Suzuki Forenza Complaints (2005)

156 consumer complaints on file.

#10629905September 1, 2014
AIR BAGS, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
RECURRING EVENT AIR BAG LAMP KEEPS TURNING ON NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT HAD IT REPLACED TWICE SUZUKI DEALER WAS OFF FOR YEARS, NOW HAS COME BACK AND STAYED ON FOR MONTHS. ON 3/20/2014 CAR SPUTTER LOST POWER WAS ABLE TO PARK IT IN A PARKING SPACE NOT ABLE TO TURN BACK ON, PROBLEM FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. 8/28/2014 RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, MY SUZUKI FORENZA 2005 LOST COMPLETE POWER: WHEN CHECKED THE BELIEVED PROBLEM IS 4-3 SHIFT MALFUNCTION P1884 MANUFACTURER CONT TRANS AND P0700 TRANS CONTROL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME TO GET A HOLD OF SUZUKI, TO SEE IF UNDER WARRANTY, IF ITS GOING TO BE RECALLED OR WHERE IT CAN BE REPAIRED, STILL TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629007August 28, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY CAR LOSES POWER WHILE CAR IN MOTION, ALSO, AC WILL NOT POWER ON , BUT AFTER SOME TIME IT WILL POWER ON. MALFUNCTION LIGHT STAYS ON AT TIMES, AND WILL GO OFF AT TIMES, BUT FOR NOW IT IS ON , AND HAS BEGAN TO BLINK. CAR HAS BURNING SMELL AT TIMES AS WELL, LIKE PLASTIC IS BURNING OR SOMETHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618630August 4, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 14V262000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE DEALER WAS UNCERTAIN OF WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10595671June 2, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE AIR BAG SENSOR TURNED ON AND WOULDN'T TURN OFF. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR REASON FOR THE SENSOR TO TURN ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO HAVE THE SENSOR SYSTEM REPLACED. CONTACTED THE SUZUKI CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION WHY THE SENSOR WOULD SUDDENLY FAIL OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND SO THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE CAR WAS RECALLED IN 2012 FOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES DUE TO THE HEADLIGHTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10593724May 23, 2014
ENGINE
WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOPPED FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE AND ITS HOT OUTSIDE, THE CAR WILL JUST TURN OFF. IF I PUT IT IN PARK IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP. IT ONLY SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. MECHANIC HAS REPLACED AND LOOKED EVERYTHING OVER AND CANNOT SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575685March 30, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING IT WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS AND WILL NOT GO ABOVE 20MPH WITHOUT THE CAR BUCKING AND KICKING LIKE IT IS FIXING TO SHUT OFF. IT ONLY DOES THIS WHEN THE CAR IS NOT HOT. CHANGED THE RANGE SENSOR AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556272December 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY DOWN SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548095October 16, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BLINKED TWICE AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,141 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,231.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538474September 3, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE SENSOR GETS DAMAGED, ENABLING THE CAR TO ACTIVATE REVERSE AND ACCELERATES WHEN PLACED ON DRIVE MAKING HARD PUMPING MOTOR NOISE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524206July 10, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN I HAD BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2010 I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AT NIGHT AND HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON. SO I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL FOR MY CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED. RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE IN 2012 REGARDING THE RECALLED SPLICE PACK. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER A SECOND TIME TO HAVE PART FIXED ON 11/12/12 PART 99963-85ZSC WAS REPAIRED AFTER FIXED I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SPEAKERS, STOCK RADIO AS WELL AS THE TRUNK LIGHT BLINKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. ON JULY 1, 2013 I HAD PARKED MY SUZUKI FORENZA AT A COFFEE HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME OUT TO VEHICLE THE INSIDE OF CAB WAS FULL OF SMOKE. I HAD INSPECTED VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T A FIRE. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM DASHBOARD LEFT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. WE HAD DISASSEMBLED THE PLASTIC AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL TO DISCOVER THAT THE WIRING THAT CONTROLLED THE LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND BLINKER HAD BEEN MELTED INTO THE CONNECTOR CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO STAY ON WHEN VEHICLES IGNITION WAS OFF. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED. DESCRIPTION WAS; "VEHICLE SUFFERED INTERNAL FAILURE WITHIN MULT IFUNCTION SWITCH THAT HAS CAUSED A THERMAL MELTING OF THE CONNECTORS AT THE BACK OF THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH AND WIRING HARNESS" PART SM37420-85Z10 SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND SM36620-85Z70 HARNESS ASSEMBLY. ESTIMATED REPAIRS $1,570.. I BELIEVE THAT ALL THIS IS CAUSED BY IMPROPER REPAIR OF RECALLED SPICE PACK DUE TO THE COMPONENTS THAT MELTED ARE CONNECTED TO IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE MY CAR IS STILL AT THE SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. AND HAS TAKEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS FOR THEM TO REPAIR. SAID VEHICLE WONT BE DONE UNTIL FRIDAY JULY 13, 2013 DUE TO NOT HAVING THE PARTS IN STOCK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10519622June 13, 2013
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR ACCELERATES VERY SLOWLY. IT WILL STALL OUT IF THE GAS PEDAL IS FLOORED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL BLINK UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL STAY ON FOR SOMETIMES A FEW DAYS AT A TIME AND THEN TURN OFF. OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR GOING UP MANY TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502756March 14, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 72,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500765February 28, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE AND THE SEAT SENSOR FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494623January 24, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS
