2005 Suzuki Forenza

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE EXPOSED WIRES NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASHBOARD WAS NOT SECURED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR TRUNK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AS A RESULT, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY THE CONTACT ON MORE THAN TWO OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V262000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,125.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A FOUL ODOR EMITTING THROUGH THE VENTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

GEARS STARTED SHIFTING ON THEIR OWN, AND AT TIMES DID NOT SHIFT AT ALL...THANK GOD I WAS ALREADY ARRIVING HOME WHEN IT SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO PARK, BRINGING THE CAR TO A SCREECHING HALT, AT THIS POINT I WAS ALREADY SLOWING DOWN TO GET INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THIS HAPPENED AFTER I HAD A 1HRS DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE ACCIDENT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON THE ROAD. SINCE THIS HAPPENED, I DID MY RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE BAD PART IS THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. I SINCE THEN HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND READ THE CODES P0700 AND P0705 THAT IS FOR THAT PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 14V262000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE DEALER WAS UNCERTAIN OF WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE AIR BAG SENSOR TURNED ON AND WOULDN'T TURN OFF. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR REASON FOR THE SENSOR TO TURN ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO HAVE THE SENSOR SYSTEM REPLACED. CONTACTED THE SUZUKI CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION WHY THE SENSOR WOULD SUDDENLY FAIL OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND SO THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE CAR WAS RECALLED IN 2012 FOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES DUE TO THE HEADLIGHTS. *TR

WHEN I HAD BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2010 I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AT NIGHT AND HAD TO DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON. SO I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RECALL FOR MY CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED. RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE IN 2012 REGARDING THE RECALLED SPLICE PACK. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER A SECOND TIME TO HAVE PART FIXED ON 11/12/12 PART 99963-85ZSC WAS REPAIRED AFTER FIXED I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SPEAKERS, STOCK RADIO AS WELL AS THE TRUNK LIGHT BLINKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. ON JULY 1, 2013 I HAD PARKED MY SUZUKI FORENZA AT A COFFEE HOUSE AND WHEN I CAME OUT TO VEHICLE THE INSIDE OF CAB WAS FULL OF SMOKE. I HAD INSPECTED VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T A FIRE. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM DASHBOARD LEFT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. WE HAD DISASSEMBLED THE PLASTIC AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL TO DISCOVER THAT THE WIRING THAT CONTROLLED THE LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, AND BLINKER HAD BEEN MELTED INTO THE CONNECTOR CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO STAY ON WHEN VEHICLES IGNITION WAS OFF. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED. DESCRIPTION WAS; "VEHICLE SUFFERED INTERNAL FAILURE WITHIN MULT IFUNCTION SWITCH THAT HAS CAUSED A THERMAL MELTING OF THE CONNECTORS AT THE BACK OF THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH AND WIRING HARNESS" PART SM37420-85Z10 SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND SM36620-85Z70 HARNESS ASSEMBLY. ESTIMATED REPAIRS $1,570.. I BELIEVE THAT ALL THIS IS CAUSED BY IMPROPER REPAIR OF RECALLED SPICE PACK DUE TO THE COMPONENTS THAT MELTED ARE CONNECTED TO IT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE MY CAR IS STILL AT THE SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. AND HAS TAKEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS FOR THEM TO REPAIR. SAID VEHICLE WONT BE DONE UNTIL FRIDAY JULY 13, 2013 DUE TO NOT HAVING THE PARTS IN STOCK. *TR

BACK IN NOV 2012 I TOOK MY 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA IN FOR A RECALL REPAIR AS SUGGESTED THE RECALL WAS ON THE WIRING HARNESS THAT PUT THE HEADLIGHTS ON AND OFF (I HAD BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY HEADLIGHTS POPPING ON AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES) SO AFTER I OBEYED THE RECALL I NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED SO IN JAN 12 2013 MY CAR WAS SITTING AT A LOCAL APPLEBEES PARKING LOT COMPLETELY TURNED OFF NOTHING PLUGGED IN NO LIGHTERS IN THE CAR JUST SITTING THERE WHEN SOMEONE RAN INTO THE RESTAURANT AND SHOUTED "WHOSE GOLD SUZUKI IS THAT? ITS ON FIRE" NEEDLESS TO SAY WHEN I RAN OUT THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY IN FLAMES THE FIRE DEPT CAME TO RESCUE AND AT MY REQUEST A FIRE INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE STARTED AS A RESULT OF A ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS...(YES THE "RECALLED'' "FIXED" PART) THE ACTUALLY DEALERSHIP THAT "FIXED" THE RECALLED PART HAS ALREADY STATED THAT THEY ARENT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT & I AM WAITING TO SUZUKI CORPORATE TO CONCLUDE THEIR FINDINGS I TRULY HOPE SUZUKI DOES THE RIGHT THING IN THIS UNFORTUNATE MATTER IF NOT I AM PREPARED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION BUT IM PRAYING THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

AFTER FIRST PURCHASING THE CAR, THERE WERE PROBLEMS ACCELERATING AND THEN CAR FAILED. POWER STEERING HAD TO BE FIXED, TIMING BELT REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER SPEAKERS STARTED TO GO IN AND OUT, RADIO LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF, ETC. IN 2010 HEADLIGHTS FAILED. BEING A BROKE COLLEGE STUDENT I RODE WITH MY BRIGHTS FOR ALMOST A YEAR UNTIL I LOOKED UP THE RECALL ONLINE AND GOT THAT FIXED AT THE DEALERSHIP. 2011 REPLACED SPEAKERS, STILL DON'T WORK ON ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF CAR AND BACK OF DRIVER SIDE. ONE SPEAKER WORKS, VERY WEAK AND SOMETIMES GOES OUT COMPLETELY. INTERIOR LIGHTS GO IN AND OUT. STARTED TO LEAK OIL, HAD TO HAVE HEAD GASKET REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THEN HAD TO HAVE RADIATOR HOSE REPLACED. 2012 TIMING BELT POPS, ENGINE DAMAGED COSTING ALMOST $2000. TODAY DECEMBER 2012, RADIATOR CRACKS ALL THE WAY OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. TERRIBLE HORRIBLE CAR TO BE A 2005. SEEMS LIKE I CAN'T GO A MONTH WITHOUT SOMETHING ELSE GOING WRONG. FEELS UNSAFE AT ALL TIMES! *TR