2008 SUZUKI FORENZA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND SKIP GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACT AS IF IT WERE IN LIMP MODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,300.

PURCHASED A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA ON 9/8/2008. ACCELERATION CONCERNS, A RINGING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR-BAG NOTIFICATION LIGHT WAS REPORTED 9/16/08. TOLD BY PHONE THE CAR WAS NEW AND WOULD NEED TO BE DRIVEN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO WARN UP. 9/16/08 RINGING NOISE WAS LOUDER HAD ACCELERATION CONCERNS, TIMING COVER HAD MELTED DUE TO FRICTION FROM THE BELTS SLIDING. INVOICE REFLECTS ELECTRICAL BODY WORK AS SUCH: ' SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT NOT ON TENSION ON WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR UNDER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS SEAT COULD CAUSE HIGH RESISTANCE - RELOCATE BOTH HARNESS AND SECURE THEM." 10/27/08 REPORTED TAPPING NOISE AT ENGINE WHEN STARTING CAR, ACCELERATION WAS DRAGGING AND AIR BAG LIGHT. INVOICE FINDINGS - NO PROBLEM FOUND - TOLD NOT TO EXPECT PERFORMANCE ON ACCELERATION. 1/17/09 (CAR RELEASED 1/23/09) SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATES IT IS OFF, CRUISE CONTROL DROPPING, TRANSMISSION NOT ACCELERATING, ENGINE RUNNING LOUD UNTIL WARMED UP: RESOLUTION - TIMING COVER REPLACED OTHER ISSUES FOUND TO BE WORKING TO FACTORY SPECS. 6/18/2009 -ACCELERATION IS SLOW, CAR DOWNSHIFTING AT HIGH SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING WELL WHILE COASTING, MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO SWITCH INTO GEAR: RESOLUTION - SUZUKI HELPDESK TICKET 175996598 SUGGESTED TO RE-INITIALIZE TCM (TRANSMISSION SWITCH). 10/1/09 - SAME ISSUE AS 6/19/09 - REVVING HIGHER AND LOUD IN COLD AND DAMP WEATHER TOLD NO NEW INFO: ISSUE SEEMED TO SUBSIDE ' NO WORK DONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 12/30/09 SAME ISSUES AS 6/19 & 10/1 TIMING COVER ADJUSTED TOLD ACCELERATION WAS NORMAL. FIX FOR TIMING COVER JANUARY 5, 2010. 8/1/10 & 10/26/10 TAKEN IN FOR ACCELERATION & MAINT. AFTER NEAR ACCIDENTS AND PROBLEMS DRIVING BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 15 AND 60 MPH: NOTHING ADDRESSED. 1/4/11 - TRANSMISSION SWITCH WAS REPLACED BY A DIFFERENT SUZUKI CENTER. TOLD TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE CAN GO OUT. ACCELERATION ISSUES HAVE RETURNED SIDE AIRBAG STILL SHOWS OFF WHEN OCCUPIED BY PERSON 120 PLUS POUNDS. *TR

SUZUKI FORENZA 2008 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 34000 MILES AND THE DEALER SAYS I HAVE TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER REPAIR,THEY TOLD ME THAT HAVE THREE CHOICES :NEW CAR,NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4000 DOLLARS OR 1600 DOLLARS TO REPAIR IT. IS JUST THAT? *TR

THE CAR HESITATES DURING COLD START UP. THE CAR ALSO JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE I'M DRIVING AND HAS LED TO SEVERAL NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS WHERE BOTH ME AND MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. TRYING TO GET HELP FROM THE AMERICAN SUZUKI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE IS A JOKE. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS BAD AND EVERY TIME YOU CALL BACK TO FOLLOW-UP THE PERSON THAT WAS HANDLING YOUR CASE MYSTERIOUSLY QUITS. ALL THEY DO IS JERK YOU AROUND UNTIL THE BASIC WARRANTY EXPIRES AND YOU'RE NO LONGER THEIR PROBLEM. AFTER THIS ALL REPAIRS ARE OUT OF POCKET. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO GET REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG. I HAVE HAD TWO NEW TRANSMISSIONS PUT IN AND MY CAR ONLY HAS 29,856 MILES ON IT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE; IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I GUESS THIS IS WHY SUZUKI WAS SO QUICK TO DISCONTINUE MANUFACTURING THIS VEHICLE THE SAME YEAR IT WAS PRODUCED. I WANT SUZUKI TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE VEHICLE AND EITHER REPLACE IT OR REFUND THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE CAR. I REFUSE TO PASS THIS PROBLEM ON TO ANOTHER CONSUMER. THE DEALERSHIPS CLEARLY MISREPRESENTED THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF THIS VEHICLE. ITS NOT FAIR THAT CONSUMERS ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE!! *TR

