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1006 messages, Last post on Oct 11, 2009 at 9:29 PM
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...Could not re-edit some faults, here I go again: Hi xostnot, on another forum you were asking for extented warranty, which I took. When I did buy my GV January 2006 I asked my dealer about it, at that time as an incentive they let me go with 7 years 115 000km, bumper to bumper for 800.00 $. When I think about when I got my Cheroke in 96, it did cost me 2000.00$ for an added 3 years and 60 000km of extended warranty bumper to bumper (expensive but didn't want to take any chance with the reputation of a Jeep product, I did regret since the only thing they changed was the fan blower, sic). But for the Suzuki at 800.00$ it was a no brainer.
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Replying to: bm000092 (Dec 11, 2008 8:45 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 11, 2008 9:22 am) Regards
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Replying to: bm000092 (Dec 11, 2008 4:48 pm)  No biggie.
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The Suzuki dealership in my town is out of business and the nearest dealer is about 200 miles away? Will I be able to get my GV serviced; especially if it is still under warranty? Will other auto dealerships (eg. toyota) honor Suzuki warranty service? What to do? Any advice??? Cannot get any answers within 100+ miles. All dealers will say is that you might want to get rid of the GV and get something else like Honda or Toyota. The new GV is selling for about 16K...I paid 27K for my GV in 2006 
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Replying to: udrivemycar (Dec 14, 2008 10:59 am) |
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Replying to: udrivemycar (Dec 14, 2008 10:59 am) Beyond that, when "they", (or you), identify a WARRANTY SERVICE issue, in the past I've driven the same distance, (over 200 miles as you'd have to), to have a problem addressed, at a time when I had no confidence in the dealership here, and had a SIGNIFICANT warranty issue. Do you have a warranty issue now? If so you could also phone Suzuki's national customer service office to explain your situation, and seek further clarification as to what to do, directly from them. Longer term agreed, this could be problematic as occasionally "issues" will arise where even a dealership cannot "pass" directly on certain warranty issues, thus requiring the "benediction" of the Suzuki District Service Manager, who only visits dealerships maybe once or twice per month, or? Hopefully at this point in your term of ownership, your GV has "settled in" and does not [still?] have many warranty issues? Hope so. Best of Luck!
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Suzuki is a much larger car manufacturer than is apparent in North America. They are not going under and I doubt they will pull out of North America. They seem to have a knack for supporting multiple markets where they don't sell in large numbers. On the other hand, they are the largest selling brand in India, I believe. They just opened a factory for making Grand Vitaras in St. Petersberg, Russia. You can have any garage perform items on the maintenance schedule, or any other maintenance. You can even do so yourself, if you document it. For instance, to document oil changes done by yourself, you'd save the receipts for the oil and keep the warranty booklet updated. For warranty claims, I think you'd have to go to a Suzuki dealer. BUT, there are people who own cars in places far from dealerships, with no chance of getting there. For instance, on another forum, there's a Grand Vitara owner in Pond Inlet. No way will his GV go to a dealership. That would be true of all the other makes in his town. I assume safety recalls would have to be handled somehow. So I assume there's a procedure for matters covered under warranty in places there's no reasonable way to get to a dealer. |
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I took my 2008 grand vitra to a dealer today after smelling burt wiring. Has anybody had that problem as of yet
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Replying to: shiloh4 (Dec 20, 2008 7:59 pm) |
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