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.
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If a car manufacturer is forced to issue a recall, the defective part or feature of the rule, the fault of the car manufacturer or the OEM supplier to a contract. In the case of the Toyota Tacoma - part of a 110,000-unit recall in 2009 - was the problem appears to the supplier are followed. And now the supplier is forced to pay for their mistakes.
The company in question reportedly is Dana, the Ohio-based OEM supplier provides (among other components) axles and drive shafts for cars, commercial vehicles and construction equipment. In this case, it provided the framework for the Tacoma pickup truck, found rust when exposed to road salt.
Although in 2010, Dana sold the plant that produced the framework for Mexican conglomerate Grupo Porza Metalsa's subsidiary, as the component in question was built before the sale (1995 to 2000), Dana has allegedly been forced to shell out $ 25,000,000 to Toyota about the problem.
