Transmission Gear Slipping problems of the 2006 Suzuki Forenza

The contact owns a 2006 Suzuki Forenza. The contact started the ignition and there was an extremely hard shift into reverse. In addition, the transmission would slip gears. The failures recurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired and the manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

My 2006 Suzuki Forenza (current mileage : 51798 miles) sedan's transmission is slipping intermittently when driving on the freeways above the speed of 40-50 miles per hour. The check engine light came on and a line through the "d" on the instrument panel showed up, which acts like the car is in neutral. When trying to accelerate by pushing the accelerator pedal, the car engines revs and delivers no power. If you pull over on the curb, turn the car off and restart it then the car is back to normal. I has done this 8-10 times now in the past 2 weeks. The failure continued to recur and I have taken this vehicle to an independent mechanic who stated that the transmission range selector switch which needed to be replaced due the error code "po 705 trans range sensor malfunction" showing up on the diagnostic system. I have read various complaints on the internet forums for posts related to transmission range selector switch on the 2006 Suzuki Forenza. Through my research on the internet, I have found many people who have complained about this switch going bad in their Forenza's in 40 - 60k mileage range and yet Suzuki motors do not consider this important enough to recall. This switch is obviously defective and initially it started doing the symptom once a week, but now it is making it almost daily. This is a serious safety issue, and as I have seen in various forums, this is a very common complaint, I very strongly believe that Suzuki must issue a recall.

I have a 2006 Forenza at 36,000 miles my seat belt light remains on and was fixed once under the recall but now they won't fix it again. Then I find out when I took my car for more tires that they are being eaten up by bad rear struts. The car had at that time 56,000 miles. The struts are expensive and of course dealer parts. And now my transmission is slipping. No way to check or fill it unless you go to the dealer and they charge a fortune to do that and where I live there is only one dealer in a several hundred mile radius so there is a long wait. This car is a piece of [xxx] and I think this needs to be recalled. What can you do as a consumer? this is crazy. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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.

2006 Suzuki Forenza has a problem with the transmission and engine light. Consumer wants reimbursement from Suzuki. The consumer stated he had his transmission fluid changed and when he started the vehicle the check engine light illuminated and the gear would not go into drive, it would only go into neutral. The mechanic then made some adjustments. However, 2 days later while driving, the gear slipped from drive to neutral and the speed dropped from 60 mph to 20 mph. The service center stated the transmission range select switch shorted out.

Seat belt randomly unbuckles while driving all interior door handles have broken od during he first of ownership transmission slips in and out gear constantly.