Engine Cooling System Problems of Suzuki Forenza

The contact owns a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. The contact stated that the vehicle began to lose radiator fluid sporadically. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic, who was unable to locate a leak of any sort. No repairs were made to the vehicle and the vehicle continued to lose fluid. Several weeks later while accelerating from a traffic stop at 45 mph, smoke was seen coming from under the hood. In addition, the engine temperature began to increase rapidly. The contact assumed that the failure was caused by a faulty radiator. The vehicle was parked and upon further inspection, the contact discovered that radiator coolant had exploded all over the engine compartment and under the hood area. The vehicle was inspected by a second mechanic, who advised that the engine cooling fans were failing sporadically. In addition, the head gasket was failing. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact also stated that the transmission range sensor would recurringly fail. The transmission range sensor had been replaced four times over the course of 5 years. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 53,000.

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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.

I purchased a new 2004 Suzuki Forenza in July of 2004. I must say it's been ok. In April of 2008, the check engine light came on, and would not go off. I took it to have it serviced at jiffy lube, and they told me to take it to a mechanic with a computer to determine the problem as it could be a number of things. I took it to a mechanic shop, was told the coolant was low, and they saw a spot on the engine and maybe the engine was sucking up the coolant, to bring it back in 2 weeks and they would check this. In the meantime I thought the car was still under warranty and took it to a Suzuki dealer after I heard the words could be an engine problem. The Suzuki repair shop initially said, the car needed a computer update, and this would fix the problem. The same day, I picked the car up, and it was driving worse than before and the check engine light and car was not starting in the morning . I took the car in again, the next week, paid $244. 00 for a $20. 00 part, they kept the car 3 days, (waiting the $20. 00 part to come in supposedly), picked the car up on Friday 5/16, Sunday 5/18, same problem back again, called Suzuki dealership, was told to bring car back in and they would look at it. In the meantime my extended warranty is now expired (or course) and I looked on the internet for other complaints about this model car and read 7 prior complaints of the same problems. Most of the complaints mentioned no one could solve the problem and the manufacturer has been notified. It appears this is a problem that happens before the payoff of the car, and it no one can find the problem, how is the consumer to handle the problem. The prior complaints also noted the car was in the shop 4 or 5 times, still no solutions. With our economy the way it is today, issues with our cars just add to the problem. The manufacturer should be able to fix/advise/consult or something about how to get this issue with the check engine light, and car not starting in the morning resolved.

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