SUZUKI Complaints

DRIVING DOWN ROAD DOING ABOUT 25 MPH MOTORCYCLE STALLED WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CHECKED IGNITION FUSE AND FOUND IT TO BE BLOWN. REPLACED WITH NEW 15 AMP FUSE. TRIED TO START THE BIKE AGAIN AND THE FUSE BLEW RIGHT AWAY. INSPECTED WIRING HARNESS AND FOUND A BUNCH OF BURNT WIRES. IGNITION SWITCH WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH. I ONLY HAVE 4694 MILES ON THE BIKE. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DO TO THE BIKE STALLING OUT IN TRAFFIC.

AFTER GETTING THE CAR TO THE RECALL, THE ENGINE'S BELT/PULLEY TENSIONER CAME OFF, TORN APART. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES WITH A WEEK GAP OF OCCURRENCE.*TR

I OWN A 2006 SUZUKI M109 THE BIKE WILL KICK IT SELF OUT OF SECOND GEAR AND INTO NEUTRAL THIS CAUSES YOU TO LOOSE POWER TO THE REAR WILL YOU ARE UNABLE TO ACCELERATE I WAS ALMOST REARENDED... I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED SUZUKI SAY THIS IS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM... THE M109RIDERS.COM TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY THERE ARE FORUMS THERE THAT EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM... SUZUKI NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

CLUTCH PLATES SHUDDER ON MY SUZUKI 2007 M109R MOTORCYCLE, WHEN STARTING OFF FROM A DEAD STOP AND RELEASING THE CLUTCH. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM BUT IS SCARRRY WHEN LEAVING FROM A STOP LIGHT AND THE BIKE DOES NOT ACCELERATE CORRECTLY WITH THE CLUTCH SLIPPAGE. THE BIKE HAS ONLY 4000 MILES OF USAGE. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER M109R RIDERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND SUZUKI IS DENYING THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2007 SUZUKI XL-7 AWD LIMITED VERSION. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DASH BOARD BEGAN TO SHOW AN OUTLINE IN THE DASHBOARD. IT APPEARS LIKE THERE IS SOME PRESSURE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE AIRBAG PUSHING UP AGAINST THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL AND CUTOUT FOR THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AREA. THE AIRBAG HAS NOT YET DEPLOYED NOT HAS THE VEHICLE BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. IT APPEARS THERE IS A POOR QUALITY DASH MATERIAL OR A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG. I AM CONCERN THAT WHEN THE AIRBAG IS NEEDED, IT WILL NOT DEPLOY. SUZUKI WOULD NOT EVEN REPLACE IT WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. NOW THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE PROBLEM IS STILL EVIDENT AND MAY BECOME WORST WITH TIME. *TR

MY 2007 SUZUKI XL7 (48,000 MILES) HAS BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER, WHICH HAS ALSO BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. RESEARCH HAS TOLD ME THAT, WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY SIMILAR, IF NOT EXACT, PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE 2006 MODEL. SUZUKI APPARENTLY WAS NOT WILLING TO FIX THE 2006 PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE INITIALLY BUT IN SOME CASES, AFTER MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS, DID. THIS STEERING PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE ON A CAR WITH 48,000. I WILL BE CALLING SUZUKI AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME RESULTS BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS OCCURS. *TR

AFTER HAVING MOTORCYCLE PARKED IN THE SUN ALL DAY WHEN IT WOULD BE MORE THAN 85 DEGREES OUTSIDE, MOTORCYCLE WOULD STALL UPON ACCELERATION THE FIRST 5 MINUTES OF RIDING. *TR

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON EVEN WHEN NO ONE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT. THEREFORE, WE RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SUZUKI DEALER. THE DEALER STATED IT WOULD COST OVER $2,000 TO REPAIR THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. HOWEVER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE, BUT TO NOTE THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. WE FELL THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, AND THE COST FOR REPAIR IS SO PROHIBITIVE. WE FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH REPAIR. QUESTIONS: HAS THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM BEEN REPORTED FROM OTHER CAR MANUFACTURERS? IF SO, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR? OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THIS TYPE OF ISSUE HAS SURFACED?

I BOUGHT A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA 4 DOOR SEDAN NEW IN 2007 BUT NOW THE DRIVE LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF DID THIS ONCE BEFORE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO BUT TURNED OFF AFTER ABOUT 47 MINUTES AFTER I TOOK THE BATTERY CABLE A LOSE. IT STARTED AGAIN ON MAY 24, 2011 WHEN MY WIFE TOOK OUR KIDS TO BASKETBALL PRACTICE SHE SMELT SOMETHING BURNING, THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES WITH A LOT OF SMOKE DOWN BY HER LEG, ANOTHER MOTORIST SAW HER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE CAR DOES NOT RUN IT WILL TURN OVER BUT NOT CRANK NO POWER IN CAR, NO LIGHTS NOTHING WORKS. CAR IS FULL OF EXTINGUISHER SMOKE FROM TRYING TO PUT FIRE OUT. THE HARNESS WITH WIRES GOING INSIDE OF IT INSIDE OF CAR IS MELTED, HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED HOME 31.9 MILES. CALLED SUZUKI ABOUT CAR THEY ASKED ME IS THERE A RECALL ON THE CAR, GO FIGURE PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO WHEN CAR WAS WORKING THE TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE STAYED ON EVEN WITH NEW TIRES THAT I COULD NOT KEEP ON CAR IS WEARING TIRES DOWN AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST AIR CONDITIONER WAS ONLY BLOWING HOT AIR EVEN THOUGH IT IS FULL OF FREON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SENSOR SWITCH WHICH ALSO KNOWN AS THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND FAILED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THERE WAS A WARNING LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE VEHICLE WOULD RESET ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,798.