NHTSA Complaint #10167440 — 2003 SUZUKI XL-7

THE SUV MADE A STRANGE SOUND ON SUNDAY MORNING AS WE ATTEMPTED TO CRANK IT UP AND GO TO CHURCH (SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2006)..AFTER CHURCH IT MADE ANOTHER STRANGE SOUND WE MADE IT HOME AND THE POWER COMPLETELY WENT OUT IN OUR DRIVEWAY...(2) ON MONDAY (LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 4,2006)..I TOOK THE BATTERY OUT AND WENT TO TWO AUTO PARTS STORES TO HAVE IT TESTED...FINALLY GETTING A NEW BATTERY AT AUTOZONE (AT MY PERSONAL EXPENSE)...THE OLD BATTERY WAS NO GOOD..THEN PUTTING THE BATTERY BACK IN THE SUV STARTING IT UP AND NOTICING THAT THE GAS HAND REGISTERED ALMOST EMPTY, WHICH WAS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ONLY DROVE 4 MILES TO CHURCH AND THE SUV HAD WELL OVER HALF A TANK OF FUEL..ANYWAY I DROVE TO THE CORNER GAS STATION (APPX. 4 BLOCKS) FILLED THE TANK STARTED TO DRIVE BACK AND ALL THE POWER WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME...AT 35 MILES PER HOUR..ALMOST CAUSING THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME TO REAR END ME...AT THAT POINT I HAD TO FIGHT TO KEEP THE SUV FROM GOING INTO THE DITCH BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...THE CONSEQUENCES ARE: THAT I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE SUV AGAIN (3) WHAT WAS DONE OR IS BEING DONE: I HAD THE SUV TOWED TO THE JAY SUZUKI DEALERSHIP ON VETERANS PARKWAY IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA ON YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE STILL CHECKING INTO IT? AS THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE...AND I NOTIFIED AMERICAN SUZUKI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION IN BREA CALIFORNIA VIA FAX AND EMAIL AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE COURTESY TO GET BACK WITH ME..YET..PLEASE NOTE THIS SUV HAS HAD THE TWO RECALL CAMPAIGNS COMPLETED THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AND THIS IS THE THIRD BATTERY IN THIS 2003 XL-7 IN LESS THAN 33 MONTHS..SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG? *NM