SUZUKI Complaints

2001 SUZUKI ESTEEM FRONT RIGHT WHEEL RUBBING AGAINST INSIDE FENDER CAR PULLING TO RIGHT K FRAME CROSSMEMBER ROTTED PART REPLACED BY SUZUKI DEALER OLD PART IS AVAILABLE PART AND PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONSISTENTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL; WHICH, INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE INOPERATIVE. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE AIR BAGS MAY FAIL TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND SEVERAL REPAIRS WERE MADE; HOWEVER, NONE OF THE REPAIRS HAVE REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WE OWN THREE 2005 SUZUKI FORENZAS. EACH HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH EITHER THE AIRBAG OR AIRBAG SENSOR. ONE OF OUR VEHICLES CURRENTLY WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEING ON. THIS IS ITS SECOND PROBLEM OF THE SAME KIND. ONE OF THE OTHER VEHICLES HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THREE TIMES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. SUZUKI HAS NEVER TOLD ME IF THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG, THE SENSOR, THE HARNESS, OR SOMETHING ELSE. MY CONCERN IS TWO-FOLD: (1) WILL I HAVE TO PAY ANNUALLY FOR A SERIOUS SUZUKI DEFECT IN ORDER TO PASS INSPECTION? (2) IS THIS A REAL PROBLEM? DO I HAVE A SAFETY CONCERN? SUZUKI HAS NEVER TOLD ME IF THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG, THE SENSOR, THE HARNESS, OR SOMETHING ELSE. MY WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS DRIVE THESE VEHICLES. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES INVESTIGATION. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2007 SUZUKI XL7 AND HAVE NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. I RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT DEALERSHIPS ARE STATING THIS IS THE STEERING RACK PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES SO IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH HIGH MILEAGE AND NEVER HAD ANY STEERING ISSUES. IT IS SCARY TO THINK THAT I MAY BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH MY SON AND SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO THE STEERING ALL TOGETHER. I REALLY LIKE THE VEHICLE BUT SUZUKI SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS TO SOMEONE. IF I HAD ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION I WOULD USE IT BUT HAVE TO RELY ON THIS VEHICLE FOR EVERYTHING. UNTIL I CAN SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO DRIVE IT. THE GOVERNMENT CAN BAIL OUT BANKS BUT CAN'T MAKE A CAR COMPANY FIX A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A VEHICLE UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER WEIGHT SENSOR FOR THE SRS AIRBAG SYSTEM HAD BEEN INTERMITTENTLY GOING ON AND OFF WITH SOMEONE IN THE SEAT AND OUT OF THE SEAT. THIS BEGAN WITHIN 100 MILES OF OWNERSHIP, AND OCCURRED VERY FREQUENTLY. THE DEALER COULD NEVER REPLICATE THIS. THEY STATED THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO WORK THAT WAY EVEN WHEN A 300 LB. TECH WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT AND THE LIGHT CAME ON SHOWING THE AIRBAG SYSTEM OFF. THE SENSOR IS NOW COMPLETELY OUT, AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT INDICATOR BOTH STAY LIT CONTINUALLY. NOW THAT THE SENSOR IS COMPLETELY OUT I AM OUTSIDE OF MY 36,000 MILE WARRANTY AND AM NOW IN MY EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED AT THE TIME I BOUGHT THE SX4. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER A NEW SENSOR WHICH HAS BEEN QUOTED TO ME AT $2,600.00. THEY ARE SNEAKING THROUGH A LOOP HOLE THAT EXCLUDES THE AIRBAG SYSTEM AFTER AN ACCIDENT. IN WHICH THEY WON'T PAY IF THE AIRBAG HAS BEEN DEPLOYED. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT HAS AIRBAGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY AT ANYTIME. I WAS TOLD CHANCES ARE IN AN ACCIDENT THEY WILL NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I HOPE TO NEVER HAVE AN ACCIDENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A SAFETY SYSTEM YOU WANT IT TO WORK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE SUZUKI SX4'S. VERY FEW SX4'S DO NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE. AND GIVEN LONG ENOUGH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN IF THE SENSOR IS NOT REPLACED, AND IF THIS HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY YOUR STUCK DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB. I SIMPLY HOPE I'M NOT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND THE AIRBAG SYSTEM SUDDENLY DECIDES IT'S TIME TO DEPLOY. I LOVE THE CAR I JUST WISH SUZUKI WOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEIR SENSOR FIX IT AND REPLACE IT FOR ALL OF US OWNERS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT FROM A LACK OF SAFETY RESTRAINTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. AN AUTHORIZED TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN, WATER PUMP, TIMING BELT VALVES , AND THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE TIMING CHAIN SEPARATED TWICE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. NONE OF THE REPAIRS HAVE CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 51,000.

I HAVE A 2004 SUZUKI FORENZA AND TOOK IT IN FOR A SAFETY RECALL ON THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. THE DEALERSHIP DID THE RECALL BUT SAID THE WIRES WERE BURNT SO BAD THAT IT AFFECTED THE HIGH BEAM SIDE. NOW THAT THE RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED, NONE OF THE LIGHTS WORK CREATING A BIGGER SAFETY HAZARD THAN BEFORE. THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN AT NIGHT AT ALL . *TR

2005 SUZUKI EIGER LTA-400-F ,MAGNETS COME UNGLUED FROM GENERATOR ROTOR, PART #132102-38F01. WHEN RIDING MOTOR STOPS,LEAVING RIDER STUCK,IN MY CASE, HALFWAY UP A HILL.CHECKED ON NEW PART,THEY DO NOT MAKE AN 05 ROTOR NO MORE, HAVE TO BUY A 2007 PART. THEY KNOW OF THEIR PROBLEM,BUT DO NOT WANT TO FIX. *TR

EVERY TIME I GET A CAR WASH, MY CAR HORN STOPS WORKING ON MY 2007 SUZUKI XL7. HAVE REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES. SUZUKI TOLD ME NOT TO WASH MY CAR AND MY HORN WILL WORK FINE(???). THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN BOTH LOCKING MY CAR AND WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID ANY COLLISIONS. *TR

I OWN A 2007 FORENZA IN WHICH A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICE IT WAS NOT SHIFTING OUT GEARS RIGHT. THEN IT GOT WORSE AND WOULD ACTUALLY STOP MOVING AND JUST REV UP. I ALMOST WAS IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS LUCKILY THE TRUCK HAD GOOD BRAKES. I TOOK MY CAR IN AND THE CASHIER TOLD ME WHAT IT PROBABLY WAS BEFORE THEY EVEN LOOKED AT IT AND SHE MADE A STATEMENT THAT ALL THE FORENZA ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM NOT TO MENTION THE WAS 14 IN THE SERVICE AREA. ANYWAY THE SHOP TOLD ME IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AND IT WAS NOT COVERED IN MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY GO FIGURE..SO IT WAS 215.00 OUT OF POCKET..I FEEL THAT IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IT COULD EVENTUALLY CLAIM LIVES. *TR