What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

[KuroNekko]

An up date on the 2nd 2010 cracked block. I dont think any more of these cracked blocks will be covered. This one should have been a slam dunk but was wrongly deemed a head gasket by Suzuki technical case closed. Even with many pictures of coolant leaking from crack and crack being exactly as pictured in 2019 revised service bulletin . This customer (original owner) noticed leak and parked it, never over heated. Some people really get the short end of the stick. She lost her husband just before this happened and car has been laid up nearly 3 mo waiting on Suzuki"s decision.

Sounds like Suzuki is washing their hands clean of their warranty obligations now as it's been about 10 years since their exodus from the US market. I think we Suzuki owners face the reality that we are really on our own now. While some are lucky to have specialists like you near them, for others, a major issue will spell the end of their Suzuki for them. I think for this reason, many rational people are moving on from buying into the brand even if they love Suzuki given parts, service, and warranty are largely bygones now.

[old tech]

I agree. It really is a shame though that currently, Suzuki Automotive has nothing here in the US. Wouldn't it be nice if Toyota were to take the Jimny and rebadge it to fill their gab in the market. Ford cant build the Mavericks fast enough and the Santa Cruz isnt having any trouble selling either. Suzuki wouldnt be able to meet the demand but what a good problem to have.

[old tech]

I had a Kizashi get towed in the other day that had thrown the belt. The complaint was it didn’t run now either . I confirmed that it did throw the belt and vehicle had no compression when cranking it over. I pulled the valve cover too quickly check valve clearance and found some of the intakes had excessive clearance indicating that most likely the valves had bent and cams were out of time. I couldn’t figure out what the belt had to do with it but I told him that somehow something had happened with the timing chain and guides and we now have bent valves so the expense of the repair would’ve been more than putting in a used engine. I gave them a price on 100,000 mile engine in one and only had 26,000 miles on it for only $200 more. He chose the latter. Upon removing the engine I did find what caused the chain to jump and it was the belt got shredded and was sucked in through the crank seal, jumping the timing chain. I didn’t think this was possible but here it is.

This vehicle had 178,000 miles on it and I believe the drive belt to be the original actually. My suggestion is if you haven’t replaced the belt by 125,000 miles , you probably should. Also it would be my advice to check pulleys, bearings and the belt tensioner for good alignment. You can do this following the post I put under technical “cheap fix belt tensioner”


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[SAEED_KIZZY]

wow thanks, old-tech for sharing I saw a similar situation on the timing belt set up but in Kizashi with a timing chain who would have thought

[Woodie]

Wow, this really ups the value of replacing that belt tensioner.

[old tech]

I have a young Kizashi owner that just scored a job with the US postal service and is to deliver mail in rural Pa. This means you supply your own vehicle which , for your sake better be all wheel drive. I had rebuilt his Cvt 3 months and felt good about the transmission but made him aware of this is a lot stop and start . The very thing that is hardest on the transmission. He still has 9mo of warranty left and I’ll still back it but 30.000 miles here is equal to 100,000 used in this manner. This will surely be a test on it . I installed a right side accelerator pedal and brake .


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[KuroNekko]

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting up with KlutzNinja in person to buy Kizashi parts from him given his Kizashi was totaled recently. Turns out we have a lot in common (other than both owning black Sport GTS') and stood around and chatted for a few hours. Given how rare these cars are in our region of Southern California, it was nice to meet up, chat about the car, and get some spare parts.

Also, finally, it appears my HID low beam kit is starting to fail. It failed a few days ago but worked while I was with Klutz last night only to fail again on the drive home. I suspect my 7+ year-old ballast or igniter on the passenger side has started to fail. Given the age of the kit, I'll replace it entirely other than the bulbs because I replaced just those recently. My LEDs for the DRLs and high beams are also wonky again so I'll look into those too. Last time, it was just a bad connection. Both of these kits have been in the car for over 5+ years so I definitely got my money's worth from them. I also need to polish my headlights due to UV hazing so it looks like I have many reasons for the front bumper to come off soon.

I also ordered a RH engine mount for my car because my original one has been leaking oil from cracks in the rubber. I got one from megazip shipped from the UAE, which was significantly cheaper than the Japan warehouse.

Current mileage is approximately 117,000 miles and this summer marks my ten year anniversary of ownership, having put over 100,000 miles on it during that time.

[SAEED_KIZZY]

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting up with KlutzNinja in person to buy Kizashi parts from him given his Kizashi was totaled recently. Turns out we have a lot in common (other than both owning black Sport GTS') and stood around and chatted for a few hours. Given how rare these cars are in our region of Southern California, it was nice to meet up, chat about the car, and get some spare parts.

Also, finally, it appears my HID low beam kit is starting to fail. It failed a few days ago but worked while I was with Klutz last night only to fail again on the drive home. I suspect my 7+ year-old ballast or igniter on the passenger side has started to fail. Given the age of the kit, I'll replace it entirely other than the bulbs because I replaced just those recently. My LEDs for the DRLs and high beams are also wonky again so I'll look into those too. Last time, it was just a bad connection. Both of these kits have been in the car for over 5+ years so I definitely got my money's worth from them. I also need to polish my headlights due to UV hazing so it looks like I have many reasons for the front bumper to come off soon.

I also ordered a RH engine mount for my car because my original one has been leaking oil from cracks in the rubber. I got one from megazip shipped from the UAE, which was significantly cheaper than the Japan warehouse.

Current mileage is approximately 117,000 miles and this summer marks my ten year anniversary of ownership, having put over 100,000 miles on it during that time.

3 years ago I bought LH engine mount from the UAE warehouse for my friend's car and it works great with no problem so far the quality is the same as with the Japanese warehouse but the packaging is not so good IMO.

[KuroNekko]

3 years ago I bought LH engine mount from the UAE warehouse for my friend's car and it works great with no problem so far the quality is the same as with the Japanese warehouse but the packaging is not so good IMO.

I assume that the parts are from the same manufacturing plant and the difference is just where Megazip is sourcing it from (warehouse)? In my searches for various parts, it appears most are in Japan but some also have UAE warehouse availability. At least for the engine mount I bought, the part and the shipping was cheaper for a combined savings of about $75 USD by opting for UAE vs. Japan.

[SAEED_KIZZY]

3 years ago I bought LH engine mount from the UAE warehouse for my friend's car and it works great with no problem so far the quality is the same as with the Japanese warehouse but the packaging is not so good IMO.

I assume that the parts are from the same manufacturing plant and the difference is just where Megazip is sourcing it from (warehouse)? In my searches for various parts, it appears most are in Japan but some also have UAE warehouse availability. At least for the engine mount I bought, the part and the shipping was cheaper for a combined savings of about $75 USD by opting for UAE vs. Japan.

Yes, all part comes from Japan with the SGP label but the production date can be older.
one other thing about the UAE warehouse is that sometimes you place an order and after some days they say parts are not available at the UAE warehouse and you pay extra to ship from Japan.