2008 Suzuki Forenza

THE TCM SWITCH ON MY 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA WAS REPLACED IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 AND WAS FOUND BY AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR SUZUKI AS BEING DEFECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO SWITCH ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO FAIL ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE AT TIMES. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO THE SUZUKI DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR WITHIN 30 DAYS OF BUYING THE CAR AND COMPLAINED ABOUT ACCELERATION. I WAS TOLD THE WAS NEW AND WOULD TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE PARTS TO WORK OUT THEIR NEWNESS. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS THIS ISSUE PERSISTED AND WOULD CEASE TO HAPPEN AFTER TAKING THE CAR IN AND BEING TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND. THE ISSUE SEEMED TO GO AWAY AND WOULD RETURN AGAIN WITHIN 90 DAYS. I WAS EVEN TOLD THAT I WAS USED TO DRIVING CARS WITH BETTER PERFORMANCE AND MY PERCEPTION OF HOW THE CAR DRIVES WAS THE ISSUE. IT WAS ONLY AFTER GOING TO DIFFERENT SERVICE CENTER THAT I WAS TOLD THE TCMS ARE OFTEN REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE TO ACCELERATE ISSUE COULD ALSO BE THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION. FAILURE TO ACCELERATE COULD HAPPEN AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP OR ACCELERATION ABOVE 40MPH. THE ISSUE RETURNED AFTER HAVING THE TCM SWITCH REPLACED WITHIN 90 DAYS AS IT HAD DONE AFTER EACH VISIT WHERE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND. THE INCIDENTS WERE INTERMITTENT AND IF LEFT PAST 90 DAYS WOULD INCREASE IN FREQUENCY. MY LATEST VISIT WAS TO THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP ON 7/14/12 WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE TCM SWITCH. WHEN ASKED TO SEE THE READ OUT FOR THE TEST, I WAS DENIED AND GIVEN $1,500 IN ESTIMATES TO CLEAN MY ENGINE AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE THAT WAS DUE. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THIS TIME, SO, I COULD HAVE ERRORS READ. I FOUND OUT IN SEPTEMBER THAT THE TCM SWITCH IS FAILING. THIS COMPLAINT IS THE FIRST STEP TO GETTING THIS ADDRESSED. *TR

ONE DAY, WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE, IT "CLUNKED" INTO GEAR, THE GEAR DISPLAY WAS SCRAMBLED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SHUT MY CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN, THINKING IT WAS A FLUKE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND IT ALSO "CLUNKED" INTO DRIVE. WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE, THE RPM'S WERE 5-10 HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER TO "GET UP AND GO." SOMETIMES, MY CAR WILL INITIALLY RUN FINE UNTIL A FEW MINUTES INTO THE DRIVE, WHEN IT FALLS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING, THEN GOES BACK TO DRIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN, AND THE PROBLEMS RESURFACE. I TOOK IT TO ADVANCED AUTO PARTS AND THE MACHINE SAID TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM BUT THEY SAID THAT COULD MEAN ANYTHING AND WOULD BE FINE TO DRIVE. AFTER TAKEN OFF THE MACHINE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF, ONLY TO COME ON AGAIN THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT. MY BROTHER (WHO HAS MECHANICAL EXPERIENCE) CLEANED THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR AND FILTER, HOPING IT WOULD HELP, BUT IT DIDN'T. AS I GO TO A SMALL TOWN COLLEGE THREE HOURS AWAY FROM HOME AND MAKE A 3 MINUTE DRIVE TO AND FROM CLASSES EVERYDAY, I LET IT BE FOR THE SEMESTER, INSISTING THAT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY. WELL, IT'S CHRISTMAS AND IT NEVER WENT AWAY; EACH DAY I DRIVE MY CAR IT PRESENTS ME WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. MY BROTHER TOOK MY CAR BACK TO ADVANCED AUTO PARTS AND THE MACHINE READ THE SAME ISSUES AS BEFORE, PLUS A POSSIBLE WIRE SHORT. THEY DIDN'T SUGGEST ANY FIXES SO HE CHECKED FOR SHORTS IN THE WIRES AND FOUND NONE. IT APPEARS IT MUST BE THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. AFTER READING UP ON THE TRS, IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING AS EARLY AS 30K MILES ON CARS SOME BOUGHT NEW. I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS ISSUE HAS ALSO CAUSED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR (REDUCED GAS MILEAGE/BATTERY FAILURE) AND IS CAUSE FOR A FACTORY RECALL, AS ITS APPEARANCE IS WIDESPREAD AND THE EFFECTS ARE NUMEROUS. *TR

