# NHTSA recall 18V331000

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: 18V331000
- Manufacturer's number: 4005 to 4008
- Manufacturer: Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-05\-17
- Owners notified: 2018\-06\-11
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)
- Units potentially affected: 5786

## What is wrong

Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. \(Suzuki\) is recalling certain 2013 Suzuki Kizashi and SX4 vehicles equipped with a Continuously Variable Transmission \(CVT\).  The Transmission Control Module \(TCM\) may fail causing a reduction in speed or reduced vehicle acceleration.


## What can happen

A reduction in vehicle speed or reduced acceleration can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Suzuki will notify owners, and dealers will replace the TCM, free of charge.  The recall began on June 11, 2018.  Owners may contact Suzuki customer service at 1\-800\-934\-0934.  Suzuki's number for this recall is 4005 to 4008.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 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 2019 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-10\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5786
- Reported remedied: 2904 \(50%\)
- Reported unreachable: 416
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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

- [2013 SUZUKI KIZASHI](/makes/suzuki/kizashi/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-19 to 2012\-10\-31.
- [2013 SUZUKI SX4](/makes/suzuki/sx4/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-19 to 2013\-04\-05.

## 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)

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