2006 Suzuki Reno

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI RENO. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG AND ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000. UPDATED 06/06/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE IS ALSO A FAILURE WITH THE SEAT BELT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED 1 YEAR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. UPDATED 06/07/12*JS

MY WIFE HAS BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND SEEMS LIKE ITS GOING TO BE ON ITS THIRD TRANS AND IT ONLY HAS 67000 MILES ON IT. THE CARS ENGINE LITE COMES ON STEADY AND DRIVES FINE FOR A LITTLE BIT BUT AFTER A WHILE THE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AND THE CAR IDLES ROUGH, GOES 0-60 IN CHRISTMAS TO NEXT THANKSGIVING THEN WILL NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS TAKING OFF IN THIRD GEAR EVERY TIME. WHEN IT FINALLY GETS GOING IT SHIFTS IN THE 5-7000 RPM RANGE. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP THE FIRST TIME AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR. THEY CHANGED THE SENSOR AND STILL THE SAME SO THEY CHANGED THE TRANS AT ONLY UNDER 30000 MILES. TWO DAYS LATER AND 12 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE SAME THING OCCURS. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DRIVE IT. I HAVE TRIED TO EMAIL OTHER DEALERS AND NOONE WILL TOUCH IT. NOW IT IS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING EXCEPT THE CAR WILL JUST NOT HARDLY MOVE. IT SEEMS TO BE FOULING OUT THE PLUGS. I PULLED THEM AND THEY ARE ALL COVERED IN FUEL. IT NOW FEELS LIKE ITS THE TIMING BELT THAT SLIPPED A TOOTH. SUZUKI SHOULD STICK WITH MAKING BIKES AND NOT CARS AND MAYBE HAVE BETTER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. I AM AT LOST FOR WORDS OR KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHAT TO DO. I FEEL THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS ON SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED MOST DEFINITELY. IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND SHOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD. THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES WHERE IM ABOUT TO TURN LEFT AND THE CAR LOOSES POWER HALF WAY THROUGH THE TURN. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEATH TRAP. MY WIFE TOTES AROUND OTHER KIDS IN THIS CAR FOR HER JOB. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI RENO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90,758.

THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME.AS MANY OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED, WHEN IT HAPPENS, THE CAR CLUNKS, AND THEN IT FEELS AS IF THE CAR WON'T ENGAGE IN A GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC, A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST, AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC AND HE FIXED IT. A MONTH LATER, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, HE SAID IT WAS NO LONGER THE TRANSMISSION RANGE, BUT NOW IT WAS THAT THE COMPUTER WAS NOT READING THE SENSOR TO TELL THE CAR WHAT GEAR IT IS ON AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT COULD FIX IT WAS THE SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND SUZUKI NEEDS TO MAKE A RECALL ON THAT PART AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TT

TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR (ALSO KNOWN AS TRS), CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME THE CODE SAID TRANSMISSION RANGE PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY WHEN SHIFTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE THERE WAS A VERY LOUD CLUNK AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE CAR DROPPED INTO NEUTRAL AND I COULDN'T MOVE THE CAR ANYMORE, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS MORE THAN EXTREMELY COMMON ON THE 2006 AND 2007 RENO AND FORENZA BUT THE COMPANY WILL NOT RECALL OR COVER UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THE FAILURE PREVENTS THE POWER TRAIN FROM WORKING CORRECTLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS RACE. IF I LET UP FROM THE ACCELERATOR FOR A FEW SECONDS IT WILL RESUME NORMAL DRIVING. MECHANIC SUGGESTS IT IS EITHER THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR OR THE CLUTCH PISTON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I LOSE SPEED RAPIDLY AND THE ROADS I TRAVEL MOST DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHOULDER TO PULL OVER SAFELY. NEAREST SUZUKI REPAIR SHOP IS OVER AN HOUR AWAY AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN TRYING TO DRIVE IT THAT FAR. THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS CAR: IN 2 YEARS I HAVE REPLACE ALL HEADLIGHT BULBS 4 TIMES, BRAKES REPLACED, AND PAINT IS WEARING OFF HANDLES. THE TRANSMISSION IS 'SEALED' SO THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON/REPAIR SHOP CAN'T WORK ON THEM OR EVEN CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL (NO DIP STICK). *KB

