2007 Suzuki Forenza

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! *TR

THE POWER WINDOWS ACTUATORS CONTINUE TO "ACTUATE" ON THEIR OWN, SOUNDING AS THOUGH THE CAR IS LOCKING OR UNLOCKING SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED. THE LOCK ITSELF DOESN'T MOVE DURING THIS COMMOTION. ANOTHER ISSUE WAS WHEN I HAD PRESSED THE BRAKE, MY CAR MADE A THUNK AND REVVED AS THOUGH IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. WHEN I TRIED TO GO AGAIN, THE CAR TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO EVEN GO ABOVE SECOND GEAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. NOW, MY CAR WILL SOUND AS THOUGH IT ISN'T IN GEAR AT SPEEDS OF 55-60 MPH! THIS SCARES ME! THEN THE DASH GEAR INDICATOR FLASHES AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT GEAR ITS IN WHEN I'M DRIVING, WHETHER IT'S BACK ROADS OR FREEWAYS. VERY FRIGHTENING. *TR

GOOGLED ON WEBSITE, AND FOUND LOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR IS BROKEN PREMATURELY, WHICH CLEARLY INDICATE THE SUCH PART IS A DEFECTIVE ONE. MY SUCH CLAIM WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY WHAT TECHNICIAN TOLD ME WHO FIXED MY CAR AS THEY ARE AUTHORIZED SUZUKI SERVICE DEALERSHIP. HE TOLD ME THERE IS AROUND 4-5 FIX FOR THIS PART OUT OF THIS MODEL AROUND THIS MILEAGE. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, BUT THIS PART IS EXCLUDED FROM SUCH COVERAGE. SUZUKI SHOULD RECALL THIS PART AND FIX THE PROBLEM FOR FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR WENT OUT ON MY 2007 FORENZA AT 77000 MILES. THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO MY SISTERS 2006 FORENZA AT 50000 MILES. THE WARRANTY SAYS IT COVERS ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BUT WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY INFORMED US THAT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY COMMON AMONG SUZUKI CARS. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORENZA AND YESTERDAY AS I WAS PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE, IT MADE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE GEAR SELECTOR DISPLAY ON THE DASH SEEMED TO GO HAYWIRE DISPLAYING ALL THE LETTERS (D, R, N, ETC) WITH A DIAGONAL LINE THROUGH IT. IT THEN WENT BACK TO NORMAL, THEN THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. THIS MORNING AS I WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE CAR TO AUTOZONE, IT DID NOT MAKE ANY NOISE. THEY HOOKED UP THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER AND IT CAME UP WITH CODES PO700 AND PO705, WHICH VARIES IN WORDING BUT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OR WOULD BECOME STUCK IN ONE GEAR WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

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 CONSIDERING I AM NOT THE ONLY SUZUKI FORENZA OWNER THAT HAS HAD THE ONGOING ISSUES . I HAVE CAME OUT OF POCKET OVER $600 SO FAR ON GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIX BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

IN AUGUST OF 2011, WHEN I WOULD PUT THE CAR INTO FIRST GEAR, THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OUT OF FIRST GEAR UNTIL I PULLED OVER, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. SINCE THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON FOR A DAY AND THEN NOTHING WOULD BE WRONG. ALSO, WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE THE "R" ON THE DISPLAY WOULD HAVE AN DIAGONAL LINE THROUGH IT AND THE WOULD ONLY GO INTO FIRST GEAR AGAIN UNTIL I SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN. THESE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK SINCE. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE CAR WILL DO THIS AND I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL DO THIS AND NOT FIX ITSELF AGAIN AND THEN BE STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE DEAL WANTS TO CHARGE ME $200.00 TO FIX THIS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC STOP. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR BOX INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING VARIOUS GEARS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE UNTIL SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,454.