Suzuki Forenza Complaints

907 consumer complaints on file.

#10462078June 18, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10462190June 18, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CAR HAS A BIG PROBLEM CHANGING GEAR AND WHEN I DRIVE SOMETIMES IT SLOWS DOWN AND COUPLE OF TIMES I ALMOST GOT INTO ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF CAR SLOWING DOWN AND AT TIMES WHEN I TRY TO SWITCH GEARS IT CLUNKS SO HARD AND IT IS BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR BECAUSE EITHER THE CAR WONT CHANGE GEARS OR LOOSES SPEED WHEN I AM DRIVING AND THAT CAN CAUSE A BIG ACCIDENT AND I CALL SUZUKI DEALERSHIP AND ITS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THEY ARE THE ONES MAKING POOR QUALITY PARTS FOR THE ENGINE, AND FROM OTHER CONSUMERS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND WORRIES. PLEASE HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10461242June 11, 2012
SEAT BELTS, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
A MALFUNCTION OCCURS WHEN I ATTEMPT TO SHIFT GEARS FROM PARK TO ANY OTHER. 1. IT MAKES A LOUD, DEEP SOUND, SIMILAR TO "THUNK-THUNK" AND IF I DON'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE HARD ENOUGH, THE CAR LURCHES. 2. THE DASHBOARD SIGNAL FOR PDRN ETC RANDOMLY CHANGES TO A WEIRD SYMBOL THAT IS NOT ANY LETTER IN THE AMERICAN ALPHABET. 3. IT MAKES A REVVING SOUND WHICH SHOULD INDICATE A HIGHER VELOCITY WHEN IN FACT IT IS AT A LOWER VELOCITY. 4. IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. WHEN ENTERING A HIGH FREQUENCY ROAD OR HIGHWAY, I HAVE TO FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL TO GO NORMAL SPEED THEN MAINTAIN IT. 5. IT SHIFTS OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL WHILE I AM DRIVING AND INDEPENDENTLY OF MY ACTIVITY, THANKFULLY APPROXIMATELY ONLY ABOUT ONCE EVERY MONTH. 6. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. 7. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION BUT WAS CALLED A RANGE SOMETHING OR OTHER. 8. I NOTICE THESE PROBLEMS MORE IN STOP-AND-GO CITY TRAFFIC THAN ON LONG UNINTERRUPTED DISTANCES. 9. I CONSIDER THESE RANDOM CAR BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. 10. TO ANY DRIVER NEW TO HANDLING/DRIVING MY CAR, I WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN ITS QUIRKS FOR THEM TO DRIVE AND NOT HAVE A TRAGIC VEHICULAR ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE IMPROPER RESPONSE OF MY CAR TO NORMAL USE. 11. THE WARRANTY RAN OUT LONG AGO. IT WAS ONLY FOR THREE YEARS. THE PROBLEMS STARTED OCCURRING AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, OF COURSE. 12. IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $200 TO GET THE RANGE WHATCHAMACALLIT FIXED, $200 OF WHICH I BELIEVE SUZUKI SHOULD PAY. UNRELATED PROBLEM, SOMETIMES THE SEATBELT BUCKLE UNCLICKS ITSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10460025May 30, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ERRONEOUSLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF THE REPAIR UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10459961May 29, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHIFTING INTO GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD ABNORMALLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10459572May 24, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STOPPING, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND HINDER THE CONTACT FROM SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458847May 17, 2012
STEERING, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY AND I WAS DOING 65 MPH AND MY CAR STARTED STALLING AS I PRESSED THE GAS THEN I FLOORED THE GAS BECAUSE MY CAR WAS STARTING TO REVERSE DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR FROZE AND MY COMPUTER ON MY DASH HAD ALL THE LETTERS SCRAMBLED FOR DRIVE, REVERSE, PARK ETC AND HAD A LINE THROUGH IT I WAS SOOOO SCARED I HAD A BIG TRUCK BEHIND ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458491May 14, 2012
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT IN CAR. CHECKED FUSE AND NO BAD FUSE. WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND THEN NOTICED HAD NO BREAK LIGHTS, HEAD LIGHTS, AND WINDOWS DID NOT ROLL DOWN. I HAD HIGH BEAMS IF I WANTED TO DRIVE IT WHILE HOLDING THE LIGHT SWITCH FOR THE HIGH BEAMS.HAD ALL FUSES CHECKED, AND WAS THEN TOLD IT WAS IN THE WIRING!!! CAR HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP BEFORE FOR TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSORS. IT SEEMS TO BE ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER WITH THIS CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN. TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS THEN GOES OUT FOR A FEW, AND THAT IS WITH NEW TIRES. NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THIS CAR AT ALL.. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10457380May 3, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT BEING HIT IN THE BACK, THIS HAD NOW HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR NOW. ALSO WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL GEAR, ON THE DASH WHERE IT SHOWS THE GEARS THE D SIGN IS ALL SCRAMBLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10456383April 24, 2012
POWER TRAIN, AIR BAGS
THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR. STARTED TO SHOW AN "X" OVER THE GEAR WHEN YOU SHIFTED, IT WOULD KICK, AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO OVER 35MPH EVEN WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS. WE REPLACED THE SENSOR IN OCT OF 2011. IT IS NOW APRIL 2012 AND THE SENSOR HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT WIRE KEEPS GETTING SHORTED BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION UNDER THE SEAT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10456068April 23, 2012
POWER TRAIN
