The Suzuki Fronx during testing. PHOTO: ANCAP / SUPPLIEDSuzuki Fronx owners are being warned not to carry passengers in the back seat after the seat belt failed a lab crash test. The New Zealand Transport Agency warned a similar failure in an on-road crash could cause serious injury or even death for rear seat passengers. The company said it was urgently reviewing the ANCAP testing outcomes "at the highest levels of the organisation" with Suzuki Motor Corporation in Japan and Suzuki Australia. The Fronx was certified as meeting Australia and New Zealand safety standards, it said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 22, 2025 05:55 UTC