COMING HOME LATE NIGHT AROUND 2ISH, WAITING AT A REDLIGHT MY CAR DOES A SUDDEN JERK, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND IM IN DRIVE (FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL) BUT IN THE DASH THE GEAR STARTS FLASHING AND INDICATING I WAS IN NEUTRAL BUT I WASN'T. LIGHT TURNS GREEN I GO TO PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATION AND MY CAR SEEMED LIKE IT BARELY WANTED TO DRIVE, AS IF IT NEEDED A PUSH. I DIDN'T DRIVE MY CAR FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND BECAUSE I WAS PARANOID. TOOK MY CAR IN THAT MONDAY ON OCTOBER 22ND 2012 (THEY HAD IT FOR 8DAYS), GOT MY CAR BACK ASSUMING THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, BUT HERE WE ARE A MONTH LATER, NOVEMBER 29TH 2012 AND MY CAR IT DOING THE SAME. I WAS DRIVING MAYBE ABOUT 30PMH AND I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AND MY CAR DID A SOFT JERK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT ONCE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND IT SEEM AS THOUGH MY CAR DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE. SO I TURNED OFF THE CAR, WAITED FOR 10MINS OR SO, TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE LIGHT WAS GONE AND MY CAR WAS OKAY. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO MY JOB, THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH IS THE GEAR SENSOR/ TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. IM TAKING MY CAR IN AGAIN ON MONDAY DEC 3RD TO BE FIXED. I HAVE HAD MY CAR ALMOST 4 YEARS NOW, I STILL HAVE A WARRANTY AS WELL AND I JUST HIT THE 50,000MILE MARK. IM SCARED TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO ME OR OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. SO I PRAY THE PROBLEM IS FIXED ON MONDAY. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER REVIEWS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I LOVE MY CAR SO IT REALLY IS A BUMMER THAT I AM HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. *TR

I AM THINKING OUR TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WENT OUT ON OUR 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA WITH OVER 70,000 MILES. CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN TURNED OFF ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO, STOPPED AT DRUG STORE, WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON, PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CLUNK, WHILE THE DISPLAY WHERE THE R FOR REVERSE WOULD HAVE BEEN WAS SCRAMBLED, CAR STILL REVERSED. CLUNKED INTO DRIVE, AND WOULDN'T SWITCH OUT OF 1ST GEAR. *TR

AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I PUT MY CAR INTO DRIVE AND FELT A SUDDEN JOLT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND BARELY REACHED 20 MPH ON A BUSY ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON UNTIL I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN I TURNED MY CAR OFF, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OBVIOUSLY WENT OFF, HOWEVER IT DID NOT COME BACK ON WHEN THE MECHANIC TURNED THE CAR ON, NEITHER DID THE CAR JOLT WHEN CHANGING GEARS. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT MY "TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR" HAD INTERNAL FAILURE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH I HAVE A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY ON POWER TRAIN, THIS APPARENTLY IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MY ISSUE IS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM DEALING WITH THE TRANSMISSION HOWEVER IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY? *TR

THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WENT OUT THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR. STARTED TO SHOW AN "X" OVER THE GEAR WHEN YOU SHIFTED, IT WOULD KICK, AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO OVER 35MPH EVEN WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS. WE REPLACED THE SENSOR IN OCT OF 2011. IT IS NOW APRIL 2012 AND THE SENSOR HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT WIRE KEEPS GETTING SHORTED BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION UNDER THE SEAT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR SWITCH FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND BACK INTO DRIVE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP GEAR AND REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING 1800 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO PERSONAL VEHICLE AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT TO VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT. THIS SENSOR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER 3 TIMES PRIOR TO VEHICLE REACHING 36,000 MILES. AFTER ALOT OF RESEARCH MYSELF THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS TRANSMISSION SENSOR BEFORE SOMEBODY GET SERIOUSLY HURT!