# 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 \(United States\) - 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 ## 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. ## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported - Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 3 - 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. ## Vehicles this campaign lists - [2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA](/makes/suzuki/grand-vitara/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-05\-24 to 2006\-05\-31. - [2007 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA](/makes/suzuki/grand-vitara/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-06\-01 to 2007\-05\-31. - [2008 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA](/makes/suzuki/grand-vitara/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-05\-31 to 2008\-05\-30. - [2009 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA](/makes/suzuki/grand-vitara/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-06\-02 to 2009\-01\-30. - [2010 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA](/makes/suzuki/grand-vitara/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-07\-01 to 2010\-05\-31. - [2011 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA](/makes/suzuki/grand-vitara/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-06\-01 to 2011\-04\-26. - [2007 SUZUKI SX4](/makes/suzuki/sx4/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-05\-31 to 2007\-06\-01. - [2008 SUZUKI SX4](/makes/suzuki/sx4/2008/recalls.md). Built 2007\-06\-01 to 2008\-06\-30. - [2009 SUZUKI SX4](/makes/suzuki/sx4/2009/recalls.md). Built 2009\-06\-02 to 2009\-03\-04. - [2010 SUZUKI SX4](/makes/suzuki/sx4/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-07\-10 to 2010\-05\-31. - [2011 SUZUKI SX4](/makes/suzuki/sx4/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-06\-01 to 2011\-05\-10. ## 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. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V405000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V405000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [TS\-01\-02260R2](/bulletins/10051700.md), 2013-04-03, Service bulletin - [ASMC\-009375](/bulletins/10049919.md), 2013-01-23, Service bulletin - [ASMC\-009472](/bulletins/10049899.md), 2013-01-23, Service bulletin - [TSB\-TS\-02\-05222](/bulletins/10044321.md), 2012-06-12, Service bulletin - [TSB\-TS06\-05212](/bulletins/10044320.md), 2012-06-12, Service bulletin - [SC\-60R\-1](/bulletins/10044319.md), 2012-06-12, Service bulletin - [ABE\-ZA\-120418](/bulletins/10044041.md), 2012-05-08, Service bulletin - [TSB\-05\-01140](/bulletins/10032904.md), 2010-06-11, Service bulletin - [TS\-01\-11029](/bulletins/10032751.md), 2010-05-08, Service bulletin ## Check a VIN - [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) - [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V405000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/13V405000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2013V405000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F13V405000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2013V405000)