SUZUKI Complaints

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND OFF FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND IT IS THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR (NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY), POWERTRAIN -YES NOT SENSOR. IT ONLY HAS 41,000 MILES AND HAS HAD REGULAR DEALERSHIP MAINTENANCE. DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS - SAID HE'D HAD MORE THAN 10 THIS WEEK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN YOU SAY RECALL!!! *TR

THIS HAS TO DO WITH AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE MAC KATO. THIS IS A CVT TRANSMISSION SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. I HAVE 2003 AN 650 BURGMAN. I WAS RIDING THE BIKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD ENGINE POWER BUT WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE. I'M GLAD I WAS ON THE CITY STREETS AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE HOV LANES I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE OF DONE! IF I HAD BEEN IN THE REGULAR LANES OF FREEWAY THAT I RIDE ON EVERY DAY I MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT TO THE SIDE IN ONE PIECE. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IS THE PRIMARY PULLEY SHAFT ADAPTOR SEIZED ON THE PRIMARY SHAFT AND FROZE. THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED TURNING. I FEEL THAT, IF THERE IS A WEAKNESS WITH THIS PRODUCT, IT?S THE PRIMARY PULLEY AND THE PARTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY PULLEY. INTERESTINGLY THE DEALER HAD JUST WORKED ON A DIFFERENT BIKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND WHAT FAILED ON THAT BIKE WAS THE PRIMARY PULLEY ASSEMBLY THE BOLT THAT GOES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CASING OR THE PRIMARY PULLEY STOPPER BOLT SHEARED OFF RESULTING IN THE PRIMARY PULLEY TURNING INSIDE THE CASING AND CHEWED UP THE INSIDE OF THE CASING. I WILL REFER YOU TO A WEB SITE BURGMANUSA.COM THERE ARE OVER 8,000 MEMBERS HERE. SOME HAD THE CVT TRANS FAILURE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AND WITH PARTS AND LABOR THE COST IS $2,526.00 I DO HAVE THE PARTS THAT WAS REPLACED. *TR

A PERSON DRIVING BEHIND OUR CAR (SUZUKI-FORENZA) PULLED UP NEXT TO US AND STATED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BACK TAIL LIGHTS WE ALSO NOTICED ON OUR DASHBOARD THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULDN'T GO OFF. WE STOPPED AND CHECKED THE FUSES, BULBS AND FOUND BOTH IN GOOD WORKING ORDER BUT WE STILL HAD NO TAIL LIGHTS. ATTEMPTED TO HEAD TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO SEEK HELP(SUNDAY) AND REALIZED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. READ THE MANUAL AND HAD TO UTILIZE THE RELEASE MECH. EVERYTIME WE STOPPED THE CAR AND PLACED IT IN PARK. ALSO, SOME TYPE OF ENGINE NOISE MAYBE FAN BELT CONTINUES AND HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SHOP. *TR

****THIS IS FOR AN EARLIER COMPLAINT FILED (ODI#10261017) TO CORRECT AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. *TR

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY CAR REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS BROKEN DOWN AT NIGHT AND I DID NOT SEE. THE CAR MADE IMPACT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND ACCORDING TO THE COLLISION CENTER, SUSTAINED 70% WORTH OF DAMAGE. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE IMPACT WAS ENOUGH SO THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BENT. I SUSTAINED HEAD, FACE, NECK, AND KNEE INJURIES. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED AT ANY TIME. *TR

THE DRIVERS' SIDE OF MY CAR WAS HIT, AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, BY A CAR TRAVELING APPROX 50MPH. THAT CAR HAD RUN A RED LIGHT. MY SEAT BELT HAD COME UNDONE UPON IMPACT. *TR

JUST PLACED NEW TIRES ON MY CAR AS THE REAR RT., WAS WEARING BADLY ON THE OUTSIDE. 23000 MILES ON 2007. SUZUKI MCKINNEY, STATED THEY WERE AWARE THAT THIS HAPPENS, AND THEY NO LONGER HAD EQUIPMENT TO DO ALIGNMENTS. HAD ANOTHER SHOP ALIGN, AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR WITHIN RECOMMENDED SPECS. SPOKE TO SUZUKI, AND MANAGER THAT WAS AWARE OF PROBLEMS, NO LONGER WORKS THERE, NEW ACTING MANAGER HAS NEVER HEARD OF PROBLEM. IN INTERNET SEARCHES, APPEARS THAT IT IS RAMPANT WITH THE 2006-2007 MODELS, WHICH APPEARS TO BE MECHANICAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI GSX-R1000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME ON HIS VEHICLE SPLIT IN HALF WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY RAMP. THE MOTORCYCLE CRASHED AND THE CONTACT WAS EJECTED AND SLID DOWN THE RAMP. HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON INJURED. THE POLICE ARRIVED AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

I HAVE A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA; IT WAS NEW WHEN I PURCHASED IT. HOWEVER, I JUST HAD A STRANGE INSTANCE LAST WEEK IN WHICH THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT AFTER I TURNED OFF THE CAR. I HAD TO DRAIN THE BATTERY JUST TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD GO OUT, WHICH THEY DID NOT. I ENDED UP TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AND BRAKE SWITCH. THIS COST ABOUT $275 ALTOGETHER, HOWEVER I AM NOT SURE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH OTHER FORENZAS YET AND WANTED TO REPORT IT, AS BRAKELIGHTS BEING OUT SOMEONE COULD RUN INTO YOU IF THIS HAPPENS. I HAVE NOT HAD IT HAPPEN AGAIN BUT IF IT DOES I WILL REPORT IT. *TR

FRONT SUBFRAME ON A 2001 SUZUKI, ESTEEM CRACKED. CALL SUZUKI DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR THAT PROBLEM AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. WHICH I THINK THERE SHOULD BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR IS NOT THAT OLD TO HAVE DOES KIND OF PROBLEMS. PART AND LABOR WILL BE REALLY EXPENSIVE CLOSE TO A $1,000 DOLLARS FOR REPAIR. WHEN I TALKED TO THE PERSON IN THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THE SAME PART FOR REPAIR LATELY, THIS IS WHY I THINK IS A RECALL ISSUE AND SUZUKI SHOULD WARRANTY THIS KIND OF PARTS THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO LAST FOR A REALLY LONG TIME I SUPPOSE. PLEASE HELP!!!!! I STILL HAVEN'T FIXED THE CAR BECAUSE OF COSTLY REPAIR. *TR