6 cyl 2.7 lit engine question

[lipskidder]

So looking at a 2007 Grand Vitara with this kind of engine. Anyone have one? How does it do in the mountains? Or in weather? This one has high milage so I want to know if the other parts of it are going to make it up.

[kj]

I would avoid it like the plague. Brand new, it was not a good vehicle. High mileage... kj.

[Mr645]

Yea, I would avoid Suzuki. Not a real solid auto manufacturer and if they left the US, no one would really notice

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Suziki makes some decent products, just not the best reliability or inspiring.

[kj]

To be fair, Suzuki has had it's moments. The swift was an incredible car, for what it was. But in recent years some of the suzukis were made by daihatsu i believe, so I don't know if the vitara is a "real" suzuki or not. But I do know the reviews were terrible, and I know someone who has one that was hellbent on getting it, but really regretted the decision. I do think it's nice looking though. kj.

[lipskidder]

thanks, peeps!

[Rolando]

i thought (INCORRECTLY) the 2007 Grand Vitara was an exclusive, stretched version of the 2007 Chevy Equinox, Saturn Vue, Pontiac Torrent (it was the only one with 3 row seating. If that is correct, the engine is a GM 2.7 lousy reliability, cheap to fix. YMMV This is for the XL7

For the Vitara the platform was modified by Suzuki to be RWD/AWD and uses a Suzuki engine, Japanese Sourced.

[Jimmypoo]

2005-2008 2.7L H family co-developed with Mazda
Until 2008 the standard gasoline engine for the 5-door was an updated J20A (4 cyl. 2.0L 140 PS); with an optional Suzuki H engine H27A (V6 2.7L 185 PS) in higher specified models.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_H_engine

The contemporary generation Suzuki XL7 (starting in model year 2007) was a true Theta vehicle, and was built alongside the Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent at CAMI Automotive in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada.

Sure is used by a lot of vehicles……. The GM HF engine (below) is a 3.6 V6

Introduced in the fourth quarter of 2006, Suzuki partnered with General Motors to build the 2007 model, now called XL7 (without the hyphen). It used the same unibody platform and many of the same components as the Chevrolet Equinox, Pontiac Torrent and Saturn Vue, but incorporated third row seating exclusive to the Suzuki. The second generation model used a version of the GM High Feature engine, built in Japan and shipped to CAMI Automotive in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, where the XL7 was assembled with the Equinox and Torrent, and also the second-generation Suzuki XL7 is Suzuki's second entry in the crossover SUV segment, after the second generation Suzuki Grand Vitara. Styling cues on the 2007 model include a chrome slotted grille and trapezoidal headlights.

Edmunds 5 stars? http://www.edmunds.com/suzuki/grand-vita...=100816522&sub=&reviewId=461386991