general problems of the 2007 Suzuki Forenza

While driving the car on the highway the light for the engine came on and the car died. After being towed it was determined that the head was blown. After replacing the engine the light remains on and now there is a problem with the transmission. There is supposed to be a defect in a sensor for the transmission that keeps these problems happening in this vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. When the vehicle was started, smoke appeared from the steering wheel. Immediately, someone screamed outside the vehicle and alerted the contact to exit the vehicle quickly. When the contact exited the vehicle, smoke and flames shot out of the steering wheel. An independent mechanic, who happened to be in the area, advised to open the hood so the battery could be disconnected. While the technician was disconnecting the battery, the fire department arrived at the scene and assisted the technician to extinguish the fire. A fire report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to the residence of the contact's friend. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and requested copies of the fire pictures. The failure mileage was approximately 128,000.

The contact owned a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact noticed that the windshield was cracked and the parked vehicle was filled with black smoke. A police report was not filed and the fire department was not notified. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was parked at the contact's residence. The cause of the failure was not determined. The VIN was excluded from NHTSA campaign number: 14v262000 (exterior lighting). The approximate failure mileage was 86,000.

I bought 2007 Suzuki Forenza with only 50 miles on it. I have had nothing but problems with it and now it poses a safety risk since the dealership can't find anything about it. It suddenly stops while I am driving. I lose control and need to move it all the way across the highway. I have come several times close to being hit. All lights on the dashboard are showing even though it might not be the problem.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that the vehicle was driven to a place, got out of the vehicle; then when she returned the dash board, the visor was melted. The windshield was all smoked, an apparent engine fire. The insurance company was notified and will evaluate the incident today. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000. Bp.

L-the contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, the door locks would constantly make a clicking noise, the interior lights were bubbling smelling of smoke. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the timing belt failed and there are no power to the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact also stated that the air condition fan make an abnormal noised. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. Aw.

I have been trying since the beginning of the year to get the recall item repaired but have been unable to locate a local dealership or repair shop willing to do the necessary work. There are only two in the largo florida area. The Suzuki motor company has repeatedly failed to respond to all my requests for assistance.

I received recall notice in regards to the headlamp switch or daytime running light (drl) module which could melt the headlamp switch or the drl module. I took car to dealer and they replaced the signal switch. Now when I start the car the headlights flicker and when I release the parking brake the running lights come on but very dim to bright. I am concerned about the light flicker when starting car.

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. While parked, the vehicle was unable to start and had to be jumped by a tow company. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v262000 (exterior lighting); however, the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacture was notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 93,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 mph. The contact began to smell odor of wires burning. The "battery" and "abs" warning light was illuminated. The contact then coasted over to the emergency lane ,exited the vehicle,opened the hood and noticed the vehicle was engulfed into flames on the front left side near the head lamp,which quickly escalated throughout the entire vehicle. The fire department was contacted,whom extinguished the flames. The fire department confirmed that the vehicle was completely damaged and stated that the city would tow the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. There was a open recall for the failure and the VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number:14v262000. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. Gb.

This is the 2nd recall on the drl module in 2 years. I have had to replace my battery terminals on the car. The headlights won't turn off unless I unhook the battery. The recall got started in may 2014, the recall was mailed out in July 2014 and the recall is being done while Suzuki does not have the parts. The car company will take for ever to get the parts. I called Suzuki and was told that if my car catches on fire it is not their concern. In the meantime I have no other way to work. I can not register the car, can not do the inspection, can not drive it. This is such a hardship for a lot of people. Suzuki says that they will put you through to their corporate office, but that is a big joke. Is it any wonder why they have not sold new vehicles in the us since 2012. I just want my car fixed and Suzuki will take care of all the electrical wrongs on my car. If enough people conplain something will get done.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact received a safety recall notification NHTSA campaign 14v262000(electrical). The part that is needed to remedy the recall was unavailable. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had experience a failure.