BACK IN NOV 2012 I TOOK MY 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA IN FOR A RECALL REPAIR AS SUGGESTED THE RECALL WAS ON THE WIRING HARNESS THAT PUT THE HEADLIGHTS ON AND OFF (I HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY HEADLIGHTS POPPING ON AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES) SO AFTER I OBEYED THE RECALL I NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED SO IN JAN 12 2013 MY CAR WAS SITTING AT A LOCAL APPLEBEES PARKING LOT COMPLETELY TURNED OFF NOTHING PLUGGED IN NO LIGHTERS IN THE CAR JUST SITTING THERE WHEN SOMEONE RAN INTO THE RESTAURANT AND SHOUTED "WHOSE GOLD SUZUKI IS THAT? ITS ON FIRE" NEEDLESS TO SAY WHEN I RAN OUT THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY IN FLAMES THE FIRE DEPT CAME TO RESCUE AND AT MY REQUEST A FIRE INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE STARTED AS A RESULT OF A ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS...(YES THE "RECALLED'' "FIXED" PART) THE ACTUALLY DEALERSHIP THAT "FIXED" THE RECALLED PART HAS ALREADY STATED THAT THEY ARENT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT & I AM WAITING TO SUZUKI CORPORATE TO CONCLUDE THEIR FINDINGS I TRULY HOPE SUZUKI DOES THE RIGHT THING IN THIS UNFORTUNATE MATTER IF NOT I AM PREPARED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION BUT IM PRAYING THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489508December 22, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
AFTER FIRST PURCHASING THE CAR, THERE WERE PROBLEMS ACCELERATING AND THEN CAR FAILED. POWER STEERING HAD TO BE FIXED, TIMING BELT REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER SPEAKERS STARTED TO GO IN AND OUT, RADIO LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF, ETC. IN 2010 HEADLIGHTS FAILED. BEING A BROKE COLLEGE STUDENT I RODE WITH MY BRIGHTS FOR ALMOST A YEAR UNTIL I LOOKED UP THE RECALL ONLINE AND GOT THAT FIXED AT THE DEALERSHIP. 2011 REPLACED SPEAKERS, STILL DON'T WORK ON ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF CAR AND BACK OF DRIVER SIDE. ONE SPEAKER WORKS, VERY WEAK AND SOMETIMES GOES OUT COMPLETELY. INTERIOR LIGHTS GO IN AND OUT. STARTED TO LEAK OIL, HAD TO HAVE HEAD GASKET REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THEN HAD TO HAVE RADIATOR HOSE REPLACED. 2012 TIMING BELT POPS, ENGINE DAMAGED COSTING ALMOST $2000. TODAY DECEMBER 2012, RADIATOR CRACKS ALL THE WAY OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. TERRIBLE HORRIBLE CAR TO BE A 2005. SEEMS LIKE I CAN'T GO A MONTH WITHOUT SOMETHING ELSE GOING WRONG. FEELS UNSAFE AT ALL TIMES! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10485587November 20, 2012
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MALFUNCTION OF VEHICLE DRIVING LIGHTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN SEPTEMBER 2012 AND RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY BY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT WITH HER INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL FROM JANUARY 2012, WHEN THE SAID RECALL HAD IN FACT DISABLED THE DRIVING LIGHTS ON HER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED ALL OF THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK TO BE REVIEWED FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY WAS HER FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE DRIVING LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF, WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK AT 60 MPH. WITHIN 10 TO 15 MINUTES THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER THEY SHUT OFF AGAIN. THE CONSUMER HAD VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS CHECK FOR A LOOSE CONNECTION TO THE LIGHTS, BUT NO ONE COULD FIND ANYTHING, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS HIDDEN WITHIN THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A MELTED SPLICE PACK. THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS CONTACTED THE CONSUMER AND INFORMED HER THE PROBLEM SHE EXPERIENCED BACK IN JANUARY DID PERTAIN TO THE RECALL AND OUT OF THE $513.60 BILL, SHOULD WOULD ONLY RECEIVE $75. THE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THE MECHANIC WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAD TO SPEND TIME DIAGNOSING THE ISSUE WHICH TOOK HIM FOUR HOURS. SHE THEN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT WITH THE INFORMATION FROM THE RECALL NOTICE, THE SAME REPAIR COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, WHICH WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE REFUNDED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482245October 25, 2012
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A CONNECTION ERROR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482101October 24, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V452000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE WIRING FOR THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME BURNED, CAUSING THE HEAD LIGHTS, AIR BAGS AND THE RADIO TO FAIL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS CAUSED A SMALL FIRE IN THE WIRING UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER PERFORMED A SECOND REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE CONTACT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:12V397000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING;INTERIOR/UNDER DASH) FOR THE WIRING HARNESS BUT WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER HAD STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS RECALL REPAIR CAUSED THE WIRING FAILURE, THEY WOULD ONLY COVER THE EXACT COMPONENT THAT WAS LISTED IN THE RECALL AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE LIABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10480694October 16, 2012
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS NO BUTTONS TO UNLOCK THE DOORS FROM THE INSIDE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WERE STUCK IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10471801August 21, 2012
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AIR BAG LIGHT ON SINCE BOUGHT CAR IN 2006. WIRING FOR AIRBAGS HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE STILL AN ISSUE AT OWNER EXPENSE. OUTLET AND LIGHTER STOP WORKING YEAR AFTER CAR WAS BOUGHT. HEADLIGHT WIRING REPLACE TWICE AND DAY LIGHTS STILL ONLY COMES ON SOME TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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