a full brake job done on the vehicle and thought that something was wrong with them still. Suzuki should recall these vehicles to install a sturdier frame in the front section, before someone does get killed.*jb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	80000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	DOYLESTOWN, OH
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	03/07/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	23
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2000 Suzuki ESTEEM Structure Frame And Members Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2000 Suzuki ESTEEM Structure Frame And Members Problems, Complaints and Defects

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