SUZUKI Complaints

TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. CAR SLAMS INTO GEAR AND GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR AFTER STOPPING. PUTTING CAR IN PARK ALSO SLAMS INTO GEAR. SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG RENO/FORENZA OWNERS. TAKES QUITE A LONG TIME TO REPAIR AND IS ABOUT $300. SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A RECALL/WARRANTY SINCE IT IS CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION BUT OF COURSE IT IS NOT. *TR

RE: INFERIOR STEERING HEAD BEARING ISSUE. FOR: MOTORCYCLE SUZUKI BOULEVARD C90T (VL1500T) WTF, AT 35 MPH HANDLE BAR CONSISTENTLY SHAKES VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. FAILURE OF OEM BALL BEARINGS ARE JUNK AND CAUSES THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. NEEDS NEW TIMKEN TAPERED ROLLER BEARINGS TO CURE THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION. THIS IS MAJOR COST TO ME TO REPAIR AND REMOVE FRONT END FOR INFERIOR CHEAP BEARINGS. THE OEM BEARINGS SUCK, AND TO REPLACE THE BEARINGS WITH SAME JUNK IS RIDICULOUS. WARRANTY IS VOIDED IF ANY OTHER BEARING IS USED, THIS IS BS. *TR

I BOUGHT A '08 C90 BOULEVARD FROM A SUZUKI DEALER BRAND NEW IN 2009 AND FROM THE FIRST RIDE THERE WAS A HORRIBLE WOBBLE UPON DECELERATION STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY AT 30 MPH. I TOOK THE BIKE BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE BIKE AND HE INSISTED THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO MY WEIGHT (350LBS) AND HE STATE HE FELT NO WOBBLE. THIS WENT ON FOR TWO YEARS. AFTER JOINING THE DELFI C90 FORUM I WAS ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT MY SHB'S WERE BAD AND THIS WAS HAPPENING TO HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THE C90 FROM YEARS '04 TO PRESENT AND ON BRAND NEW BIKES AS WELL. THIS WILL COST ME $500 TO REPAIR. I WAS ALSO ALERTED TO ANOTHER PROBLEM CURRENTLY OCCURRING, WHICH IS A RR PROBLEM STEMMING FROM A BAD DESIGN IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (SHUNT DESIGN). THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO OCCURRING TO HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF VL1500'S AND C90'S. THIS PROBLEM WILL COST ABOUT ANOTHER $400 TO REPAIR. BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE EXTREME SAFETY HAZARDS!!!!.

FAILURE OF STATOR AND RECTIFIER ON 2007 SUZUKI C90 MOTORCYCLE. R/R PART RECTIFIER ASSY 32800-41F11, ALSO CAUSES FAILURE IN STATOR. SAME PROBLEMS LISTED IN RECALL FOR OTHER SUZUKI BIKES (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V108000), BUT C90 WAS NOT COVERED BUT USES THE SAME COMPONENTS AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. BOTH RR AND STATOR REPLACED BEFORE 40KM ON BIKE. *TR

I AM SO UPSET THAT MY 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAS BEEN GOING OUT. I HAVE HAD THIS PART REPLACED BACK IN 2009 AND IT WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED A CAR ACCIDENT AS I WAS DRIVING DUE TO THE GEARS SHIFTING AS I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER. I WENT TO THE SUZUKI DEALERSHIP AND ADVISE OF THE PROBLEM AND SAID THAT IT NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I AM NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AND AS I WAS GOING THROUGH A LIGHT WITH BUSY TRAFFIC THE SAME ISSUE AND ALMOST CAUSED A CAR TO REAR ENDED ME AND DUE TO THE GEAR CHANGING AND CAUSING MY CAR TO GO SLOW. SUZUKI SHOULD HAVE LONGER WARRANTIES ON THESE PARTS LONGER THAT A YEAR DUE TO THE PART IS NOT LASTING. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN THE DASHBOARD GEARS WILL SCRAMBLE. THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND TOOK IT TO SUZUKI AND SAID CAN NOT HELP CAUSE LIGHT WENT OFF. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS AND THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND I WAS TURNING INTO THE STREET TO THE TURNING LANE AND MY CAR STARTED TO STALL AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING. I AM ALSO UPSET THAT MY LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT AND IT WAS A RECALL AND SUZUKI SAID THAT IT WAS FIXED AND I AM STILL HAVING A ISSUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

