2008 SUZUKI FORENZA Complaints

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS PUT ON MACHINE AND GOT A PO700 AND PO705 WHICH REQUIRED A SENSOR WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON A BRAND NEW CAR. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN DONE ON THIS BECAUSE MY WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS DO TO NOT BEING INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO SUZUKI'S RULES.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE UPHILL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 57,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO THE DRIVE POSITION AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED AND RESTARTED. THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO PROCEED PROPERLY WITHOUT THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. IN ADDITION, WHEN DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER SERVICE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE VENTS IN THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEGUN SLIPPED AND WOULD NOT STAY IN THE DRIVE GEAR. THE VEHICLE ALSO HESITATED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ILLUMINATED SINCE AUGUST 2010. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF. UPON RESTART THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 20 MINUTES IN WHICH THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 51,094.

SMOKE AND FUMES COMING THRU VENTS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. PURCHASED CAR NEW 05/06/2008, I HAVE HAD PROBLEM SINCE A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE AND CAR STILL SLIPS AND HESITATES AND HAS CUT OFF TWICE WHILE IN TRAFFIC SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. REPLACE SERPENTINE BELT WHICH WARRANTY DID NOT COVER. CAR HAS 29,500 MI. LOUD SQUEALING NOISE (THIS WAS WHY I PAID TO HAVE THE BELT REPLACED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER SAID THIS IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL SQUEALING WAS FROM) NOW THEY ARE SAYING THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE TIRES BUT STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CHECK IT. MY CAR WAS RECENTLY IN THE SERVICE CENTER FOR 3 WEEKS BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND THE FIRST NEW REPLACEMENT WENT BAD DURING THE TEST DRIVE AND THEY HAD TO PUT A 3RD TRANSMISSION INTHE CAR AND IT STILL DOES NOT DRIVE RIGHT. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE. I AM CLOSE TO WARRANTY ENDING AND I FEEL THIS IS WHY IM GETTING THE RUN AROUND BY THE DEALERSHIP. CAR LOCKS AND UNLOCKS ON ITS OWN. CAR WILL RANDOMLY MISS WHILE IN DRIVE (ENGINE WILL REV UP WHEN I PUSH THE GAS PEDAL WITH CAR IN DRIVE BUT WILL NOT MOVE) I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK THEN PUT IT IN DRIVE AGAIN TO GET IT TO WORK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASH INTO THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR INJURIES SUFFER TO THE NECK AND BACK. DURING THE CRASH THE FRAME WAS DAMAGE AND THE ENGINE MOVED. THE CONTACT FEELS THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED SINCE THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH WAS SEVERE. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000. UPDATED 3/24/10 *CN UPDATED 05/10/10*JB

WE HAVE A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WILL NOT ACTIVATE WITH SOMEONE OF AN APPROPRIATE WEIGHT SITTING IN THE SEAT WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED. IF THE CAR IS RUNNING WHEN SOMEONE SITS DOWN SOMETIMES IT WILL GO OFF. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 4- 5 TIMES AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK FOR THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER. YOUR HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 FORENZA, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME BOUT 3 OR 4 WKS AGO AFTER A DAY, IT WENT OFF. NOW YESTERDAY NOV. 18TH ITS CAME ON AGAIN AN THIS TIME IT DOESN'T GO OFF. NOW AFEW MONTHS AGO I HAD TO GO TO PUGMIRE IN MARIETTA, FOR MY SEAT BELT PROBLEM, AN THEY WERE REAL HATEFUL, WHEN THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS WARRANTY. THEY SHOULDN'T GOT MAD OR MEAN THEY STILL GET PD FOR WARRANTY. CAN U HELP ME OUT? IT SCARES ME TO DRIVE IT LIKE THAT. THANKS TINA DILLARD *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG MISCLASSIFIED AN ADULT AS A CHILD. AS A CONSEQUENCE IN A SITUATION THAT WARRANTS THE AIR BAGS MAY FAIL TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT OR THE SENSOR. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 18261.