MY 08 FORENZA HESITATES DURING COLD START UP. NO CODES SHOW. IT HAS 58000 MILES (TIMING BELT DUE IN A FEW THOUSAND), 5 SPEED STICK , DRIVEN 90 MILES ONE WAY EVERY 3 THIRD DAY. IT DID DIE ON THE HIGHWAY BACK IN JANUARY '11 , CEL CAME ON, WENT INTO LIMP MODE,I DIDN'T SHUT DOWN FOR FEAR OF COMPLETELY DYING IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER. PULLED CODES P2106, P2110, AND P0835 FROM COMPUTER. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN CODES. SINCE THEN HESITATION HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO IDLE NORMALLY ALL THAT WELL EVEN AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS (SEEMS LIKE TPS IS STICKING RUNS AROUND 2000 FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS AFTER COMING TO A STOP). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE ENGINE WOULD SHIFT ABNORMALLY, CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SENSORS IN MY 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA FROM THE FIRST WEEK I BOUGHT IT. THERE HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER AND THE WARRANTY IS BOGUS. THIS COMPANY HAS RIPPED OFF TONS OF CONSUMERS WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THEY DECIDED TO NOT MAKE THIS CAR ANYMORE. I AM NOW HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION SENSOR WHICH CAUSES MY CAR TO JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. THE OTHER DAY IT DID THAT AND ANOTHER CAR ALMOST REAR ENDED ME IN THE BACK! WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY HADN'T OF STOPPED? ME AND MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT SUZUKI IS WAITING ON FOR SOMEONE TO LITERALLY DIE BEFORE THEY WILL ADMIT THAT THE PARTS ON THESE VEHICLES ARE DEFECTIVE AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED IT WILL BECOME FAULTY AGAIN. IM SURE THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS MADE TO THE COMPANY BUT NOONE EVER CALLS YOU BACK OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGES THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE REAL. MOST CONSUMERS EITHER HURRY UP AND UNLOAD THIS LEMON OR WIND UP SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLAR TO KEEP IT HALF WAY RUNNING. I REFUSE TO PASS THIS JUNK OFF FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO GO THROUGH THE HEADACHES AND HEARTACHE I HAVE HAD AND IF ITS THE LAST THING I DO IM GOING TO OUT SUZUKI FOR THE WORST CAR COMPANY THAT THEY ARE. THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE RIPOFFS TOO. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BLATANT LYING TO CONSUMERS AND THEN THE HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AFTER THEY HAVE CLEARLY SOLD YOU A LEMON. *TR

I HAVE COMPLAINED CONSISTENTLY ABOUT THE VIBRATIONS AT IDLE AND THE LOUD NOISES IN MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALSO FUMES COMING THRU MY VENTS THAT BURN MY EYES AT TIMES. ENDED UP IN THE ER ON ONE OCCASION AND THE NEXT DAY THE CAR HAD OIL ALL OVER THE VALVE GASKET COVER. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID THEY SEEN NO OIL BUT I HAD PICS OF THE LEAK. STILL GET INTERMITTENT SMELLS OF GAS WHILE DRIVING THAT BURN MY EYES AND THROAT. THE ENGINE GETS HOT FAST AND THAT'S WHEN THE CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE. SEEMS LIKE IT IS SEARCHING FOR GEARS AND THE RPMS REV UP. I CAN FEEL THE ENGINE IN MY DRIVERS SEAT REALLY BAD. MY WARRANTY IS ALMOST EXPIRED AND IT IS NOW 2011 AND THE CAR HAS BEEN IN TWICE FOR THE SAME COMPLAINTS. NOT TO MENTION HEARING THE STRUTS RATTLE OVER BUMPS AND WHILE MAKING TURNS. THEY REPLACED MY SUSPENSION TWICE. 1ST TIME WAS WHILE I ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 2 MONTHS. I AM NOT GETTING NO RESULTS AND THIS CAR IS VERY UNSAFE. NOW I AM SCARED IF I WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS CAR FOR THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND THE AIRBAGS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT REALLY BAD. *TR

2008 SUZUKI FORENZA AUTO TRANSMISSION CODE 783 3 4 MALFUNCTION 100,666 MILES COST $1300.00 OUT OF WARRANTY BY 666 MILES SERVICE BULLETIN WRITTEN IN JAN 2008 FOR ALL SUZUKI TRANSMISSIONS TO DEALERS HAD TO REPLACE TCM MODULE AT 55,000 MILES FOR NOT SHIFTING GEARS. WHAT A JOKE THAT SUZUKI WOULD HELP WITH $525 DOLLARS OF REPAIR. NOT FULL $1300.00 . THIS TRANSMISSION IS SEALED AND YOU CAN NOT SERVICE FLUID LEVELS UNLESS YOU ARE A DEALER NO USER LEVEL CHECKS POSSIBLE. THEY WILL ONLY GIVE A 12,000 MILE OR 12 MONTH WARRANTY ONLY ON CLUTCHES AND DRUMS REPLACED NOT TOTAL TRANS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL JERKING SENSATION AND A MISFIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE BECAUSE PART IN STOCK. THIS FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,400.