Put vehicle in reverse and thought I was backing up, but when I put shifter in drive, it kept going backwards. I realized being on a down slope, that shifter was not working and I had idled backwards. I put shifter in drive position and continued idling backwards into a snow bank. I had to shut off and restart several times and it eventually went into drive. I was unable to take it to work due to a possibility of causing an accident. I had someone look at it and they thought transfer case was the issue, as there was a noise from that area. I did research on it and found all of the Suzuki vitara, Grand vitara, from 2006-2009 had issues with transfer case leaking and there fore going out of commission. This is happening at various mileages, but primarily at 100,000 -138,000. I am wondering why there was not a recall on this, as it is quite obvious its a factory default in transfer cases. It is also a safety issue, should the transfer case go out while driving or maneuvering vehicle around to park, with oncoming traffic. I am very surprised that Suzuki has not gotten a law suit filed on them yet, for this definite issue. I also have to wonder if there were any fatalities due to this issue, that Suzuki owners and families, were unaware of at the time. This is a factory made and default part. The 2006 - 2009 transfer case on these vehicles should definitely have a recall on them.

- Grand Rapids, MN, USA