Thanks for the comments and the support on this thread, I followed the advice and bypassed the steering lock, which proved it was the steering lock issue. That at least enabled me to get the dealer to offer something as part exchange whereas last week he wouldn't offer me anything. If I didn't work ...

It’s not just the immediate issue that’s annoying me. Suzuki has abdicated responsibility for this issue. No competent support in the region and no acknowledgement of the problem which seems to be reasonably common. So if I get the repair done, then find out it’s not that, it’s something else relat...

It’s not just the immediate issue that’s annoying me. Suzuki has abdicated responsibility for this issue. No competent support in the region and no acknowledgement of the problem which seems to be reasonably common. So if I get the repair done, then find out it’s not that, it’s something else relate...

Have the same problem, it started after rat damage, so I’m assuming that’s a coincidence. No Suzuki dealer in North America now, so it’s been with the local ‘trusted Suzuki partner’ three times in the past 5 weeks, been without it for 4 of those weeks. Dealer says he can’t find the fault, but judgin...