NHTSA recall 13V405000
A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 13V405000 |
| Manufacturer's number | VD |
| Manufacturer | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2013-09-06 |
| Owners notified | 2014-05-23 |
| Component | AIR BAGS |
| Units potentially affected | 189901 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 3 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2015-10-26 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 189901 |
| Reported remedied | 61740 (32%) |
| Reported unreachable | 12181 |
| Reported removed | 343 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 Grand Vitara and 2007-2011 SX4 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, over time, the OCS sensor mat installed in the front passenger seat may fail due to repeated flexing of the mat from use of the seat. As a result, during a crash necessitating deployment, the air bag will deploy regardless of whether the front seat occupant is an adult or a child.
What can happen
Air bag deployment with a child in the front passenger side seat increases the risk of injury to that child.
The remedy
Suzuki will notify owners and dealers will replace the front passenger seat cushion assembly (which includes the OCS sensor mat) free of charge. Sufficient quantities of parts are not currently available to fix all of the affected vehicles. Owners will be notified of the recall in October 2013 and will receive a second notification when parts are available to have their vehicle repaired. The recall began on May 23, 2014. Owners may contact Suzuki at 1-800-934-0934. Suzuki's recall campaign number is VD.
Notes
Note: Vehicles which previously had a countermeasure occupant classification system (OCS) sensor mat installed under the special coverage campaign conducted by Suzuki distributors in the United States are not affected by this recall.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA | Built 2005-05-24 to 2006-05-31. |
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| 2007 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA | Built 2006-06-01 to 2007-05-31. |
| 2008 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA | Built 2007-05-31 to 2008-05-30. |
| 2009 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA | Built 2008-06-02 to 2009-01-30. |
| 2010 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA | Built 2009-07-01 to 2010-05-31. |
| 2011 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA | Built 2010-06-01 to 2011-04-26. |
| 2007 SUZUKI SX4 | Built 2006-05-31 to 2007-06-01. |
| 2008 SUZUKI SX4 | Built 2007-06-01 to 2008-06-30. |
| 2009 SUZUKI SX4 | Built 2009-06-02 to 2009-03-04. |
| 2010 SUZUKI SX4 | Built 2009-07-10 to 2010-05-31. |
| 2011 SUZUKI SX4 | Built 2010-06-01 to 2011-05-10. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as PE13021
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| PE13021 | Preliminary evaluation, opened 2013-06-14, closed 2013-09-30. Occupant Classification System Failure. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| TS-01-02260R2 | 2013-04-03. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: DUE TO CHANGE IN LOAD ON PASSENGER SEAT WITH SHIFTING OF WEIGHT AND OBJECTS IN SEAT, AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, CAUSING AN OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION MODULE (OCM) ERROR. MODELS 2009 SX-4. *PE |
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| ASMC-009375 | 2013-01-23. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: COUNTER MEASURE PROCEDURE FOR DTC B1318. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND DTC B1318 IS STORED. THIS TYPICALLY CAN RESULT FROM A CHANGE IN LOAD ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. *JS |
| ASMC-009472 | 2013-01-23. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND DTC B1318 IS STORED. THIS TYPICALLY CAN RESULT FROM A CHANGE IN LOAD ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. *JS |
| TSB-TS-02-05222 | 2012-06-12. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: DUE TO REPEATED FLEXING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM CIRCUIT LOCATED WITHIN SEAT BOTTOM CUSHION ASSEMBLY, HAVE AN ELECTRIC DISCONNECTION. *PE UPDATED 04/10/2013 *JS |
| TSB-TS06-05212 | 2012-06-12. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BOTTOM CUSHION ASSEMBLY HAS THE SENSOR MAT LOCATED WITHIN AND THE ELECTRIC DISCONNECTION (OPEN) WILL OCCUR DUE TO REPEATED FLEXING, THAT MAY DEVELOP. *PE UPDATED 04/10/2013 *JS |
| SC-60R-1 | 2012-06-12. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, WITHIN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BOTTOM CUSHION, THE SENSING SENSOR MAT, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT DISCONNECTION MAY HAVE DEVELOPED, DUE TO REPEATED FLEXING. *PE |
| ABE-ZA-120418 | 2012-05-08. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR 'AIR BAG' WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION. *JS UPDATED 7/25/12. *PE |
| TSB-05-01140 | 2010-06-11. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: COUNTER MEASURE PROCEDURE FOR DTC B1318. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND DTC B1318 IS STORED. THIS TYPICALLY CAN RESULT FROM A CHANGE IN LOAD ON THE PASSENGER SEAT, SUCH AS A PASSENGER SHIFTING THEIR WEIGHT ON AND OFF THE SEAT, OR AN OBJECT (BAG, BRIEFCASE, PET, ETC.) BOUNCING ON THE SEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. *PE UPDATED 4/2/13. *PE |
| TS-01-11029 | 2010-05-08. Service bulletin. SUZUKI: THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, AND DTC B1318 IS STORED. THIS TYPICALLY CAN RESULT FROM A CHANGE IN LOAD ON THE PASSENGER SEAT, SUCH AS A PASSENGER SHIFTING THEIR WEIGHT ON AND OFF THE SEAT, OR AN OBJECT (BAG, BRIEFCASE, PET, ETC.) BOUNCING ON THE SEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. *PE |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.