Was kinda surprised when I got a letter from Suzuki of America today. Basically says there may be issues with the front crossmember the front A arms tie into...
What year of Suzi do you have ?? ... From: AJM To: suzukigrandvitara@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:21 PM Subject: [suzukigrandvitara] Anybody...
In a message dated 3/6/2009 5:22:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ajm_blazer@... writes: Was kinda surprised when I got a letter from Suzuki of America...
You can pretty much do the "inspection" yourself. Attached is a PDF of the inspection procedure instructions that the dealer is supposed to follow. It involves...
'02 XL7. Just putting this out there so others know of it. As far as the inspection goes Bob pretty well covered it. I'm not to worried about mine. I noticed...
What a deal! I brought mine down to the Dominican Republic so I doubt I'll take it back to the dealer. Since road salt hasn't been a problem and I don't...
PARDON MY IGNORANCE... WHERE is this rust supposed to be accumulating?? What year did Bob say his Suzuki is??? WHAT kind of paint did you use, AJ?? ... ...
Well, I just examined my 2000 GV (182,000 miles) and the front cross-member is in 'very good' condition. I took a punch and hammer and looked diligently for...
Spraying oil type rustproofing on inside would be a good precautionary measure. Bob ... Do you think that what you pay in property taxes should be based on how...
I took my 2001 GV to the local dealership for the recall. The cross member passed inspection but the service manager kindly informed me that I have a oil leak...
Leaky valve cover... To fix this may require all of five minutes of your time, including opening the hood and a beer, and one wrench. Just see if any of the...
Yeah, I was wondering that, too. It's likely either on the top side, where you can't see it, or out toward the end where the A-arms connect. You could likely...
Thanks for the input Kelly. Actually this is my only vehicle; I use it to get to/from work every week day. I just happen to live close by to my job. (I could...
I have the belief if the oil is changed every 3,000 miles there will be no timing chain problems. Â Mike ________________________________ From: Todd G...
That's an awfully broad brush to paint with, Mike. The tensioner problem isn't necessarily oil-related. In fact, I changed the oil on my GV every 15K miles,...
Not trying to argue, in my opinion the tensioner is definitely oil related. Sorry to butt in your discussion.  Mike ________________________________ From:...
I also believe it is oil-related, but more specifically oil FILTER related. There is an anti-drainback valve in most filters but the QUALITY and effectiveness...
My $0.02 worth.I understood that the tensioner usually started to go bad at about 80K. My '02 is always noisy until oil pressure builds enough to fill and...
I can see oil having an effect on the noisiness of the chain tensioner. In fact, about 1,000 miles after I had an oil change done at a local tire/battery chain...
Actually, Mike, my apologies. I did not phrase my statement as intended. I should have typed out, oil isn't likely the *sole* cause of tensioner failure....
not gonna paste all the other posts, but I wanted to mention that there has been much discussion on another Zook forum about keeping the oil level right up...
when i had my tensioner replaced at 89K miles i had to do some research to find out why it was failing. apparently it has to do with both the design and the...
THANKS, KELLY !! Yeah... I got it in Phoenix, but I was living in NE Nevada at the time.... about 60 miles west of the Bonneville Salt Flats.. which I never...
I know this is an old thread, but I haven't been keeping up with the GV group lately. To answer your question: I knew my O2 sensors were bad, because the...
Sorry again, old thread....but I thought I would mention that after replacing all four O2 sensors, and my K&N air filter (was crumbling with old age, so they...
I guess it's my turn to butt in. I think it's just bull$*#& luck when it comes to the tensioners. I have a 99GV(famous for the tensioner problem) with...
I think...and I've not used it, just noticed it was there, on my '99 it was below the steering column and under the dash just a bit. It's been a while,...
Yep. That is where it is in a 2000 GV also. I had the clerk at Advance check out why that light (check engine or equivalent) came on and that is where he...
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