Factory build sheet

2002 Suzuki Vitara Canvas TOP

Build 2S3TA52C-2 · 2L 4cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 2S3TA52C and position 10 reads 2. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Vitara whose VIN starts 2S3TA52C and carries 2 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 11 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 11 known VINs

Factory specification

As filed by Suzuki with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.

Engine

Displacement
2 L
Cylinders
4
Fuel type
Gasoline

Drivetrain

Drive type
Four-wheel drive

Body & chassis

Body class
Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
NHTSA body type
MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
Doors
2
Manufacturer
SUZUKI MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC

Weight rating

GVWR class
Class 1B
GVWR
3,001–4,000 lb

Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.

The same build, other model years

Suzuki used the VIN pattern 2S3TA52C for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.

How this VIN pattern is read

A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.

Positions Characters What they encode
1–3 2S3 SUZUKI MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 TA52C Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 2 Model year — 2002
11 × Assembly plant
12–17 ×××××× Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle

NHTSA safety ratings

Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2002 Suzuki Vitara as a whole rather than this build alone.

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11 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 2S3TA52C-2 shares the specification above.

  • 11 Known VINs

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Where this data comes from

Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.

Vehicle counts come from the 11 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.