- Feb 23, 2005
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Here is the reason I ask.
About 7 months ago I bought a used Suzuki Aerio with 75k on it for $8,000. At first I loved the car, it ran great and I thought I got the best deal ever.
WRONG.
Soon after that, it was one problem right after the other. Rough idle, grinding sound when first started and sometimes stalls when first started, from a dead stop if I give it too much gas the engine will bog (real fun when trying to merge onto a busy street), O2 sensor went out (not a big deal, just annoying), CEL is always coming on and now the transmission is randomly down-sifting to 3rd when it's cold out. All that and I haven't even hit 80k yet.
I got the O2 sensor replaced but that didn't solve the idle or grinding problem. Took it into a local dealership and they couldn't reproduce the sound or the rough idle and gave some BS reason for the CEL light. The Stalling, bogging and transmission problems are new and I'm going to have that looked at soon and can't wait to hear what they tell me. I hoping that what ever it is will be covered under the 7yr. 100K mile warranty but from what I hear, you have to twist their arms and prove to them that the part is covered.
And that brings me back the the original question. I'm getting mixed messages about this, some people say they have no problems with their car (some lasting over 200k miles) and when they do Suzuki will fix it no problems. Others the damn thing blows up and they won't even look at it until you can prove that you had been changing the oil every 3k for the life of the car, that can be allot of receipts.
And as stupid as it sounds, I'm thinking of selling/trading my Aerio and getting the new Suzuki SX4. It has every thing I want out of a car and isn't too much for what you get. But no matter how much I like about the car, I'm extremely hesitant to buy a car from a company that I have had issues with and others have.
I'm pretty sure I know the answer I'm going to get but I felt like asking anyway.
That and I have nothing better to do right now.
About 7 months ago I bought a used Suzuki Aerio with 75k on it for $8,000. At first I loved the car, it ran great and I thought I got the best deal ever.
WRONG.
Soon after that, it was one problem right after the other. Rough idle, grinding sound when first started and sometimes stalls when first started, from a dead stop if I give it too much gas the engine will bog (real fun when trying to merge onto a busy street), O2 sensor went out (not a big deal, just annoying), CEL is always coming on and now the transmission is randomly down-sifting to 3rd when it's cold out. All that and I haven't even hit 80k yet.
I got the O2 sensor replaced but that didn't solve the idle or grinding problem. Took it into a local dealership and they couldn't reproduce the sound or the rough idle and gave some BS reason for the CEL light. The Stalling, bogging and transmission problems are new and I'm going to have that looked at soon and can't wait to hear what they tell me. I hoping that what ever it is will be covered under the 7yr. 100K mile warranty but from what I hear, you have to twist their arms and prove to them that the part is covered.
And that brings me back the the original question. I'm getting mixed messages about this, some people say they have no problems with their car (some lasting over 200k miles) and when they do Suzuki will fix it no problems. Others the damn thing blows up and they won't even look at it until you can prove that you had been changing the oil every 3k for the life of the car, that can be allot of receipts.
And as stupid as it sounds, I'm thinking of selling/trading my Aerio and getting the new Suzuki SX4. It has every thing I want out of a car and isn't too much for what you get. But no matter how much I like about the car, I'm extremely hesitant to buy a car from a company that I have had issues with and others have.
I'm pretty sure I know the answer I'm going to get but I felt like asking anyway.
That and I have nothing better to do right now.