2006 Suzuki Forenza

MY 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA'S TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THEY TELL ME IT IS A SENSOR AND IT WILL BE 400 TO FIX. IT ALSO HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SEAT BELT GETTING STUCK AND OR NOT LATCHING, IT ALSO IS HAVING ISSUE WITH SUSPENSION ISSUES AS WELL AS( POWER TRAIN)EX.THROTTLE BODY, FRONT STRUTS, SPEEDOMETER, SEAT BELT, DOOR HANDLE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS MY CAR HAS ONLY 80,000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS ALL THESE ISSUES. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND I HAVE FOUND NUMERIOUS OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. SUZUKI NEEDS TO DO SOMETHIND ABOUT THIS OR RECALL CAR. *TR

I OWN A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA, THE CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, NUMEROUS TRIPS BACK TO THE EXPENSIVE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS THAT JUST SO HAPPEN TO NOT BE UNDER WARRANTY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND THE CAR JUST STOP GOING, SHE SAID IT FELT LIKE THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. AFTER PULLING OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, MIND YOU NOW WE HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN, SHE CALLED ME AND I TOLD HER TO HOLD TIGHT UNTIL I GOT THERE. IT ENDS UP BEING THIS TRANSMISSION SAFETY SWITCH, WHICH WOULD YOU KNOW IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, PATHETIC.............. THIS DEALERSHIP AND SUZUKI ARE GONNA KEEP NICKEL AND DIMMING ME UNTIL I AM FLAT BROKE................... SIGNED FED UP WITH SUZUKI ! *TR

I OWN A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA SEDAN. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO GEAR, TRANSMISSION "SLAMS" INTO GEAR, INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY SCRAMBLES. SOMETIMES VEHICLE SLIPS INTO A HIGHER OR LOWER GEAR ON ITS OWN. A WEEK AGO, I WAS PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. WHILE STILL IN THE OPPOSITE LANE, CAR SWITCHED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AND I WAS LEFT IN THE OPPOSING LANE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING! I WAS ABLE TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER GEAR AND CONTINUED TO SAFELY PASS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT WAS A BIT SCARY. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR I WAS PASSING WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT INSTANCES OF THIS ISSUE OCCURRING. IT IS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. CURRENTLY THE DEALERSHIP CHARGES NEARLY $300 TO REPLACE THE PART, AND SOME SAY THEY HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES EVEN AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. IT IS VERY SCARY NOT KNOWING WHEN YOUR CAR MIGHT DECIDE TO SWITCH INTO NEUTRAL OR ANOTHER GEAR. I HOPE IT NEVER SWITCHES TO REVERSE! UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ISSUE TENDS TO OCCUR BETWEEN 40000-60000 MILES AND IS PAST THE INITIAL 36000 MILE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY, AND BECAUSE THE SENSOR IS OUTSIDE THE TRANSMISSION AND NOT "IN" THE TRANSMISSION, IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE 100000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS WHILE WE ARE DRIVING THE CAR SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR, INTO ANOTHER GEAR, OR WILL NOT SHIFT AT ALL. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO WEST VALLEY SUZUKI TO HAVE DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIRS DONE, THEY HAVE REPLACED A TRANSMISSION SENSOR, BUT ONE WEEK AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE WE ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. THE ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILY THAT THE CAR WOULD JUST SHIFT WITHOUT THE DRIVER MOVING THE SHIFTING STICK. WE HAVE JUST TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, AND THEY CAN'T FIX ANYTHING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,900.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER WAS REPORTED INJURED AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THERE WAS SMOKE SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT DISPLAYED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS DISCONNECTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO CORRECT THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE WIRING SINCE THE AIR BAG LIGHT FOR THE DRIVER SIDE REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WORKED ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23481.

TRANSMISSION RANGE SELECTOR SWITCH ON THE 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA IS FAILING, AND YET THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THIS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO RECALL. THROUGH SEARCHING, I HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SWITCH GOING BAD IN THEIR FORENZA'S. THIS SWITCH IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE, AND INITIALLY WOULD ONLY "ACT UP" ABOUT ONCE A MONTH, NOW IT HAS PROGRESSED TO ONCE OR MORE A WEEK. *TR