2006 Suzuki Aerio Problems and Recalls (26 Complaints)

The most-reported problem on the 2006 Suzuki Aerio is Brakes (19% of 26 owner reports). There are 1 safety recalls. Check the VIN and inspect Brakes — this is the NHTSA file, not a score.

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation Snapshot 2026-09-07 26 complaints · 1 recalls

What problems show up on the 2006 Suzuki Aerio?

5 of 26 filings named Brakes (19% of the file). That is what owners wrote, not a shop diagnosis of the vehicle in the driveway.

Second is Airbags (4 reports).

There are 1 official safety recalls on this year. They were filed about Transmission / driveline. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov — a campaign on this page can still be open on a specific truck.

The 2005 has 20 reports on file; this year has 26. Older years collect more reports just by being on the road longer. If you need a fairer comparison, use the equal-time view.

What to check before you buy a 2006 Suzuki Aerio

A useful visit to this page takes five minutes. YearTell does not score years and cannot see the vehicle in front of you.

  1. Look up the VIN for open recalls at nhtsa.gov. This year has 1 campaigns on file below.
  2. Brakes. Have a shop check pads, rotors, fluid and whether the pedal feels firm.
  3. Airbags. Confirm the airbag light behaves normally and that open airbag recalls are closed.
  4. Engine. Have a shop check for oil consumption, coolant leaks, rough idle and unusual engine noise.
  5. Skim a few owner reports below for Brakes. Look for the same symptom repeating.
  6. Take that list to a mechanic. Do not turn the complaint total into a score.

What owners reported

System named most often: Brakes 5 complaints · 19.2% of the file
Crashes, fires, injuries and deaths in those filings:
  • Crashes 0
  • Fires 0
  • Injuries 2
  • Deaths 0
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NHTSA Consumer Complaints Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record Read our complete data methodology →

Complaint counts reflect self-selected reports and are not normalised for production sales volume. We publish no reliability scores, superlatives, or vehicle rankings.

Which systems owners named

Share of owner complaints filed against each vehicle system. These shares are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold.

Which systems owners named Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES) appears in 5 of 26 owner complaints (19.2%) in this vehicle snapshot. Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES): 5 complaints, 19.2% of reports Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES) 5 · 19.2% Airbags (AIR BAGS): 4 complaints, 15.4% of reports Airbags (AIR BAGS) 4 · 15.4% Engine (ENGINE): 3 complaints, 11.5% of reports Engine (ENGINE) 3 · 11.5% Body / frame (STRUCTURE): 2 complaints, 7.7% of reports Body / frame (STRUCTURE) 2 · 7.7% Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL): 2 complaints, 7.7% of reports Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) 2 · 7.7% Fuel system (FUEL SYSTEM): 1 complaints, 3.9% of reports Fuel system (FUEL SYSTEM) 1 · 3.9% Parking brake (PARKING BRAKE): 1 complaints, 3.9% of reports Parking brake (PARKING BRAKE) 1 · 3.9% Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN): 1 complaints, 3.9% of reports Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN) 1 · 3.9% Seat belts (SEAT BELTS): 1 complaints, 3.9% of reports Seat belts (SEAT BELTS) 1 · 3.9% Unclassified NHTSA leftover: 15 complaints, 57.7% of reports Unclassified NHTSA leftover 15 · 57.7% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

“Unclassified NHTSA leftover” is not a car part. It is a filing bucket and always sits last.

View component data as a table
System / Component Complaints Share of Reports Safety Reports (Crashes / Fires)
Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES) 5 19.2% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Airbags (AIR BAGS) 4 15.4% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Engine (ENGINE) 3 11.5% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Body / frame (STRUCTURE) 2 7.7% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) 2 7.7% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Fuel system (FUEL SYSTEM) 1 3.9% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Parking brake (PARKING BRAKE) 1 3.9% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN) 1 3.9% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Seat belts (SEAT BELTS) 1 3.9% 0 crashes · 0 fires
Unclassified NHTSA leftover 15 57.7% 0 crashes · 0 fires
NHTSA Consumer Complaints, NHTSA Safety Recalls, and NHTSA Defect Investigations Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record

Complaint counts reflect self-selected reports and are not normalised for production sales volume. We publish no reliability scores, superlatives, or vehicle rankings.

When reports and recalls showed up

When owners filed reports, and when recall campaigns showed up.

When reports and recalls showed up Owner reports in this snapshot begin in Apr 2006; the first recall shown was reported in Jul 2007. 2006-Q2: 2 owner reports 2 2006-Q3: 3 owner reports 3 2007-Q2: 3 owner reports 3 2007-Q3: 4 owner reports 4 2007-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2008-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 2008-Q2: 2 owner reports 2 2009-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2010-Q1: 1 owner reports 1 2010-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2011-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2012-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 2013-Q2: 1 owner reports 1 2014-Q2: 2 owner reports 2 2014-Q3: 1 owner reports 1 2014-Q4: 1 owner reports 1 Owner reports Apr 2006 Oct 2014 Recall campaign 07V307000 ◆ Recall campaign 07V307000
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Date Record type Count Record identifier
2006-Q2 Owner reports 2
2006-Q3 Owner reports 3
2007-Q2 Owner reports 3
2007-Q3 Owner reports 4
2007-Q4 Owner reports 1
2008-Q1 Owner reports 1
2008-Q2 Owner reports 2
2009-Q4 Owner reports 1
2010-Q1 Owner reports 1
2010-Q4 Owner reports 1
2011-Q4 Owner reports 1
2012-Q4 Owner reports 1
2013-Q2 Owner reports 1
2014-Q2 Owner reports 2
2014-Q3 Owner reports 1
2014-Q4 Owner reports 1
Recall campaign 1 07V307000
NHTSA Safety Recalls Snapshot 2026-09-06 Open source record

Safety Recalls (1)

Official campaigns. Each one says what could go wrong and what the dealer was told to fix.

In short, these campaigns were filed about Transmission / driveline.

  1. Recall campaign 07V307000

    Transmission / driveline

    Report date
    Component:
    Transmission / driveline (POWER TRAIN)
    Consequence:
    REPEATED SHIFTING IN THIS MANNER CAN EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE RETAINING CLIP TO BREAK. IF THE RETAINING CLIP BREAKS, THE SHIFT CABLE CAN BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE SHIFT LEVER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION GEARS.
    Remedy:
    DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE RETAINING CLIP WITH A CLIP THAT HAS A DIFFERENT SHAPE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 13, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AMERICAN SUZUKI AT 1-800-934-0934.
    View authoritative NHTSA record →
NHTSA Consumer Complaints Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record

Complaint counts reflect self-selected reports and are not normalised for production sales volume. We publish no reliability scores, superlatives, or vehicle rankings.

What owners actually wrote

Short excerpts from the public NHTSA file. Look for the same symptom repeating.

Data: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · snapshot 2026-09-07
Safety incident filters
Showing 10 of 26 complaints · page 1 of 2
2014-10-28Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10651217
CrashFireInjuryDeath
GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT CHANGE ALL THE TIME. HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT FOR POSSIBLE CHANGE. UNTIL IT STOPS ALL TOGETHER
2014-07-24Airbags (AIR BAGS)
NHTSA ODI 10615902
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI AERIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BECAME ABNORMALLY TIGHT AND CAUSED WELTS TO THE PASSENGER'S NECK. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY AND A MESSAGE THAT INDICATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS DEACTIVATED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESET THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SEAT BELTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.
2014-06-23Airbags (AIR BAGS)
NHTSA ODI 10605177
CrashFireInjuryDeath
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2006. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR, NO WARRANTY TO COVER DEFECTS. THOUGHT THAT THIS PROBLEM WERE ISOLATED, BUT IS VERY WIDE SPREAD. *TR
2014-04-21Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL)
NHTSA ODI 10583910
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI AERIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE RPMS AND THE SPEED TO INCREASE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DEFECT RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,403.
2013-06-22Seat belts (SEAT BELTS)
NHTSA ODI 10521225
CrashFireInjuryDeath
THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE 'PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF' LIGHT WILL NOT TURN ON. I SEE THERE ARE SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN OTHER MODELS FROM SUZUKI. *TR
2012-11-27Cruise / speed control (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL)
NHTSA ODI 10486219
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI AERIO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE INCREASED ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL REMAINED IN A STUCK POSITION. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENTRAPPED BY THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT. THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED DUE TO THE OPENED THROTTLE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/09/13*LJ
2011-11-18Airbags (AIR BAGS)
NHTSA ODI 10436298
CrashFireInjuryDeath
AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASHBOARD STAYS ON;WHEN REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP,I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS INDICATES"AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT";DEALERSHIP(SUZUKI COURTESY IN PITTSBURGH PA)REJECTS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFECT AND WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE FREE OF CHARGE); NEVER HAD ANY ACCIDENTS WITH CAR,BUT IF "AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY"STATEMENT IS CORRECT,I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF ANYONE DRIVING THIS CAR IN MY HOUSEHOLD. I HAVE FOUND MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET DATABASE AND FEEL THAT NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM; CURRENT MILEAGE;37000;CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2006. THANK YOU! *TR
2010-12-21Engine (ENGINE)
NHTSA ODI 10371936
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI AERIO. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE; AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHICH THE CONTACT NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINE AREA BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 30,000.
2010-02-03STEERING
NHTSA ODI 10304236
CrashFireInjuryDeath
SUZUKI AERIO 2006. STEERING WHEEL HAS BECOME LOOSE AND CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DEALER WHAT ME TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD THAT SOME VITARA'S HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
2009-12-01Brakes (SERVICE BRAKES)Unclassified NHTSA leftover
NHTSA ODI 10294130
CrashFireInjuryDeath
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI AERIO. HE FRONT BRAKES HAVE BEEN CHANGED EVERY 2,000 MILES SINCE PURCHASE. THE BRAKES WEAR DOWN TO THE METAL. THIS CONDITION CAUSES THE CALIPERS TO FAIL. HE SPECULATED THAT THE CALIPERS WERE DESIGNED TOO LARGE FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER HAS NOT STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY CAN NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,867. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common problems on the 2006 Suzuki Aerio?

Owners named Brakes most often — 5 of 26 reports (19%). That is the NHTSA file, not a diagnosis of every vehicle.

Are there recalls for the 2006 Suzuki Aerio?

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall campaigns. They were filed about Transmission / driveline. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov; a campaign on this page can still be open on a specific vehicle.

What should I inspect before buying a 2006 Suzuki Aerio?

Look up the VIN for open recalls. Have a shop check pads, rotors, fluid and whether the pedal feels firm. Then skim owner filings for the same symptom and take that list to a mechanic.

Does a high complaint count mean I should skip this year?

No. Counts are reports people chose to file and they are not adjusted for sales volume. YearTell does not publish scores or a list of years to skip. Inspect the vehicle.

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Adjacent Model Years

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NHTSA Consumer Complaints Snapshot 2026-09-07 Open source record

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