Ownership Cost for 2004 Suzuki Grand Vitara LX
Estimated: $38613 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1727 | $829 | $725 | $656 | $587 | $4524 |
| Insurance | $1483 | $1535 | $1589 | $1644 | $1702 | $7953 |
| Fuel | $1902 | $1960 | $2028 | $2109 | $2204 | $10203 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1953 | $1011 | $759 | $2291 | $8777 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $471 | $471 | $471 | $471 | $471 | $698 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9324 | $7468 | $6719 | $6629 | $8473 | $38613 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1999 | STEERING:WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | AIRBAG - WHEN IT'S BELOW 40 DEGREES OUTSIDE THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. WINDSHIELD - MAKES A HOWLING NOISE WHEN SPEED EXCEEDS 80 MPH. PASSENGER SEATBELT - WILL NOT RELEASE WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. AIR CONDITION - YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY PRESS THE A/C SWITCH AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY ACTIVATE. AIR CONDITIONER - THE FRESH AIR/RECIRCULATION LEVER DOES NOT STAY ON RECIRCULATE, IT MOVES BY ITSELF BACK TO FRESH AIR. FRONT AXLE - THE 4WD ALWAYS POPS BACK INTO 2WD ALL BY ITSELF. THE AXLE LEAKS CONSTANLY. IT'S BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 10000 MILES. |
| 2004 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK | DT: CONSUMER NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH BRAKES AT ABOUT 6,000 MILES. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THEM UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SAID THAT BRAKES WENT FROM TEN MILLIMETERS TO FOUR MILLIMETERS. ACCUSED CONSUMER OF RIDING BRAKES. CONSUMER SAID SHE DIDN'T RIDE THE BRAKES. SHE GOT VEHICLE WITH 325 MILES ON IT, AND VEHICLE DID NOT SEEM TO ACCELERATE AT THE RATE IT SHOULD. CONSUMER BELIEVED BRAKES WERE SOMEHOW ENGAGED AND HOLD IT BACK. C VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON DEC. 6, 2004. THIS HURT THE WARRANTY. BROOME CADILAC IN MISSOURI STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKE PROBLEM.*AK |
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