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Suzuki Aerio Wagon
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Discussions abou the Membership Agreement can be discussed in email - but discussing them here in the boards disrupts the conversation.
Now that I've disrupted it, let's get back to discussing the Aerio.
Many thanks...
I would like to hear other people's experiences with these Aerios; I hope details are not left out of posts because some fact may seem too insignificant to report.
I'm also hoping that i'll gain valueable insight of my car through swapping stories and experiences.
How are the Geolanders in the snow? I live in Ohio, and the snow is coming soon.
Is your SX AWD? If so, have you experienced a loud humming noise from the AWD system? A tech at Suzuki test drove with me and told me it was normal...hmm. I don't know. I've asked about the clicking noise (which you mentioned) and he was quick to blame the common clicking noises on the front bearings. I have a guess that the tsb from the manufacturer was designed to be a cheap smoke screen or just an improper diagnosis. It seems you are not the only one to receive new clips for the brakes only to have the problem reappear. I'm guessing the defective bearings are being replaced with other defective bearings of the same design (just to use up their materials), which causes the noise to disappear for a short time only to return again later. This is just like the rear springs that commonly fail on recent Ford Escorts: the springs are replaced, but only to fail again later due to using the same springs. Just guessing here, but i think the door handle mechanism failure is due to rediculously cheap, small plastic parts that hold the actuation lever/bar to the door lever mechanism. Total failure of a door handle is reliably blamed on this common plastic piece. I used to see these all the time when i worked at Lan@ Rove&. A tech gets paid more for replacing whole components rather than tiny, cheap pieces( or saying he did), and the dealership makes more on warranty that way. Believe me, i've seen it a million times.
Those cheap plastic parts i referred to, that are part of many car's door handles, look and act just like the platic clip that holds your hood prop to the fender. BEWARE, i went to lower my hood only to find that the plastic clip came loose and the hood prop fell loose. This caused a little dent in the hood of my car when it was shut.
The "just released" Japanese version....will it show up here as a 2005? I believe the SX version stays the same outside (but has the new, analogue interior). So, the standard hatch's outward appearance is much improved, although the sedan still looks weird to me. Along with the classier analogue gauges, it looks like there is finally some "oddment" storage in the centre console/dash.
Here's a link to the start of the article...you can hit the righthand Japanese characters near the bottom of each page (under the pictures) to cycle through the article.
http://car.nifty.com/as/column/car_1/article_0311257472_1.htm
Seems like the 877-MY-SUZUKI operators are always busy, too.
I'm in the market for a car once again (former 97 contour sport Zetech 5 spd which I loved). I stumbled into a Suzuki dealer because it was close to work and I was curious about them. Imagine my surprise when I looked closely at the cars and discovered this relatively unknown manufacturer produces one of the best asembled cars I have seen. Paint quality was flawless, Tolerances were very tight on the body and the interior fit and finish was simply phenomenal! I was truly impressed. After sitting in an 04 Aerio sx 5 speed and a Verona EX, I had to drive them. That was also a very pleasant experience. Now to the questions
1. Does the o4 Aerio 5 spd. have a Temp guage of some sort or is it just an idiot light?
2. I really loved both cars. The fun spunky personality of the Aerio was great and the luxury and quiet of the Verona was also.It is my personal transportation to and from work (27 mi, freeway and 2 lane country road each way) Both cars were great. Can you give me any pointers or experiences / advice to help persuade me one way or the other, because I'm really torn!!
It only has an idiot light for a temp gauge; I don't know about the 04's though.
I traded in my 98 grand prix for the sx. Comparatively, I appreciate the sx's agility, cornering, turn radius, and slight pepiness to maneuver arround town easily. also, i believe it has a very "edgy,fresh" look compared to the other compacts.
I'm also looking forward to having a little fun with the awd system in the snow.
Thanks for the info, keep it coming.
I love your chicken! I'm glad you wrote in. My sx is fun to toy with in the snow because it does so well with the awd system. One complaint though; I hear a loud humming noise from the rear differential system at 35mph. A suzuki tech told me this was normal. I think it's too loud to be "normal." What have your experiences been with any rear drive train noises--any at all?
Maybe now that I'm listening for the humming noise, I'll be able to hear it. I'll let you know.
By the way, we have about 30 inches of snow on the ground right now and it's still coming down. After I spend all day clearing the driveway, I'll have a good test of the AWD system.
text is Japanese but you can look at the pix. I guess this is what our 2005 will look like.
http://www.go-synthetic.com/amsoil_testing/amsoil_testing.html
http://152.122.48.12/prepos/files/Artemis/Public/TSBs/2003/SB-100- - 01716-9260.pdf
If you open up your e-mail on your profile I can send you more info.
At this time I have been trying to get a hold of the district service rep, but no luck understand they are busy with vitara recall.
I want someone to tell me the axle breaking at the wheel was not caused by the bearings failing twice on the car.
when the bearings went up the first time there was so much heat 1 of the wheels caught on fire. Had to replace both rotors because they were warped by the heat.
If I don't get a call soon am calling nhtsa and lodging a compalint.
Yes the 2nd bearing failure was also covered under warranty and since that was at 30,000 miles they extended that part an additional 12 months 12,000 miles.
Still have not heard from district service rep concerning problem. Sent a complaint to NHTSA here in US. Also am calling Japan this evening and see if I have better luck with them.
If I drove the car I probably wouldn't have made such a fuss, but its the wifes car and we just had a baby in November.