Problems with 2007 Suzuki SX4 AIR BAGS

My suzuki sx4 is now 4 months and 2500 miles old. the airbag off light will come on intermittently when an adult passenger is seated in the front passenger seat. the dealer could not duplicate the problem by placing a 240lb technician in the parked car. the dealer also acknowledged that this occurs on many suzuki vehicles. a call to suzuki america resulted in no action, simply being told that is the way it is designed. sounds to me like it is designed to kill someone. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 suzuki sx4. the contact stated that the passenger side air bag sensor activated sporadically when a passenger is seated in the seat. he took the vehicle to the dealer and they were unable to duplicate the failure. they stated that the passenger sensor air bag was working as designed. the failure mileage was 100 and current mileage was 7,800.

The front passenger weight sensor for the srs airbag system had been intermittently going on and off with someone in the seat and out of the seat. this began within 100 miles of ownership, and occurred very frequently. the dealer could never replicate this. they stated the system was designed to work that way even when a 300 lb. tech was sitting in the seat and the light came on showing the airbag system off. the sensor is now completely out, and the airbag light is on along with the passenger seat belt indicator both stay lit continually. now that the sensor is completely out i am outside of my 36,000 mile warranty and am now in my extended warranty i purchased at the time i bought the sx4. the extended warranty will not cover a new sensor which has been quoted to me at $2,600.00. they are sneaking through a loop hole that excludes the airbag system after an accident. in which they won't pay if the airbag has been deployed. i am now stuck with a car that has airbags that may or may not deploy at anytime. i was told chances are in an accident they will not deploy. this is a huge safety concern. i hope to never have an accident, but if you have a safety system you want it to work. this is a common problem for the suzuki sx4's. very few sx4's do not have this issue. and given long enough the airbag system will shut down if the sensor is not replaced, and if this happens outside of the manufacturer warranty your stuck driving a ticking time bomb. i simply hope i'm not driving down the road one day and the airbag system suddenly decides it's time to deploy. i love the car i just wish suzuki would figure out what's wrong with their sensor fix it and replace it for all of us owners before someone gets seriously hurt from a lack of safety restraints. *tr

At random times, my passenger air bag light will come on while someone is sitting in the seat. the person will then have to move around in the seat to get the light to turn off. sometimes it takes more than ten minutes. i have brought the complaint to a suzuki dealership, and they claim that the problem is normal. i don't feel that this should be right, as if at the time the air bag light was on, and there were to be a accident, the air bag would not deploy, possibly causing great harm to the passenger i would have in the vehicle. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 suzuki sx4. the contact stated that the air bag light illuminates and indicates that the air bag is off. he took the vehicle to the dealer twice, but the failure remains. he also stated that the brakes extend to the floor when trying to stop the vehicle. the brakes have to be pumped in order to stop. this failure occurs at any speed. the dealer replaced the master cylinder. the vin was unknown. the current mileage was 11,000 and failure mileage was 15.

1) normal driving with seated adult passenger 2) pass air bag off light came on. numerous times between october 7 2006 and continuing until yesterday ( january 14, 2007). 2a) contrast to poor to see above mentioned light in sunlight. 3) nothing after three trips to the repair shop and several other requests for the dealer and american suzuki to repair the problem. *jb