Suzuki Celerio Fault Codes

About the Celerio

Suzuki launched the Celerio in 2008 intending it to be a flexible city car.

Rebadged as the Suzuki Alto in some countries, the Celerio had a sloping bonnet with an abrupt back end reminiscent of the Renault Twingo.

The first generations ran for 5 years before being replaced by the updated model and the latter offered 6 different versions.

2015 saw in the diesel variant in addition to two 996 cc petrol engines, all of which either had a 5-speed manual or 5-speed automated manual transmission.

For the European market, the Celerio made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show and despite selling to numerous European countries, manufacturing took place at the Suzuki Plant in Thailand.

To make the Celerio more cost-effective for India and Pakistan, Suzuki sold the vehicle without airbags or ABS resulting in a poor score from the Global NCAP who rendered it ‘unstable.’ Just two airbags were added for the Latin American vehicle allowing it to receive four stars.

The third generation changed platforms, not using the HEARTECT Platform which it shares with a number of subcompact Suzuki cars like the Baleno, Solio, Ignis, Swift, Dzire, Xbee, Wagon R, S-Presso and the Suzuki Alto.

Now only offered with only one petrol engine, the Celerio has proved extremely popular in India, presumably due to its affordable price tag, with sales reaching in excess of 100,000 in 2017.

There are some common fault codes that show for this car, some of these are:

• P0443 – An issue with the purge control valve, this is a generic code that is picked up by the ECM.
• P0031 – The bank one heating element is experiencing a low voltage.
• P0123 – A circuit high input from the throttle pedal position.
• P0113 – Showing a problem with the intake air temperature sensor, this code points to the sensor that can be located either inside the mass airflow sensor or the air filter duct housing.
• P0420 – Poor catalyst system efficiency, this code could mean that the oxygen levels are too low.