2008 SUZUKI FORENZA Complaints

I AM THINKING OUR TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WENT OUT ON OUR 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA WITH OVER 70,000 MILES. CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN TURNED OFF ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO, STOPPED AT DRUG STORE, WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON, PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CLUNK, WHILE THE DISPLAY WHERE THE R FOR REVERSE WOULD HAVE BEEN WAS SCRAMBLED, CAR STILL REVERSED. CLUNKED INTO DRIVE, AND WOULDN'T SWITCH OUT OF 1ST GEAR. *TR

TL CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE AUTO-PART STORE FOR A FREE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC AND TWO CODES WERE PRODUCED FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC.THE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR AND VOLT COALITION.CONTACT HAD 3 DAYS PRIOR WENT TO SAID AUTO-PART STORE WITH A DEAD BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTO-PARTS REPRESENTATIVE.CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE NEGATIVE CABLE LOOSE AND THE POSITIVE SECOND. PUT POSITIVE BACK ON FIRST THE NEGATIVE. INSURING ALL CONTACTS WERE CLEAN OF EXCESS DEBRIS. 4 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS RETURNED.SO AM TAKING TO THE LOCAL SUZUKI DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.CONTACT HOPES THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BY ALLOWING THE DEALERSHIP TO EFFECT REPAIRS. TL CONTACT HAS READ PREVIOUS 2007 COMPLAINTS AND FEELS THAT A RECALL IS IN ORDER AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.TL CONTACT WILL UPDATE AFTER DEALERSHIP EFFECTS REPAIRS. UPDATE FILE 06/24/2012 AMENDED JULY 16 2012 TL CONTACT HAD SAID PART VACUUM PEDAL POSITION SENSOR AND VOLT COALITION REPLACED. DEALERSHIP STATED SAID PART HAD BEEN MODIFIED BY SUZUKI CORP. (SEEMS TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS A PROBLEM) AND HAD 100% EFFECTIVE REPAIR WHEN MODIFIED PART IS REPLACED. TL CONTACT HAS NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SINCE REPAIR. TL CONTACT FEELS 700 PLUS DOLLARS FOR REPAIR IS SIGNIFICANT REASON FOR INVESTIGATION FOR RECALL AND SHOULD HAVE IN LEW OF OTHER TL CONTACTS SAME PROBLEM. SHOULD HAVE FULL REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL MONIES SPENT IN REGARD TO SAID VACUUM PEDAL POSITION SENSOR AND VOLT COALITION

AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I PUT MY CAR INTO DRIVE AND FELT A SUDDEN JOLT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND BARELY REACHED 20 MPH ON A BUSY ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON UNTIL I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I TURNED MY CAR OFF, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OBVIOUSLY WENT OFF, HOWEVER IT DID NOT COME BACK ON WHEN THE MECHANIC TURNED THE CAR ON, NEITHER DID THE CAR JOLT WHEN CHANGING GEARS. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT MY "TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR" HAD INTERNAL FAILURE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH I HAVE A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY ON POWER TRAIN, THIS APPARENTLY IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MY ISSUE IS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM DEALING WITH THE TRANSMISSION HOWEVER IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY? *TR

TL CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE AUTO-PART STORE FOR A FREE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC AND TWO CODES WERE PRODUCED FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC.THE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR AND VOLT COALITION.CONTACT HAD 3 DAYS PRIOR WENT TO SAID AUTO-PART STORE WITH A DEAD BATTERY. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTO-PARTS REPRESENTATIVE.CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE NEGATIVE CABLE LOOSE AND THE POSITIVE SECOND. PUT POSITIVE BACK ON FIRST THE NEGATIVE. INSURING ALL CONTACTS WERE CLEAN OF EXCESS DEBRIS. 4 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS RETURNED. SO AM TAKING TO THE LOCAL SUZUKI DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. CONTACT HOPES THI WILL FIX THE PROBLEM BY ALLOWING THE DEALERSHIP TO EFFECT REPAIRS. TL CONTACT HAS READ PREVIOUS 2007 COMPLAINTS AND FEELS THAT A RECALL IS IN ORDER AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. TL CONTACT WILL UPDATE AFTER DEALERSHIP EFFECTS REPAIRS. 06/24/2012 *TR

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

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

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.

I HAD BOUGHT 4 KUMHO ECSTA LX PLATINUM TIRES SIZE 195/55R 15...ONE BLEW UP AFTER NOT EVEN 2000 MILES, I HAD IT REPAIRED BUT I HAD TO PAY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS MAYBE SOMETHING ON THE ROAD, THEN NOW AFTER NOT EVEN 14000 MILES THE OTHER 3 NEED REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPLETELY WORE OUT, AND THE ONE THAT I REPLACED IS ALREADY HALF WAY BAD...VERY, VERY BAD TIRES...MY MECHANIC SENT THEM BACK BUT WE WILL SEE IF WE WILL GET ANY CREDIT. *TR

TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP GEAR AND REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING 1800 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO PERSONAL VEHICLE AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT TO VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT. THIS SENSOR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER 3 TIMES PRIOR TO VEHICLE REACHING 36,000 MILES. AFTER ALOT OF RESEARCH MYSELF THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS TRANSMISSION SENSOR BEFORE SOMEBODY GET SERIOUSLY HURT!

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN CAR. HAD TO TAKE TO DEALER TO RESET. WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE SEAT WAS FAULTY. *TR