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP GEARS, THE VEHICLE JUMPS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR THAT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS ISSUE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS MID DRIVE. APPARENTLY ITS MY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS ISSUE IS VERY WIDE SPREAD. I FEEL THAT NO MATTER HOW WELL THE MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE IS KEPT UP, THIS ISSUE IS DESTINED TO BECOME A PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE. BECAUSE THIS SENSOR GLITCH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY SWITCH GEARS AND SLOWDOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR BRAKE LIGHTS, THERE IS A HIGH POSSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENTS. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS TO BE FIXED. SUZUKI MOTOR CORP IS GROSSLY NEGLIGENT FOR NAOT MAKING A VOLUNTARY RECALL ON THIS INHERENTLY DEFECTIVE PART. IT IS THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF NTSB TO COMPELL THE MANUFACTURER TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE 2006 FORENZA VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454536April 9, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453267March 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I JUST HAD THIS PART REPLACED IN JANUARY 2012 NOW 2 MONTHS LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. WENT TO AUTOZONE AND GUESS WHAT TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AGAIN!!!!! I BOUGHT PART FROM DEALER IN JANUARY AND HAD MY LICENSED AUTO MECHANIC PUT IT IN, NOW CAR DOING EXACTLY SAME THING IT DID IN JANUARY CAR JERKING INTO REVERSE , SCRAMBLED GEAR LETTERS ON DASH BOARD, THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO REPLACE IT EVERY 2 MONTHS!!!! MAKE IT A RECALL ALREADY , I AM NOT THE ONLY COMPLAINT!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453292March 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT THESE 2007 SUZUKIS. THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSORS IS GOING OUT ON MY VEHICLE ALSO. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD. NOW I JUST HAD 1600.00 WORTH OF WORK TO THIS VEHICLE, TIMING BELT CHANGED, NEW TIRES, OIL CHANGED ETC. SUZUKI NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND RECALL THESE LEMONS!! THE MECHANIC STATED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS MAJOR BUT SAID HE WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. IF SUZUKI CANNOT GUARANTEE THEIR CARS FOR LESS THAN 100'000 MILES THAN I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER SUZUKI! THINK I'LL PAINT MY CANARY YELLOW!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10453030March 26, 2012
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT SEEMS TO BE ON IT JUST TURNED ON WITHOUT A REASON, MEANING THAT WHILE I HAVE A PASSENGER THEY ARE NOT SAFE IN THE CAR BECAUSE THE AIR BAG WONT DEPLOY IN CASE OF A CAR ACCIDENT, YESTERDAY SUNDAY MARCH ,26 I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND WHEN I CAME BACK I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT SLAMMED REALLY HARD, THE SHIFT DISPLAY HAD A LIGHT THROUGH IT, AND I HAD HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, NOW THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS FOR SALE, TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR, SO RIGHT AFTER THE GROCERY STORE TOOK IT IN TO THE MECHANIC FOR A 373,00 REPAIR , NOW PAYING ITS NOT A MATTER BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT EVEN AT HALF OF ITS LIFE AND THIS PROBLEM ITS ABSURD, NO AIRBAG, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING CRAZY JEOPARDIZING PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP, PLEASE MAKE SUZUKI PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKE AT THE MANUFACTURING/ ASSEMBLY AND FAULTY PRODUCTS IF THEIR CARS ARE NOT SAFE THEY SHOULD NOT BE SOLD AT ALL OR THEY SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THEIR FAULTY VEHICLE PARTS .. HELP HELP HELP!!!! PLEASE *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10452764March 23, 2012
POWER TRAIN
MY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR IS MALFUNCTIONING. PRIOR TO FIND OUT THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE ISSUE I INTERNET SEARCH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THAT THIS PART IS A FAILING PART ON MY TYPE OF CAR (2007 SUZUKI FORENZA) AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE RECALL LIST THE PART WASN'T COVERED(I BOUGHT PART FROM DEALER AND HAD DIFFERENT MECHANIC DO THE REPAIRS). MY FRUSTRATION IS THAT COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY SUZUKI FOR THIS ISSUE BUT IT HASN'T BEEN PLACED ON THE RECALL LIST. WHAT MERITS WHAT GOES ON A RECALL LIST? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10452357March 20, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN TURNING MY CAR ON AND PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR JERKED INTO GEAR AND WHERE THE R SHOULD APPEAR FOR REVERSE ON THE DASH, ALL THE LETTERS WERE SCRAMBLED TOGETHER. THE CAR DROVE IN REVERSE AND THEN WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE, IT JERKED AGAIN AND THEN WOULD HARDLY ACCELERATE. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, TURNING IT OFF, AND TURNING IT BACK ON, IT WOULD FINALLY ACCELERATE BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STILL BE ON AND THE GEARS WOULD STILL JERK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AFTER A COUPLE DAYS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE AND THEN IT WOULD ALL START AGAIN. THEN MY CAR IS STARTING TO SWITCH OVER INTO NEUTRAL WHEN DRIVING 60MPH+ AND NOW IT WILL DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. WHEN IT SWITCHES OVER TO NEUTRAL LIKE THIS WHILE I'M DRIVING, THE D FOR DRIVE ON THE DASH WILL BECOME SCRAMBLED LIKE IT DOES WHEN IT JERKS INTO REVERSE. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451925March 16, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE RANGE SWITCH IN MY 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE FIRST TIME AT APPROXIMATELY 38K MILES, AND NOW AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 70K MILES. EACH TIME I'VE HAD THIS FIXED, IT HAS COST ME OVER $200. SUZUKI CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A DEFECT, AND CONTINUES TO TAKE MONEY FROM THEIR CLIENTS WHO PURCHASED FAULTY VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451932March 16, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SAME PART WAS REPLACED TWO YEARS PRIOR TO OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10449230February 24, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR SWITCH FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND BACK INTO DRIVE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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