Looks nice but terrible build quality. (Suzuki Vitara in general)

Member Name: spencer jarvis

Product:	Suzuki Vitara in general
Date:	24/08/00 (1319 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks great, nice to have soft top in the summer.

Disadvantages: Expensive, poor build quality, spares and servicing expensive.

I bought my L Reg Suzuki Vitara about 5 years ago and although the car is a head-turner I have lots of problems with the car and feel that the overall build quality is very poor.

My model is a 2 Door, Soft-Top with full body kit. I was the second owner, the previous owner only had it for about 6 months so I paid quite a high price. The car cost me £11,999, which, I'll think you'll agree is quite a lot for a second hand car.

Two days after I bought the car the drivers door handle came off (which was repaired free but the garage where I purchased the car) and since then I have had the interior light repaired twice, the interior clock doesnt work any more the electric window on the drivers side hasnt worked for about 6 months and the passengers side window went wrong a couple of weeks ago. The stiching on the soft top has come away...I could go on all day.

I know that a lot of this can be put down to the age of the car but I never had this many problems with my last car which I had for 5 years (an Escort Encore).

Summing up I would say that I could have been unlucky and maybe I picked up a badly treated car, If you want a head turner this is the car for you but maybe you should expect a few problems as well, and also expect to pay a lot for tyres if you have got the wide alloys/body kit. It cost me nearly £500 to have four tyres fitted and balanced.

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