THE CAR WHILE DRIVING FEELS LIKE IT JERKS OUT OF GEAR FOR A FEW SECONDS INTO NEUTRAL. WHEN IT JERKS, THE GAS PEDAL DOESN'T WORK. I LOSE ACCELERATION. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I COULD GET REAR-ENDED WHEN LOSING SPEED SO FAST. WHEN IT DOES THIS AT LEAST 5 OR SIX TIMES DURING A TRIP. WE TOOK THE CAR FOR DIAGNOSTIC AT GOSS SUZUKI BUT THEY COULDN'T GET AN ERROR CODE TO FIND THE CAUSE. THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SWITCH. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIX ANYTHING UNTIL THEY KNEW EXACTLY THE CAUSE. NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR IS WORSE. I WAS AT ATM TODAY (11/4/2010) WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE OFF, THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS. IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS STILL IN PARK. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR BACK IN PARK, TURN THE CAR OFF/ON THEN PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE FOR IT TO START MOVING. I TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO CHECK THE CODES AND IT WAS P0700/P0705. THOSE ARE PROBLEM CODES FOR TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 53,700 MILES ON IT. THIS IS TOO SOON FOR A CAR TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THIS CAN CAUSE CAR ACCIDENTS FROM THE CAR MALFUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING. *TR

REPEATED FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AFFECTING ACCELERATION AND TRANSMISSION RESPONSE WHILE STOPPING/STARTING AND STEADY DRIVING. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN OUT OF PARK AND PLACED IN ANY FORWARDS GEARS OR REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD "BANG" SOUND AND JERKS. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE TAKES AT LEAST A MILE TO REACH HIGHWAY SPEED AND WHEN STOPPING IT SEEMS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION REMAINS COMPLETELY IN GEAR AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN CORRECTLY. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THIS TIME AS THE MANUFACTURER SEES THIS ITEM AS NOT BEING PART OF THE 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, AND SOME BALL PARK ESTIMATES TO HAVE THE DELAER REPLACE THIS PART IS OVER 300.00 THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER 2 MONTHS NOW, AND THE PROBLEMS SURFACES AT LEAST 3 TIMES PER WEEK. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE BACK HOME AND LETTING IT SIT FOR A WHILE, THE CEL (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) TURNS ITSELF OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO DO FINE. THE FIRST OCCURANCE OF IT THIS WEEKEND HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 70+ MPH ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK WHEN THE GEARS SUDDENLY CHANGED. *TR

I HAVE A 2006, RENO WITH AROUND 52K MILES ON IT. IN TRYING TO GO UP A SMALL HILL, THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE IT'S ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. ONCE I REACHED THE TOP IT WAS BETTER, BUT THEN INDICATED ON THE DASHBOARD A D WITH A SLASH THROUGH IT. MY CAR THEN WOULD STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING. IN COMING TO A STOP THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO TURN A CORNER IT CONTINUED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING. THE CAR THEN BEGINS TO LOSE POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON. IT WOULD THEN GO OFF AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS COME RIGHT BACK ON. BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE CAR WOULD JOLT THEN HAVE THE OVERRIDE (D WITH A SLASH) ON THE DASHBOARD. I THEN HAVE TO PLACE THE CAR ON PARK (EACH GEAR GIVING A JOLT TO THE CAR), TURN IT OFF AND THEN RESTART THE CAR TO HOPE IT ACCELERATES LIKE IT SHOULD. I AM TOLD THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR IS THE PROBLEM. IT OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, AND SOMETIMES ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS IF THE CAR IS ACTING THE WAY IT SHOULD. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT ONCE AND HAD TO PRAY I WOULD MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE MERGE LANE ON THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER TIME SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY WHILE TRYING TO MERGE. I AM TAKING IT TO GET REPAIRED/REPLACED AND HOPE IT DOESN'T OCCUR AGAIN. *TR