Engine Belts And Pulleys Problems of Suzuki Vitara

I was driving to work on 3/18/08 and as I left the gas station I heard this pop and all of a sudden the car cut off. Later after having it towed to a mechanic, I was told that the timing chain belt popped. I was also notified that this was a regular occurrence with the vehicle and Suzuki knew of this, but had no recall to fix or change it. I had no idea of this and was told when buying that having a chain rather than a belt was much better for your car. Not unless it pops and repairs of $2000 are needed. I am appalled that Suzuki would know of such a problem and in no way of fixing it. I am hoping that Suzuki covers the cost of this repair and realizes that this is unacceptable. The dealership told me that most of the charge is labor, because it will be 11-13 hours to get to the chain. I am hoping to have a representative look at this and realizes that if someone invest in your product that means that we don't expect it to never breakdown, but if it does and it something you knew was defective then you should help to repair it. Thank you.

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The cigarette lighter pop's out when it done to were I can't find it, it has burnt several items in my tray,and floor. Also the gas pedal stick's when you push down on it to give a verbal acceleration to get around someone etc. The air in the tire's are always going down. The oil says it low everytime I look at it once every two weeks. The belt on the ac keep losing and now it needs replaced because it now has freezed up on me. The radio at 12:00 am and pm reads 00. Then the minutes only displaced. There's a rattle under the car, don't know what that is? when I put the 4x4 on it has a hard time going back into the regular gear. So really just needed to see if there were recalls on theses problem's?.

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2001 Suzuki gr. Vitara 25,000 miles on engine. Ticking noise from engine,loss of power. Suzuki stated timing tensioner is the cause. Repaired under extended warranty 3 times, within 6 months. Extra costs placed on comsumer. Suzuki recommended replacement of timing chains,and would not cover the cost. The engine from what I understand could have seized. First repair on 12-21-04, second on 03-15-05, last repair on 06-06-05. At pickup on date of last repair, belts from front of engine were shredding of the pulleys! on that day I traded-in the car, as I was tired of fighting with Suzuki and my former dealership for rerpairs.

Owned vehicle for 3 years had oil changes every 3 months no problem til on the March 14th, 2005 I was driving through a neighbor going around 10 mph and all of the sudden the engine makes a horrible noise and stops. All the dashboard lights came on. Did not start the vehicle up. Had it towed to a mechanic. Mechanic had trouble getting it started and once he got it started he told me that he did not know what went wrong but he advised that my engine had gone bad. I then had vehicle towed to my nephew's whom I can trust. And they found out the the timing chain apparently jumped stopped and caused major damage to my engine which the engine had to be replaced.

From day one, the belt on the car made a chirping noise. The car had gone back to the dealer on 4 different occassions-and as of right now, the belt has been changed three different times, but the noise continues. When it rains, it gets a very loud squeaky noise. Additionally, the check engine light came on right after purchase. I took the car back to the delaer at least twice, and I was told it was the sensor, because the engine was fine. However, the check engine light continued to come on occassionally off and on. I had consistent oil changes and scheduled maintenance done, but last week, engine check light starting flashing. Come to find out, the #3 cylinder going into the engine was gone. I was told this had to be and on-going problem-it did not happen over night. Evidently, there was a problem exactly all the times the light came on. As a result, I had to pay over $2000 to get the car fixed.

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Vehicle burns 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles. 2nd row safety belts are frayed on passenger & driver side from rubbing against interior plastic of vehicle.