# Service bulletin SUZ\_016008

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: 10216558
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-07\-30
- Manufacturer's number: SUZ\_016008
- Manufacturer's date: 2022\-07\-08
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION; STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

Reminder of the importance to conduct safety inspections for rust damage to suspension and related parts that could be caused by road salt or other chemicals applied to the roadway.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10216558-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10216558-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2002 to 2007 SUZUKI AERIO
- 2009 to 2013 SUZUKI EQUATOR
- SUZUKI ESTEEM
- 1998 to 2002 SUZUKI ESTEEM
- 2004 to 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA
- 1999 to 2013 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA
- 2001 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL\-7
- 2002 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL\-7
- 2003 to 2005 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL\-7
- 2001 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL7
- 2002 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL7
- 2010 to 2013 SUZUKI KIZASHI
- 2004 SUZUKI RENO
- 2005 to 2008 SUZUKI RENO
- SUZUKI SAMURAI
- 1998 SUZUKI SAMURAI
- SUZUKI SIDEKICK
- 1998 SUZUKI SIDEKICK
- 1999 to 2000 SUZUKI SIDEKICK
- 1998 SUZUKI SIDEKICK SPORT
- 1999 to 2000 SUZUKI SIDEKICK SPORT
- 1998 to 2001 SUZUKI SWIFT
- 2002 SUZUKI SWIFT
- 2000 SUZUKI SX4
- 2007 to 2013 SUZUKI SX4
- 2004 to 2006 SUZUKI VERONA
- 1999 to 2004 SUZUKI VITARA
- 1998 SUZUKI X\-90
- 1998 SUZUKI X90
- 1999 to 2001 SUZUKI X90
- 2001 to 2002 SUZUKI XL\-7
- 2003 to 2005 SUZUKI XL\-7
- 2006 SUZUKI XL\-7
- 2007 to 2009 SUZUKI XL7

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V464000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V464000.md), 2012-09-19: SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB
- [10V287000](/recalls/nhtsa/10V287000.md), 2010-06-28: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- [2010166](/recalls/tc/2010166.md), 2010-05-27: Suspension
- [10V213000](/recalls/nhtsa/10V213000.md), 2010-05-19: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
- [2001066](/recalls/tc/2001066.md), 2001-03-16: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [N\-Q\-G\-045](/bulletins/10152052.md), 2018-12-17, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT. This Service Bulletin was sent by Suzuki Motor Corporation to its authorized Suzuki automobile distributors in the U.S., explaining the importance of proper inspection and maintenance of suspension lower arm ball joints to prevent the ball stud from becoming separated from the suspension lower arm.
- [0401126R](/bulletins/10019165.md), 2006-02-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. CLUNKING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. \*TT
- [0211225](/bulletins/10018529.md), 2006-01-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; TIRES. ABNORMAL REAR TIRE WEAR. \*TT
- [0605115R](/bulletins/10015902.md), 2005-08-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. DRIVER DOOR LOCK TUMBLER FALLS INTO DOOR WHEN THE KEY IS INSERTED. 2004\-2005 SUZUKI FORENZA SEDAN/WAGON AND RENO\-RQ420. \*SC
- [0205135](/bulletins/10015897.md), 2005-08-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. NOISE FROM THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR BUSHINGS. 2004\-2005 SUZUKI/FORENZA SEDAN/WAGON AND RENO. \*SC
- [0205135](/bulletins/10015892.md), 2005-08-16, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. NOISE FROM THE FRONT STABILIZER BAR BUSHINGS. INCLUDING THE 2005 SUZUKI VERONA \*SC
- [0203273](/bulletins/10001716.md), 2003-06-23, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. POPPING NOISE ON SLIGHT TURNS. \*TT
- [0102033](/bulletins/10001711.md), 2003-06-23, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS \- SERVICE MANUAL UPDATE. \*TT

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