A tensioner pulley is the culprit in a round of recalls of Suzuki Grand Vitara for 2009-2011 and 2010-2011 SX4s. This role supports the drive belt, alternator, water pump, air conditioning and power steering pump is running.
If the belt loosen while driving, the vehicle is difficult to control quickly and the engine would stall. Motorcycles is out of the pulley that free exchange for the correct function for owners of affected vehicles. The recall began on 16 February 2011 and will affect 32 291 Suzuki vehicles.
Click to read past the jump to the full NHTSA bulletin.
The 1970s-era sofa from American Suzuki contract retains its original synthetic fashion in a tan and brown plaid motif ready to trim. The sofa is completely covered with small cracks and frayed seams to be Suzuki overall design intent requirements. The sofa also offers a variety of loose coins, cookie crumbs, and Pocket Lint rests just below the seat cushion. The steering wheel is positioned conveniently in the middle of the sofa, so that entry and exit for passengers looking slightly to accompany the driver on casual travel. The accelerator is clear that it has its own bare foot shape finished in chrome-plated metal with black accents.
The three-person secretary is powered by a single-cylinder Subaru (doh!) "Robin" SP170 engine. With a displacement of only 169 cc, air-cooled four-stroke gas engine overhead cam to a whopping 5.7 hp at 4000 U / min. No word on top speed, but the self-propelled furniture supposedly gets about 40 mpg. Braking is via a hydraulically operated single-achieved on the rear axle and steering rack and pinion. The tires are in accordance with gnarled, size 14.5x7 front, 16x8 rear and hidden beneath tattered fabric skirting. We asked for a test drive of course.
With the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in a matter of weeks, a whole mess of new debuts and concept cars are in. The new models comes courtesy of Suzuki and its European activities.
Swift called the S-CONCEPT of the show car looks like it could be a pretty mean interpretation of the latest Swift hatchback in a higher performance figure with a healthy dose of rally-inspired action be. The Japanese automaker has released very little in the way of details, essentially announces the debut of the preview rendering you see above supported.
We have to wait as the Expo approaches for more, but now you can from the press release after the jump, and click on the image above to view in high resolution.
A Civic for everyone. This was Soichiro Honda's motto when rolling out of the original Civic, and it is one to which wants to keep his company with the launch of the next generation model. If the all-new 2012 Civic will be launched in April, Honda will roll out a range of body configurations and propulsion systems within weeks of each other, rather than months to get between the debut from one model to another.
Among these variations, we can expect both a sedan and a coupe, with multiple conventional petrol engines on offer - including natural gas and hybrid versions - as well as the sporty Civic Si.
The new Civic, recently at the Detroit Auto Show preview, was scheduled to debut in 2009. But if the world economy started going south, Honda sent the design back to the drawing board for an almost complete overhaul before it ever saw the light of day. The result is expected to be much larger than the current model, even if the exterior design is not changed all that much.
