Today we will try to help you fix a problem that can be irritating, and if not handled in time become a financial drain. In truth, finding a leak on your car is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less calming when it’s a gearbox leak on your Suzuki Grand Vitara . In this article, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s indeed a gearbox leak, then, how to fix a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention tips, and, at last, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Suzuki Grand Vitara.

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Gearbox leak on Suzuki Grand Vitara, source and symptom

If you have spotted an oil stain on the ground, you will need to confirm that this leak is indeed caused by the gearbox of your Suzuki Grand Vitara. To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once validated, here are the possible sources of this transmission leak:

  • A gearbox cap: If it’s wrongly screwed on…
  • Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
  • From the transmission oil sump: In the event that it is cracked or broken
  • One of your seals broken

How to fix a gearbox leak on Suzuki Grand Vitara?

After discovering the different sources of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Suzuki Grand Vitara, we will try to show you to you what are your options to fix this oil leak. Remember that no matter the reason, after having determined a leak, you must go to a garage to identify the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably broken. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:

  • Very often to identify the leak, the mechanic will have to dismantle your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
  • If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Suzuki Grand Vitara, in any other case you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
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  • Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only powerful in the case of small leaks, this kit is worth around 40 euros

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Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Suzuki Grand Vitara?

There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Suzuki Grand Vitara , nevertheless here are the three most effective:

  • Regular oil changes on your gearbox deck.
  • Drain your gearbox and put new oil in it. If you want to know everything about this task, please browse our content on this subject.
  • Use a specific additive for maintenance of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and allow to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.

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Price of a Suzuki Grand Vitara gearbox

Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Suzuki Grand Vitara. As you have realized, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete change of this part. It is tricky to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary a lot and depending on your engine the component will as well have a different price, nevertheless, we estimate that the repair, labour included will cost you between 800 and 2000 euros , knowing that the component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Suzuki Grand Vitara, do not hesitate to consult our Suzuki Grand Vitara category.