Top 10 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara Questions & Answers

I have the same problem, my 2006 has less than 50,000  miles and light is on....does it really matter, or is the light just somethings that comes on 

Did you resolved the problem?

I also have a Grand Vitara, and just replaced the battery and once I turn the vehicle on, it will shut off.

What it is going on?

Thanks

unhook pos. & neg. on battery wait 10 min. hook back up

My wife left the ignition on with the lights on and drained the battery completely. I'm having the exact same problem. Any ideas how to fix it?

in front of the fuel tank. above the rear axle towards the passenger side.

• Restriction in the EGR passages, usually caused by carbon buildup
• The EGR Valve is defective
• Lack of proper vacuum or electrical signal to the EGR valve
• Malfunctioning EGR Vacuum supply solenoid
• Lack of proper EGR system feedback to the computer from the:
  
  • Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor (MAP)
  • Differential EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor (DPFE)
  • EGR Valve Position Sensor (EVP)
  • EGR Temperature Sensor

here is what I would do. first i would search for "suzuki" and "instrument cluster" or "dash" over on www.youtube.com and see if someone has posted a video showing how to take the cluster out.
failing that i would buy a cheap CD repair manual on eBay to see how to get the cluster out. i would imagine they all come apart about the same way so it does not have to be an 06.

first make sure all fuses are good, then i would pull out the cluster see if there is any obvious visual fault. i would pull and test all the bulbs and if bad replace them. if the bulbs are good then look on eBay or craigslist for someone selling a vitara part by part. again most likely more than one year will match your car. There is also a GM tracker series which is the same vehicle so those parts will also fit your car.

with so many different things not working, you must assume a common element has failed, such as a ground or one of the 12 volt supply wires.

I had an 01, and my speedometer always indicated about 5mph too fast. two dealers told me to live with it as a new cluster was ridiculously expensive. i doubt they got any cheaper in 9 years.

Not a car expert but have some common sense advice---is it possible the vehicle was re-keyed before you got it? Someone may have lost the original keys and resorted to just using the other feature---a year is a long time not to know about this---I should not talk as recently got a vehicle where owner said rear window would not open for last two years=that vehicle has child safety locks on rear doors that also disable windows--needless to say nothing wrong.

I would talk to Suzuki if the key box is a factory installed item to see if it has a way of locking the physical keys out.

Worth asking---if after market item it may have been installed in a way that causes this issue.

THe cpu has read some parameters that are coming from all the sensors that it continually reads and found faults > have the codes read to find which sensor is failing

I tried all of the above nothing worked ... Every time i get into the car the same message flashes on the radio ... SYSTEM CHECK... i turn on the radio and it works fine except i have to set the clock every time and the sound setting ... Its really annoying