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that while powering off the vehicle, smoke emitted from the instrument panel and caught on fire. The contact stated that the fire spread to the interior of the vehicle. The fire department was not called to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 65,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire from inside the vehicle while parked. The fire department was not called. The contact did not take the vehicle to a dealer or a mechanic for diagnosis of the failure. The origin of the fire was unknown. The failure mileage was 113,000.

Was driving and transmission range sensor went bad and car jumped out of gear no warning. Traffic behind almost collided. My 4 year old was in back seat. Very scary. Called Suzuki and they said this is an extremely common problem considering my make, model, mileage. So why am I, a single disabled mother, responsible for getting a well known, unsafe manufacturer issue repaired. . . . . I can't afford this and from what I was told most people with similar issue had this problem not only once but few months after getting repair done. This is extremely unsafe! car shifting and stalling while at full speed! me and my son could have been seriously hurt! planning to call Suzuki customer relations to see if they can fix issue because it is not fair that I have to come up with way to repair such a dangerous problem so many Suzuki owners have experienced.

When turning my car on and putting it into reverse, the car suddenly jerked and the check engine light came on. The "r" should appear for reverse on the dash, but all the letters ("p", "r", "d", etc) were scrambled together. The car drove in reverse and when I put it into drive, it jerked again and then would hardly accelerate. After driving it for a couple minutes, turning it off, and turning it back on, it would finally accelerate normally, but the check engine light would still be on and the gears would still jerk. The check engine light would go off after a few days and everything would be fine, but still the same problem happens again in a short term.

2007 Suzuki Forenza. Consumer states vehicle caught fire. The consumer stated he/she started to smell smoke, while driving. Once he/she arrived home, and exited the vehicle, it caught on fire. The vehicle was declared a loss. The consumer received a recall notice regarding the headlights, after the vehicle caught on fire.

Headlights won't turn off. While driving on the expressway black smoke blew in my face. Electrical wires were on fire. I was able to pull over and get out without getting hit by the fast cars going by. Called 911 the fire department came put out the fire.

I just had this part replaced in January 2012 now 2 months later check engine light going on in the middle of driving. Went to autozone and guess what transmission range sensor again!!!!! I bought part from dealer in January and had my licensed auto mechanic put it in, now car doing exactly same thing it did in January car jerking into reverse , scrambled gear letters on dash board, this part is defective what do I have to do replace it every 2 months!!!! make it a recall already , I am not the only complaint!!!!.

When turning my car on and putting it into reverse, the check engine light came on and my car jerked into gear and where the r should appear for reverse on the dash, all the letters were scrambled together. The car drove in reverse and then when I put it into drive, it jerked again and then would hardly accelerate. After driving the car for a couple minutes, turning it off, and turning it back on, it would finally accelerate but the check engine light would still be on and the gears would still jerk. The check engine light would go off after a couple days and everything would be fine and then it would all start again. Then my car is starting to switch over into neutral when driving 60mph+ and now it will do this multiple times when driving at any speed. When it switches over to neutral like this while I'm driving, the d for drive on the dash will become scrambled like it does when it jerks into reverse. The problem is getting worse.

My check engine light came on after I placed the car in reverse, it gave a big "thunk" sound. I turned the car off and restarted it. The check engine light is still on. When I went to the dealership to get a diagnosis and they said it was a transmission range sensor gone bad! $250 to replace. As you can see that there are a lot of customer complaints on the same issue but no recall. I have already had the brake light sensor replaced earlier this year and a power steering pump! not liking Suzuki right now!.

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that while parked, she activated the headlights and noticed a fire coming from underneath the hood. The headlights then became inoperative. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 53,000.

I bought a 2007 Suzuki Forenza 4 door sedan new in 2007 but now the drive lights would not turn off did this once before about three months ago but turned off after about 47 minutes after I took the batterie cable a lose. It started again on may 24, 2011 when my wife took our kids to basketball practice she smelt something burning, the car burst into flames with a lot of smoke down by her leg, another motorist saw her and put the fire out with a fire exstinquisher. The car does not run it will turn over but not crank no power in car, no lights nothing works. Car is full of exstinquisher smoke from trying to put fire out. The harness with wires going inside of it inside of car is melted, had to have car towed home 31. 9 miles. Called Suzuki about car they asked me is there a recall on the car, go figure please help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also when car was working the tire pressure gauge stayed on even with new tires that I could not keep on car car is wearing tires down and last but not least air conditioner was only blowing hot air even though it is full of freon.

