2007 SUZUKI FORENZA Complaints

I HAVE HAD TWO TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSORS PUT IN MY CAR AND NOW IT NEEDS A THIRD ONE. THE LAST ONE THE MECHANIC STATED SOMETHING IS "BURNING UP THE SENSOR." I ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH GETTING THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. MY CAR NOW HAS 102,000 MILES AND I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT FROM DAY ONE. IT SEEMS THERE ARE A LOT OF TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING. THE PROBLEM IS THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE. LIKE I SAID THIS IS MY THIRD ONE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM SUZUKI AND THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THESE SENSORS TO KEEP GOING OUT. *TR

I BROUGHT A BRAND NEW 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA IN 2007 AND SINCE THEN HAVE HAD PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. IN THE FIRST WEEK I BROUGHT IT THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKE. SOON AFTER THE TRANSMISSION MESSED UP AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THANKS TO MY EXTENDED VEHICLE WARRANTY (NOT BY SUZUKI) I WAS ABLE TO GET THIS FIXED WITHOUT PAYING OUT OF POCKET. NOW NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE FRONT STRUT MOUNT AND STRUTS ARE GOING BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED (ESTIMATED AT $687.00). IN ADDITION TO THAT ALL FOUR OF MY DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME AFTER BREAKING OFF WITH A SIMPLE TOUCH. WITH THE PAINT CHIPPING OFF ON THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES AS WELL. I HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY FOR ALL THE REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE AS I HAVE BEEN PAYING IT ON FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IT IS ALMOST PAID FOR BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE TO ENDURE COUNTLESS REPAIRS I AM HAVING TO GO THROUGH WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR. I DO NOT GO ANYWAY EXCEPT FROM WORK TO HOME IN MY CAR AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I AM HAVING ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WHEN THE CAR WAS SUPPOSE TO BE BRAND NEW WHEN I BOUGHT IT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR EVEN AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO THE STORE BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER SUZUKI AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR EACH TIME BUT THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR SHORTLY AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAD BEEN REPLACED A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED BASED ON THE ELECTRONIC FAILURE CODES PROVIDED BY THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000. *TR..UPDATED 05/10/13 *BF UPDATED 06/11/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SEATBELT BECAME UNSECURED INDEPENDENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN AND REPAIRED SIX YEARS AGO UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V315000 (SEAT BELTS). THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING WITHOUT A PERMANENT REMEDY HOWEVER, THE PART WAS REPLACED A THIRD TIME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,028.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SHUDDERED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I LOST ALMOST ALL POWER AND NEEDED TO STEP HARD ON ACCELERATOR TO MAKE CAR MOVE, ESPECIALLY FROM A STOPPED STATE. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. AT THAT TIME THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE ENGINE CODE RETURNED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH SENSOR. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED UNTIL THIS RECENT ISSUE. IF I DRIVE THE CAR FOR A WHILE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY GO OUT AND THE CAR DRIVES FINE. BUT IN A DAY OR TWO THE PROBLEM OCCURS AGAIN. I NEED TO GET THE SENSOR REPLACED AGAIN BUT IT SEEMS THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE OUT THERE. I THINK THIS SHOULD WARRANT A RECALL. *TR

WHEN YOU DRIVE CAR, ENGINE CUT POWER IT IS HAPPEN 34000 MILE AND STILL SAME PROBLEM. INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE MANY TIMES. THEY REPLACE AND AGAIN THEY ARE BROKE. SEAT BELT STUCK AND DOES NOT WORK. TRANSMISSION SENSOR GOES OUT AND REPLACE AT 54000 MILE. NOW WHEN START CAR ENGINE IS SHAKING. *TR

MY FIRST EXP. WITH THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE . I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT WENT BACK, BUT I PUT IN DRIVE IT WOULD NOT MOVE, SO I PUT IN 3RD GEAR AND IT MOVE FORWARD SLOWLY UNTIL PUT IN DRIVE AGAIN AND IT WORKED. SECOND TIME A WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR GOES INTO NEUTRAL AND I LOSE POWER , AGAIN I PUT IN 3RD AND POWER CATCHES LUCKILY NO ONE BEHIND ME TO SLAM INTO ME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM ,THEY SAID NO BUT WOULD CHECK IT OUT FOR 90 DOLLARS! THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THIRD TIME TONIGHT 1-20-13 IM LEAVING WORK AND THE CAR GETS ME TO THE GROCERY SORE ALRIGHT, BUT LEAVING FOR HOME IT GOES FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND NO POWER AGAIN PUT IT 3RD AND I GET HOME DRIVING 15 MPH .WHEN TRYING TO PARK IT WONT GO INTO PARK I HAVE TO PUT IN NEUTRAL ,TURN KEY OFF AND HAND BRAKE . TURNED THE CAR BACK ON TO SEE IF IT WOULD WORK RIGHT AND ALL I WOULD GET WAS A SLASH OVER THE P AND THE D. *TR

WHEN I WAS IN PARK I PUT IT IN REVERSE THE CAR DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE AND IT HAD A LINE ACROSS IT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PUT THE CAR BACK IN PARK AND THEN WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT, AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT THE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE LINE WILL GO ACROSS THE DRIVE AND THE CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE, WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY. I BROUGHT IT INTO PEPBOYS THEY SAID A TRANSMISSION CODE WAS POPPED UP, BUT THEY RESET THE CODES, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T TELL THE GUY TO DO THAT. NOW THE PROBLEM OCCURS BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON. I BROUGHT IT TO A SUZUKI DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY THINK IT IS A TRANSMISSION SENSOR, BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK SAID IT WAS FINE, AND THEY SAID WAIT UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON, BUT THE PROBLEM NOW OCCURS WITHOUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. BUT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE AT ANYTIME I COULD LOSE POWER AND BE INJURED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HOPE THEY CAN REPAIR IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE, SHIMMY AND SHAKE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE BEFORE THE MOST RECENT DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.