2003 Suzuki Aerio consumer reviews

Brand new tires on all 4, less then 2months later the rear tires were bald, 1 with the steel coming through..... Periodically dies , quite often with violent jerkiness,for lack of a better word

Have had the car for awhile now and haven’t ran into any issues and it’s smooth , clean and great on gas. Service engine soon light came while on a road trip but I just disconnected the battery and reconnected and it went away. Great car

I bought this car because I was commuting 400km each way from my home in Kelowna BC down to Vancouver every week. My previous car, after 214,000 thousand km, blew a cylinder on the way to Kelowna, and the time had come to finally relax that. aFinally the day came when I had to remove that The drive included driving over two mountain passes, one almost 11,000 feet, in which a snap blizzard could happen. I did this in the Suzuki fri almost a year. Never had one single problem. We moved down to the coast in 2003, and in 2005, my 15 year old son and I took a Discover America 2005 road trip. Starting in Vancouver, Seattle, Boise, Vegas, Santa Fe, San Antonio, New Orleans, Florida, Savannah, DC, NYC, Boston, Smoky Mountains, Mephistopheles, Nashville, Denver then home. Almost 12,000 km in 3 weeks, 35 states. The car was ah-mazing. Not a single problem, AC worked like a charm, comfortable ride, fast enough, handles well, and we saw only one other Aerio on the entire trip, and that was in Seattle, a day from home. I loved that Aerio so much that I traded up for a 2005, with the reimagined dash, bigger motor and AWD. It was if I had pimped out my old car. The 2005 Aerio was even more awesome, although I didn’t need to commute anymore, and no more road trips, it was big enough with a great back seat to handle all five of us, with 3 large 20 somethings sharing the back seat. Traction was amazing, but when I had to buy new tires, I got these asymmetrical tread tires Nokia WX something. They were warranted until 100,000 Km. And are considered snow tires if you got stopped in the mountains. These things made that little Suzuki literally into the Sherpa of cars. One block over is a street with about a 10% grade that if there’s a whiff of snow the city barricades the road. I drove around those little barricades, gunned the car....and without any wheel slip! headed up that hill. Two of the best cars I’ve ever owned.

This little car suited me to a T. Loved the way it performed until I got it paid for. Soon thereafter the ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON MORE THAN IT STAYED OFF. Countless times I took it to the dealership for this problem. I spent money on it continuously. Finally in 2013 it the engine started cutting off while driving. I was terrified. Found out the COMPUTER had died in it. Couldn't be fixed. Scrap yard gave me $113.00 for it. I cried...

Good, reliable transportation for comuting to and from work. Good gas saver ..lots of leg room and room for 5 to 6 people for travel.

I currently own this vehicle. If they still made them, I would purchase another. I have had very few problems with this vehicle.

After test-driving a slew of "competitors", which all disappointed me, I purchased my yellow Aerio SX in July 2002. Twelve years later I still enjoy driving this very-well-designed versatile vehicle. It's driven through every Indiana season (-20 this past winter, 105 two summers ago), across the Appalachian Mountains, down to New Orleans, around Chicago. Easy to drive & park, great steering, great road-feel, great visibility, peppy, easy to get in-and-out-of, lots of passenger room (high headroom!), comfortable seats (most cars' seats give me back-aches, but not my Aerio), excellent AC and heating, tons of storage (my lawn-mower fits in the SX, without folding the handle). I love the giant speedometer numbers (only car where I don't need to take my mind off the road to know what speed I'm going). A few laments: no sun-roof, and hard to find tires (but they are find-able). My wife later purchased a Subaru Forester, which is NOT as good as my Aerio in several ways (but the Forester does have heated seats and AWD). Even this past summer, strangers have come to me and asked "How do you like your new Honda Fit"?, and they're dumbfounded when I tell them it's a 12-year-old Suzuki Aerio SX, which they've never heard of.

I've had my Aerio for 117,000 miles. Other than routine maintenance, I've never had to do anything to this car. I was even rear-ended on the freeway a couple years ago, totaling an expensive Mazda, and I had only minor cosmetic damage. The car has good power, wonderful visibility and interior space and lots of nice features. The only two things I don't like much would be handling in the wind (high roof, lightweight car, narrow body) and the black interior. But I've taken this car literally all over the country in all different seasons. This car has taken a real beating at my hands. And it has behaved so well I'm finally going to go invest about $1K in a new exhaust system because I think the old girl is actually worth the investment. Everything else is still running great. A very durable little car...

At first I loved my car. But in three years I have had 4 transmissions. 5th gear keeps popping out and Suzuki does not have a clue how to fix it, they have tried several different things with zero success. And now that my warranty is done they do not want to take responsibility at all. The car rattles and shakes, the oil is always way to low too soon. I have learned to service my car 1000 km sooner otherwise I'll be on empty. It dents and dings so easily it's like driving a car made out of tinfoil. I do not recommend this car at all!

I've got 66,000 miles on my 2003 Aerio crossover, and overall it's a very good car. Fun to drive, handles well, smooth ride for a small car, has adequate pickup, excellent all-wheel drive, etc. My reason for this review is to warn you about one thing: at 63,000 miles the engine started sputtering and stalling out. I took the car to the dealer, and was told that the "mass air flow sensor" had falied, and that the only way to fix the problem was to buy a new "throttle body chamber" on which the sensor was installed. The cost to fix this problem was about $1,200, and since then the car has worked fine. The place from which I bought the part (the dealer sent me there to save me some money) said that I wasn't the only Aerio owner with this problem. This is the only expensive repair I've had for this car, and I would still buy another one (now it's called the SX4). However, I'd also look at the Subaru Impreza.