general problems of the 2007 Suzuki Forenza

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. While driving approximately 25 mph, the driver noticed smoke inside the vehicle without warning. The vehicle was pulled over and the driver called for assistance. The contact arrived at the scene, opened the hood, turned off the relay switch, and allowed the vehicle to cool down. There was no fire report filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (dwayne lane Suzuki, 10415 evergreen way, everett, wa, 425-267-9000) where it was diagnosed that the relay switch (which controlled the fan for the heater and the air conditioner) caught fire and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000. The VIN was not provided.

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.

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.

I was driving down my street in my 2007 Suzuki Forenza with 71,510 miles, then on the panle it started flashing (p,n,d with a diagnel line through them) and I took it to autozone and they said it was the transmission. . .

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that the vehicle was smoking under the hood. The contact pulled the vehicle over but was not able to determine where the failure was coming from. The contact made several attempts to contact the local dealer but was not able to get a response to get the vehicle inspected, diagnosed nor repaired. The contact also recently received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 14v26200 (electrical system and visibility) and was not able to schedule the recall repair due to not being able to get a response from the local dealer. The contact also made several attempts to reach the manufacturer and was continuing to try and reach both sources until the vehicle gets repaired the approximate failure mileage was 110,000. Dyd.

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.

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.

I recently lost my car which was a '07 Suzuki Forenza to what has been described as a mechanical car fire brought on by some sort of mechanical failure. I believe this was a culmination of a series of failures over time despite whatever action I took to avoid it. Initially I encountered intense flickering with my headlamps. Headlights would stay on even after removing the key from the ignition. I believe that the consistence of this occurrence, has caused my vehicle's battery to fail. I ultimately had to have the battery replaced. I would also have a toxic smell come through the ventilation system from time to time. It smelled like something burning and melting. However, I was never able to determine what it was. This was going on intermitently for quite sometime. Then eventually my car was lost to the mechanical car failure fire. I was fortunate to get out of the vehicle with only minor injuries such as burns and smoke inhalation. Incident date: 12/28/2013 incident location: lake worth florida palm beach sheriffs office / lake worth police case # 13161702.

Why isn't any thing being done about this problem with the transmission range sensor!!!!! Suzuki needs to acknowledge that this a serious problem. I initially just got on here to file a complaint and started reading there are alot of people with this same issue. Please take some kinda of responsibilty for this issue. I have had to fix my transmission range sensor more than once. This week will make the 2nd time in a year! I was driving in a 35 mile zone and my car would not even go the speed limit a car alot rammed me from behind. It sloes in the middle of traffic and sometimes wont go backwards. Something needs to be done. It seems clear that there is an active issue with the transmission range sensor in Suzuki Forenzas.

I was on the highway when out of no where my car jerked and slowed speed. I almost got rear ended. I then tried to accelerate and it drug. Instead of catching back up to speed it took a minute to reach the speed of what was posted. And since then its been very hard to drive. I took it to shop they said I need a new transmission range sensor. They also said this is a very common issue with Suzuki Forenza. But its very dangerous I do feel that this should qualify for a recall. For a reference the Suzuki dealer sales the transmission range sensor for $38. 99 and the mechanic charged $25. 00 labor.

The car has a big problem changing gear and when I drive sometimes it slows down and couple of times I almost got into accident because of car slowing down and at times when I try to switch gears it clunks so hard and it is becoming very dangerous driving with my kids in the car because either the car wont change gears or looses speed when I am driving and that can cause a big accident and I call Suzuki dealership and its not under warranty, there should be a recall on this vehicle it is very dangerous and they are the ones making poor quality parts for the engine, and from other consumers I am not the only one with the same issue and worries. Please help!.

I have had numerous issues with the range switch in my 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The first time at approximately 38k miles, and now again at approximately 70k miles. Each time I've had this fixed, it has cost me over $200. Suzuki customer service refuses to acknowledge this as a defect, and continues to take money from their clients who purchased faulty vehicles.

This is the 2nd time I have had issues with my car in regards to having to get the drive range sensor repaired; alot of Suzuki owners have also had this issue as well.

I purchased a 2007 Suzuki Forenza in Dec 2006 and my transmission range sensor went bad in August of 2007, it went bad again less than a year later in June 2008, again in 2010 and now as of today November 22,2011 I have to put it back in the shop for the transmission range sensor. I really do feel like this should had been a recall cosnidering I am not the only Suzuki Forenza owner thta has had the ongoing issues . I have came out of pocket over $600 so far on gettign this problem fix because it was not cover under warranty.