Transmission range sensor, is going out my car will not stay in gear anymore very dangerous to drive and is not covered under warranty and cost 300 dollars also my air bad sensor on the driver side does not go off anymore and have already broke a door handle Suzuki is horrible which havent checked the price on those and I have saw a lot of people are having the same problems.

I have had to repair so much on this car in such a short amount of time, I am going nuts. . . Almost every month its something else! I have had blown head gaskets, replaced broken door handles (they broke again), chipping paint (for no reason), brake light switch system, now the transmission range sensor is bad. To replace the tires, the cheapest you can find is $130/tire new. I am out of thousands of dollars when the care was supposed to be under warranty and "americas best powertrain" but everything in the car that is going bad, isn't covered! my 2007 Suzuki Forenza sucks!.

4 months after purchasing my 2007 Suzuki Forenza I already had to replace the transmission sensor then after that 2 months later again, ac goes out reason unknown, the windows on the passenger side stop working it won't roll down, also the airbag light won't go off, the passenger seat airbag lights stays on saying it is not activated, my signal lights and hazard lights don't work can't figure out the problem, my alarm system stops working then starts working again thought it might be a fuse but can't find a fuse or switch for it, my locks keeps unlocking and locking on its own while the car is in motion weird. . . . Now my headlights won't turn off I have to take out my fuse during the day then put it back in at night very annoying. . . . Reading so many of these reviews and complaints we all have same problems very annoying =/.

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that that the key would become extremely hot in the ignition after driving the vehicle for 15 minutes or more. The contact was concerned that the key would potentially cause burns. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that the occurrence was normal. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Transmission would sometimes slip what feels like neutral (no power) while in drive. Other times transmission would stay in drive and would not down shift auto or manual. Frequency is increasing. Cost at dealer is financially prohibitive at this time. Research indicates problem is common to this and prior year manufacture.

The head lights on my daughters 2007 Suzuki Forenza stop working then at one point work again then one side turn off then the other then turn signals will stop working on one side then the other then they are fine then the day time running lights stop and start working as described above this is something that has been recalled on the 2003 to 2006 and now this is happening on the 2007. Something should be done before there is a crash or fire.

Transmission shift sensor is what everything points to. When operating the vehicle in drive, the transmission suddenly ceases to operate correctly, and seems as if it has shifted into neutral. The shift selection indicator on the display panel shows a fault and the check engine light comes on. Upon investigating the issue online it seems as though this has become a recent issue with the Suzuki Forenza in the past months, ranging between the 2007 and 2008 models. This failure poses many safety concerns.

I have an '07 Suzuki Forenza, the transmission keeps slipping gears and sometimes it gets stuck in 3rd gear. The dealer said it was not covered by warranty because "it's an electrical problem"; the transmission range sensor is going out. Costs around $200 dollars to repair. The dealer also admittedly stated that it's a common problem with this particular model.

I have been reading all the comments on this car and I've had every one of them. . . I have a 2007 Suzuki forzena and my car problems started at about 25,000 miles. I have taken it in sooo many times with no resolve. The check engine light and tire pressure light still comes on every other day. I've had issues when I'm driving on the highway at 60 mph and the car would just decelerate down to 35 mph within a matter of seconds and no matter how much I pushed the pedal to accelerate to the floor it would not budge. . . This is very dangerous and I don't know why this company is still allowed to make cars. The "loaner" car that they say they give you in the warranty is a joke. We've had to rent our own cars and "wait" to be reimbursed. The dealerships they send you to cant find anything wrong with it. No matter what the problem with the car you still have to make your payments. . . . This car has too many problems!!!!.

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.

First was the seats belt this was fix , after that was the trans range switch I have to pay because they refuse to pay for that and now is the air bag light is on and I call the manufacturer and they send me to the shop but the shop refuse to check the car because the warranty is expire but this car is from 2007.