Safety Score
97
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
19
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1988 Suzuki Samurai.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-10-02 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | TREAD SEPERATED (TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/75R15 ) |
| 1997-08-04 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT THE BELT, AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER IN CASE OF A VEHICLE C… |
| 1997-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT RETAINING BOLT SNAPPED OFF TWICE. *AK |
| 1996-10-23 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL #95V103 SEAT BELT BUCKLE: RECEIVED NOTICE IN OCT. OF 96 CALLED TO TAKE VEHICLE IN AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE TOO BUS… |
| 1996-03-26 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED, REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT COME OUT OF HOUSING, *AK |
| 1995-11-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT RELEASE. *DSH |
| 1995-10-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | FRONT SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE. *DSH |
| 1995-09-16 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER IN ACCIDENT DUE TO POOR STABILITY. |
| 1995-04-19 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | TRAVELING ON RAMP HIT CURB LOST CONTROL VEHICLE ROLLED OVER IN THE AIR. TT |
| 1995-04-09 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 1 | WHEN REAR ENDED THE SEAT BACKS BROKE AND CAUSED FURTHER INJURIES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| 1994-12-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | FRONT COMBINATION SHOULDER/LAP BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AS INTENDED; DIFFICULTY PULLING BELT OUT; SOMETIMES WILL NOT RETRAC… |
| 1994-11-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | FRONT SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTION, TAKATA SEAT BELTS. TT |
| 1993-03-13 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | DURING IMPACT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1991-03-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 2 | TRUCK FLIPPED OVER GOING 35 MPH AND IT ALSO HAS SPUN AROUND. TT |
| 1989-08-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE POOR DESIGN OF THE DOOR HANDLES RESULTED IN THREE BROKEN HANDLES (TWO INSIDE AND ONE OUTSIDE). |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CAR WAS OVERHEATING SO HE PULLED OVER CHECKED THE CAR AND OIL WAS COMING OUT. LATER HE FOUND OUT A BOLT H… |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKE . TT |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE AND WAS REPLACED. TT |