SUZUKI Complaints

CPSC#10270493A. 2011 SUZUKI GSX1250FA. CONSUMER STATED HIS MOTORCYCLE HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING CONDITION OF 4TH GEAR ENGINE STALL CUT OFF AFTER LONG TERM (EIGHT PLUS HOURS) HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED HE TRIED TO RE-START THE MOTORCYCLE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH, HE WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND IT FINALLY, BUT VERY RELUCTANTLY STARTED. HE PROCEEDED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, ONLY TO EXPERIENCE THE ENGINE STALL, FOR SECOND TIME AS HE WAS SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVER HOME, HE WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOTORCYCLE ON THE CENTER STAND, AS SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR, THE ENGINE WOULD STALL. THE CONSUMER RODE THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER IN 3RD AND DID NOT EXPERIENCING ANY STALLING ISSUES. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTORCYCLE AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A SUZUKI FACTORY TECHNICIAN, THE BIKE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. DESPITE THE FACT, THAT A TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER EXPERIENCED THE STALLING FIRST HAND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUZUKI 650 AN MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY BEFORE STALLING. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC SHOP. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE MOST LIKELY WAS NOT ELECTRICAL AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100. UPDATED 10/3/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT AND THE ESP OFF WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND INSPECTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,900. UPDATED 8/24/12 *CN

I HAVE A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. OFTEN WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO GEAR, IT "CLUNKS." THEN WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, NO MATTER WHAT THE SPEED, THE CAR SHIFTS ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL. I CAN DRIVE IF I PUT IT INTO 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD GEAR AFTER IT SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OR LATER IN THE DAY I CAN GET THE CAR INTO DRIVE AGAIN, BUT THE PROBLEM REPEATS ITSELF DAILY. *TR

INITIALLY CAR HAD MINOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES, I.E. CLOCK WOULD NOT WORK, PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOWS. RIGHT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SURGING AND STALLING AT IDLE, UPON FILLING GAS TANK, IT WOULD STOP EVERY GALLON OF GAS PUT IN, FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. NEW SPARK PLUGS, AIR FILTER, CLOGGED THROTTLE BODY. CAR NOW STALLS/DIES AT IDLE WHEN FIRST STARTING UP, OUTSIDE TEMP GAUGE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AT INTERSECTIONS, LOSES POWER WHEN MAKING TURNS, JERKS WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, FEELS LIKE BREAKS ARE BEING APPLIED DRIVING DOWNHILL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AIR CONDITIONER CAUSES RPMS TO GO BELOW 750 AND SURGE. THESE CARS ARE A DEATH TRAP ON WHEELS AND NEED TO BE FIXED OR REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE OWNER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

CAR EXHIBITED A TENDENCY TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AT FIRST. AFTER TURNING A CORNER THE CAR PULLED TO THE LEFT. GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE FRONT OF THE CAR WANDERED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. AFTER I PARKED THE CAR AND RE STARTED THE ENGINE WHEN I PUT IT INTO GEAR A LOUD BANGING NOISE CAME FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND IT DID NOT MOVE IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. BANGING STOPPED IN NEUTRAL AND PARK. I JACKED UP THE CAR AND THE FRONT SUB-FRAME WAS RUSTED THRU RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE LOWER SUSPENSION ARM ATTACHED TO IT. *TR

WHEN RIDING AND CHANGING GEAR FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR, THE BIKE EITHER GOES IN TO NETURAL OR HAS A GRINDING NOISE BETWEEN GEARS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS COMMON FOR THE BIKE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. I CHANGED THE OIL AND IT STILL HAPPENS. THIS IS A DEFECT AND THE GEAR TRANSISTION FROM 1-5 SHOULD BE SMOOTH AND SEAMLESS, IT TAKES EFFORT TO CHANGE FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. SUZUKI HAS A PROBLEM AND THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. *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

2ND GEAR EITHER FAILS OR CREATES THE BIKES TO LURCH WHEN YOU INCREASE THE RPM'S IN 2ND GEAR. *TR

ON MAY 2, 2011 I PURCHASED 3 RIKEN RAPTOR 85V 195/155VR5 TIRES FROM ASPEN TIRE & AUTO, INC. IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA FOR MY 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. ON MAY 13, 2012 (1 YEAR LATER) WHILE DRIVING ON A PAVED ROAD AFTER A TURN LEFT ONTO A TWO LANE ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MPH WE SUDDENLY HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY LOUD BANG, FOLLOWING BY A SIGNIFICANT DROP ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR AND MANY MORE LOUD BANGING, AND THUDDING SOUNDS. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS DROPPED DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. WE HAD TO DRIVE APPROX. 100FT OR SOTO PULL OVER AS THERE IS NO ROOM ON THIS SMALL PAVED ROAD TO PULL OVER WITHOUT IMPEDING TRAFFIC. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE CAR WE COULD SEE THE SIDE FRONT FENDER HAD COMPLETELY PULLED OUT FROM THE CAR, THE TIRE IN SHREDS AND THE RIM LOOKED AS IF IT WAS SMASHED. THE TIRE SIDE WALL WAS BLOWN OUT WITH THE TREAD/BELT WAS COMPLETELY INTACT HOWEVER CLEANLY SHEARED OFF RIGHT ALONG THE SEAM. WE ARE SURE THAT THE PRESSURE ON ALL THE TIRES WAS INLINE AS MY HUSBAND HAD CHECKED AND CORRECTED ONLY THE WEEK BEFORE FOLLOWING DEALER MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED FOR BOTH THE CAR AND TIRE. WE CHECK OUR TIRE PRESSURE REGULARLY AND IN FACT WE USE THE AVERAGE OF THE LOWER PRESSURE RECOMMENDED FOR THE CAR AND THE HIGH PRESSURE OR MAX RECOMMENDED MY MICHELIN. THE TREADS WERE NOT WORN AND THERE WAS NO PRIOR DAMAGE OR WEAR. AFTER SPENDING MUCH OF MY TIME AND MONEY TO SEND THE TIRE TO THEIR INSPECTORS - MICHELIN DENIED PAYING FOR THE DAMAGES WHICH HAVE COST $373.28 OUT OF POCKET, STATING THAT THEY DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WAS RUN-FLAT. THE PICTURES THEY SENT TO ME TO COMPARE DAMAGES OF A RUN-FLAT TIRE LOOK NOTHING LIKE MY TIRE DAMAGE AND WE ARE DILIGENT ABOUT CHECKING THE TIRE PRESSURE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEIR ACROSS THE BOARD DETERMINATION MATCHES WHAT HAPPENED TO MY TIRE AND FEEL THAT THIS PARTICULAR TIRE MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE. *TR