# Service bulletin ZF\-181226

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10153013
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-02\-19
- Manufacturer's number: ZF\-181226
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-12\-26
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## NHTSA's summary

This communication from Suzuki Motor Corporation announces a customer satisfaction warranty period extension to 20 years \(unlimited mileage\) for 2009 Grand Vitara and certain 2010 Grand Vitara and Kizashi vehicles. Cracks may occur at specific locations of the cylinder block which may result in coolant leaks.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153013-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153013-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2010 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA
- 2010 SUZUKI KIZASHI

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2011041](/recalls/tc/2011041.md), 2011-01-27: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SI\-26R](/bulletins/10212108.md), 2022-05-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Service update of cylinder block warranty extension \(revision of original notice\). Note that actual model name is "Suzuki Kizashi", NHTSA model name reference is misspelled "Suzuki Kazashi".
- [ZF Owner Letter](/bulletins/10160918.md), 2019-06-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This letter was sent to owners of vehicles included in a warranty extension campaign for a possible cracked cylinder block. The letter provides owners with additional details concerning what is covered.
- [SI\-26R](/bulletins/10159469.md), 2019-05-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This communication is a revised Service Bulletin concerning an extended warranty for a possible cracked cylinder block. The Service Bulletin was expanded to provide additional details about what is covered under the extended warranty. A revised draft notification letter to be sent to owners is attached to the Service Bulletin.
- [ZF\-1](/bulletins/10154347.md), 2019-03-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This letter was sent to owners of 2009 Grand Vitara and certain 2010 Grand Vitara and Kizashi vehicles, informing them about a warranty period extension to 20 years \(unlimited mileage\). The warranty extension relates to cracks that may occur at specific locations of the cylinder block which may result in coolant loss and engine overheating.
- [SI\-26R](/bulletins/10153014.md), 2019-02-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Service Bulletin informs Suzuki Service Providers in the mainland U.S. about a customer\-satisfaction warranty period extension to 20 years \(unlimited mileage\) for 2009 Grand Vitara and certain 2010 Grand Vitara and Kizashi vehicles. Cracks may occur at specific locations of the cylinder block which may result in coolant loss and engine overheating. Also included is a letter to be sent to the owners of affected vehicles, informing them of the warranty extension.
- [suz\_013727](/bulletins/10115290.md), 2017-08-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin describes corrective action needed to address complaints of reduction in engine power output due to activation of the continuously variable transmission \(CVT\) temperature protection control system due to deterioration of the CVT fluid or malfunction of the transmission control module.
- [TSB\-35\-12103](/bulletins/10054717.md), 2014-02-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SUZUKI: ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING FROM COOLING JACKET INTO CAMSHAFT HOUSING OF CYLINDER HEAD AND MAY HAVE A CRACK BETWEEN CYLINDER HEAD BOLT AND CASTING PLUG, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. MODEL 2009 GRAND VITARA. \*PE
- [TS\-34\-04262](/bulletins/10044035.md), 2012-05-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUZUKI: SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE: TENSIONER AND IDLER PULLEY REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION. \*JS
- [TB\-01\-07151R](/bulletins/10040738.md), 2011-09-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. AMERICAN SUZUKI: THE INTERNAL SPRING OF ALTERNATOR BELT TENSIONER COULD BREAK, ALLOWING THE BELT TO SLIP OR DERAIL. \*RM
- [TSB\-01\-02011](/bulletins/10036956.md), 2011-04-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUZUKI: ALTERNATOR BELT TENSIONER PULLEY REPLACEMENT. INTERNAL SPRING OF ALTERNATOR BELT TENSIONER COULD BREAK, ALLOWING THE BELT TO SLIP OR DERAIL. \*PE

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