FUEL GAUGE QUITE WORKING. NOTHING WAS DONE TO REPLACE, AS THE SENDING UNIT IS BAD AND YOU CAN NOT PURCHASE A NEW SENDING UNIT. *TR

CHARGING LED SHOWED THAT THE BIKE WAS NOT CHARGING. STATOR AND VOLTAGE RECTIFIER/REGULATOR FAILED. THE CHARGING SYSTEM WAS NO LONGER CHARGING THE BATTERY OR SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REPLACED STATOR AND VOLTAGE RECTIFIER/REGULATOR. OLD STATOR IS STILL AVAILABLE, THREW OUT THE R/R. REPLACED THE OEM STATOR WITH AN AFTER MARKED SWITCHING STATOR. *TR

I OWN A SUZUKI C90 MY ISSUE IS WITH THE STATOR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IT TWICE NOW. THE 1ST TIME WAS 2 YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD 25,000 KM ON IT. THE 2ND TIME WAS LAST WEEK WHEN IT WOULD NOT START. I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE SIGNAL GENERATOR THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE STATOR, BUT THE STATOR WAS BURNT AND WAS ON IT WAY OUT. THE BIKE JUST DIED WHILE RIDING IT, NO INDICATION OF WHAT WAS WRONG. THE 1ST PART I REPLACED WAS PART # 32101-10F10 THAT WAS REPLACED IN 2009 WHEN I HAD 25,000 KM ON IT. I ALSO HAD TO BUY A NEW GASKET AND THE TOTAL PRICE FOR THE REPAIR WAS ABOUT $450.00 THE 2ND REPAIR I HAD TO USE ANOTHER GASKET AND THE SAME PART # 32101-10F10 FOR ANOTHER $450. OUT OF MY POCKET. I WISH THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART TO GET IT FIXED RIGHT. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2011 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA. AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I REALIZED THAT THE REAR HEAD RESTRAINTS FOLDED FORWARD (TO ALLOW FOR EASE OF VIEWING THROUGH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BY THE DRIVER). THESE HEAD RESTRAINTS DO NOT LOCK UP AND FOLD OVER VERY EASILY. IT IS LIKELY THAT IF THE VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY OR STRIKE SOMETHING FROM BEHIND THAT THESE HEAD RESTRAINTS WOULD FOLD FORWARD. WHEN FORWARD THESE RESTRAINTS REST AT THE BASE OF MY NECK AT ABOUT THE C1-C2 JUNCTION. THIS LOCATION IS THE MOST COMMON SOURCE OF SEVERE SPINAL DAMAGE AND PARALYSIS WHEN INJURED. WHILE I AM HOPEFUL THAT NOONE HAS BEEN INJURED YET, I AM NOT PLEASED WITH SUZUKI'S RESPONSE WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY THAT THE NHTSA TESTED THE VEHICLE AND PASSED SO IT MUST BE SAFE. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS HEAD RESTRAINT WAS A PARTY TO ANY DIRECT IMPACT CRASH TESTING WITH REAR OCCUPANTS (WITHER WITH OR WITHOUT THE RESTRAINT IN THE DOWN POSITION. MY HOPE IS THAT IT IS TESTED TO DETERMINE ITS SAFETY BEFORE SOME ONE'S LIFE IS FOREVER ALTERED. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY IN MY OPINION. AS FOR MY GRAND VITARA. I HAVE REMOVED MY HEAD RESTRAINTS AND WOULD RATHER RISK WHIPLASH THAN PARALYSIS. *TR

STATOR AND REGULATOR CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE RESULTING IN MOTORCYCLE STALLING AND NOT BEING OPERABLE. HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM ROADWAY CREATING UNSAFE CONDITION. REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BY REPLACING STATOR AND REGULATOR/RECTIFIER. STATOR FAILURE RELATED TO WINDING INSULATION FAILURE TO GROUND AND OVERHEATING OF REGULATOR. *TR