SUZUKI Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUZUKI LS650. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A RATTLING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY VISIBLE PROBLEMS. SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE BLEW UP, THE BIKE FISH TAILED, THE OIL LEAKED ON THE GROUND AND THE CRANK SHAFT WAS STICKING OUT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE I HEAR A LOUD "CLUNK" AND THE R ON THE DASHBOARD IS ALL JUMBLED. WHEN I PUT IT INTO D THERE ALSO IS A LOUD "CLINK". THE CAR ACCELERATES REAL SLOW/HARD. DOES NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AND THE CODE THAT COMES UP IS P0705 - FAILED TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYONE THAT WILL/CAN REPLACE IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING THE PART. CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON THIS. VERY FRUSTRATED AS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS. REALLY TIRED OF SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WAITING FOR THE THING TO RESET OR FINALLY CORRECT ITSELF. *JS

I HAD LOSS OF POWER, THE CAR WAS NOT GOING INTO GEAR, WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR ROUGHLY 8MOS AGO AND I AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS NOW AND JUST ORDERED THE PART FROM SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI SX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR EXPLODED AND THE BROKEN GLASSES INJURED THE DRIVER. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V513000 (VISIBILITY), HOWEVER THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

AIR CONDITIONING UNIT SHUT OFF, CAR RAN ERRACTICALLY AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, CAR RAN NORMALLY AND AIR CONDITIONER CAME BACK ON. ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. SINCE THEN ENGINE LIGHT WILL GO OFF FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND COME BACK ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS. MECHANIC CHECKED ENGINE AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE THROTTLE SENSOR. *JS

I WAS CROSSING A STREET (WITH THE GREEN LIGHT) ENTERING THE DRIVEWAY TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, THERE IS A DIP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE DRIVEWAY SO I WAS DOING ABOUT 3 MPH. A DODGE DURANGO SUV, RAN THE "RED" LIGHT AND STRUCK MY VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR TOTALING THE SUZUKI, KNOCKING THE CAR ABOUT 20 FEET SIDEWAYS, AND RENDERING ME UNCONSCIOUS.. THE DURANGO WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH UPON IMPACT, HE WAS NOT LOOKING WHERE HE WAS GOING, HE WAS TALKING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND CONSEQUENTLY DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES, UNTIL HE STRUCK MY CAR. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON THE IMPACT, WHICH ADDED TO THE LATERAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF MY HEAD AND NECK, CAUSING SEVERE WHIPLASH. SUZUKI HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AIR BAG SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND THERE WAS A RECALL OF THE AIR BAG SENSOR, WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED. IN FACT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY OF THE RECALLS ISSUED BY SUZUKI. I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR OVER 100,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL, HOWEVER THE MAIN IMPACT SAFETY FEATURE WAS NOT OPERABLE AND SUZUKI KNEW IT AND FAILED TO INFORM ME. I AM FORTUNATE THAT I AM ALIVE, BROKEN AND BRUISED, BUT ALIVE. MY GRANDSON IS GENERALLY WITH ME, AND WOULD HAVE SURELY BEEN KILLED, HAD HE BEEN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE SOUND ALARM ACTIVATED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND CAUSED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

THE CAR INDICATES THAT IT IS NO LONGER IN DRIVE. EVEN THOUGH ON THE SHIFTER IT SAYS IT IS STILL IN DRIVE. ALSO WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR WILL COME OUT OF DRIVE. TO FIX THE PROBLEM YOU MUST PULL THE CAR INTO THIRD GEAR, WAIT A FEW MINUTES THEN PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE. *TR

I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 45 MPH. MY MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUEL RELATED SO I PUSHED MY BIKE 1/4 MILE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND FILLED UP. THE BIKE DID NOT START, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS BATTERY RELATED. I HAD TO GET MY PICKUP, THEN TRAILER THE BIKE HOME. I THEN FOUND OUT THAT THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS STATOR RELATED(RESISTANCE CHECK)! I THEN HAD TO TAKE THE CRANKCASE COVER OFF AND TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND THAT ALL SIX MAGNETS ON THE FLYWHEEL HAD COME OFF AND SHATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CRANKCASE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN SUZUKI THAT THEY WOULD LET THESE CONTINUING CLAIMS GO UNNOTICED WHEN LIVES COULD BE AT RISK! I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IF THOSE SHARDS WOULD HAVE AFFECTED THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SEIZE, NOT TO MENTION THAT MY BIKE DID DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, WHICH ALSO COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT THREATENING LIVES! THIS IS PLAINLY A MISHAP ON THEIR PART AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE MORE SERIOUS INCIDENTS BEGAN TO POP UP WITH BIKES THAT GET HIGHER IN MILEAGE! IF SUZUKI CAN NOT MAKE A STRONG ENOUGH EPOXY TO HOLD THOSE MAGNETS IN PLACE, THEN THEY NEED TO FIRE WHOEVER MADE THAT STUPID DESIGN AND RECALL ALL THESE BIKES TO FIX IT PROPERLY! MY FLYWHEEL WAS ABSOLUTELY SMOOTH, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SMOOTH WITHOUT MAGNETS FROM THE FACTORY! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER WAS HOLDING THOSE MAGNETS ON COULD DEGRADE SO EASILY OVER TIME! I AM VERY, VERY DISGUSTED WITH SUZUKI AND THIS HORRIBLE ENGINEERING OF THIS FLYWHEEL AND THE NEGLECTED CUSTOMERS THAT THEY REFUSE TO TREAT WITH RESPECT AND LOYALTY FOR BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS, THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ROAD SAFE FOR THE LIFE OF THE MOTORCYCLE! *TR

THIS IS MY WIFE'S VEHICLE, BUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT , NOTICED THAT THE VISIBILITY TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE ABOUT 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT IS VERY LIMITED, NARROW AND ALMOST NON-EXISTENT WHILE THE DRIVER SEAT IS ALL THE WAY BACK AND WITH THE BACKREST IN A NORMAL POSITION. IS A VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE INCOMING TRAFFIC ON A LEFT CURVE IN SMALL RURAL ROADS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE NARROW WIDTH OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND THE WIDE REINFORCEMENT BETWEEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, THE SMALL SIDE WINDOW AND THE WINDSHIELD. HAD TO LEAN FORWARD WHILE REDUCING THE SPEED IN ORDER NOT TO HIT INCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR