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Over the weekend I noticed that our long-term 2009 Suzuki SX4's hatch doesn't fit right.
Specifically, the gap on the right side is bigger...
... than the gap on the left.
This would drive me crazy if I owned this particular SX4, but not as much as the fact that we haven't yet found a Suzuki dealer in Los Angeles that can fix the airbag fault light.
Erin Riches, Senior Editor @ 13,423 miles
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eville_stu says:
04:40 PM, 08/31/09
Maybe they are different but I certainly cannot tell from your pictures...
adavis2493 says:
04:41 PM, 08/31/09
It claims online that Quality Kia does Suzuki Repair.
altimadude00 says:
04:41 PM, 08/31/09
I've seen worse. It's probably more troublesome to align a hatch than it is to align a trunk though. I'd leave it be. I'll disappear in a few weeks.
Have you put a ruler to it to see exactly how much it is off?
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04:52 PM, 08/31/09
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stovt001 says:
06:20 PM, 08/31/09
And the Edmunds.com obsession with gaps continues...
wobbly_ears says:
07:12 PM, 08/31/09
Could it be because of it being rear ended few months ago?
http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/Vehicles/2009-suzuki-sx4/
Looks like the hatch was misaligned & the bodyshop didn't realign it.
sealclubb3r says:
09:26 PM, 08/31/09
OCD much?
Just kidding, that would end up making me crazy too.
gdmstrb says:
10:20 PM, 08/31/09
Ehhh, it's not that bad. We probably wouldn't have noticed it until you pointed it out. If I was interested in this vehicle it definitely wouldn't steer me in different direction.
kurtamaxxxguy says:
11:46 PM, 08/31/09
In the 1980's, I once checked 30 Honda Accord hatchbacks, trying to find one with equal spacing of the hatch edges (one side had a larger gap than the other). Then, only one out of 30 had decent alignment.
Perhaps that is one reason why Honda gave up on Accord hatchbacks?
mentally says:
03:47 AM, 09/ 1/09
The 2008 X5 has a similar problem. There is more gap than the other side AND it looks like it's not shut all the way; it stays a little over the fully shut position while the other side doesn't show this.
It didn't matter much to me but now every one says like it's a big deal, I'm beginning to get bugged about it, gonna take it in to fix it!
dougtheeng says:
06:15 AM, 09/ 1/09
Its hard to tell from these photos, to be honest.
carguy622 says:
06:29 AM, 09/ 1/09
It's not something that you notice right away, but it is there. The trunklid on my '04 Accord was misaligned, but I got used to it.
Mad_Science says:
09:13 AM, 09/ 1/09
Seriously? Wow.
I see cars as objects with a purpose. Tools, if you will.
I'm not sure how .020" difference from side to side affects anything. At least the steering works ;)
mopar424 says:
09:37 AM, 09/ 1/09
Its most noticeable in the first picture. That would drive me bonkers if that was my car. Way out of line.
billt9 says:
10:38 AM, 09/ 1/09
This is so common I don't see this is worth noticing.
I bet if you walk around a Chevrolet lot, 100% of cars, crossovers and trucks are produced like this.
I haven't seen a single Chevy Traverse without this level of minor alignment error.
buickboy92 says:
03:36 PM, 09/ 1/09
I don't think the gaps on the SX4 are that bad.