There are 105 stored owner reports matching the powertrain & transmission leading-label group for the 2006 Suzuki Forenza in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)AT SPEED ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY FELL OUT OF GEAR, AND LOST SPEED RAPIDLY. DASH TRANSMISSION DISPLAY SHOWED SCRAMBLED GEAR IN PLACE OF D. CAR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND DOES NOT PROPERLY CHANGE GEARS; OCCASIONALLY DISPLAYS SCRAMBLED LETTER IN PLACE OF APPROPRIATE DISPLAY (R,N,D, 3, ETC.)
BATTERY INDICATOR AND BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE CLUSTER PANEL. WHEN IN DRIVE, THE DISPLAY SHOWING WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN FLASHES AN UNRECOGNIZABLE SIGNAL. SOME TROUBLE ACCELERATING.
VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW IN 2006. UNDER 16,000 MILES ONE OWNER. HARD SHIFTED OUT OF PARK OR REVERSE. LOST POWER WHEN IN DRIVE WITH NORMAL RPM'S~ DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR BY INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. REPLACEMENT PART ALSO FAULTY. PLEASE NOTE MECHANIC USED TERM "FAULTY". EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. I EXPECT SUZUKI MOTOR COMPANY TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL WITH PARTS THAT ARE DESIGNED NOT TO FAIL AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE THAT EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD ALSO BE AN 'X' ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEXT TO THE 'D' FOR DRIVE ON THE SHIFT SELECTOR. THE CONTACT WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE RANGE TRANSMISSION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR IS FAILING AND CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL YEAR, AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR A SAFETY RECALL. *TR
WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OUT OF DRIVE. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FORWARD IT TOOK A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF POWER TO GO 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT STAY ON WHILE THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. *TR
I REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR IN OCTOBER 2013 AND 4 MONTHS LATER IT WON'T GO IN REVERSE. THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO GO BACK. THE SENSOR GOES BAD REALLY QUICK AND IT KEEPS YOU PAYING MONEY TO GET IT FIX. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND HE AIRBAG LIGHT. I HAVE REPLACED IT TWICE IN 2012 AND 2013. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS AND DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAS NOT HAPPEN BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY HURT. SUZUKI PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR
I WILL BE DRIVING AND THE SHIFT GEAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. OR I CAN START THE CAR AND THE GEAR WILL NOT GO INTO DRIVE AND IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD. I HAVE CALLED ABOUT GETTING THIS FIXED AND I WAS TOLD THAT ALOT OF COMPLAINTS HAS BEEN MADE FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THIS TYPE OF CAR, AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS...THIS WILL CAUSE A AUTOMATIC ACCIDENT IF NOT DEATH. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TEN HOURS LATER. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN PLACING THE GEAR IN REVERSE, THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD BECOME JAMMED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK ABNORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
I OWN A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA WAGEN WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANS-AXLE THAT I BOUGHT NEW FROM A DEALERSHIP (EXPO SUZUKI) SELLING SUZUKI MOTOR CARS, IN KINGWOOD, TEXAS. PROBLEMS STARTED HAPPENING TO MY CAR WHILE I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE, WHEN I NOTICED THE GEAR SELECTION INDICATOR WINDOW ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED DISPLAYING ODD READINGS OTHER THAN PARK OR DRIVE OR A COMBINATION OF ITS RANGE MODES(R,D,N,1 AND 2) WITH A SLASH LINE GOING THROUGH IT, INDICATING THAT AN ERROR/MALFUNCTION IS OCCURRING (THIS STARTED AT 75,000 MILES OR LESS, ON THE VEHICLE'S ODOMETER.), I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT WITH NO ERROR/MALFUNCTIONS DISPLAYED; GOOD, BUT THE VEHICLE NOW DROVE SLUGGISH; IT WOULD NOT DRIVE BEYOND 20MPH OR LESS. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SUZUKI DEALERSHIP BY TOW-TRUCK WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. INSTANCES ALSO INVOLVING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH MY SUZUKI FORENZA WAGEN CAME ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE CAR TO QUICKLY COME TO A NEAR DANGEROUS STOP IN HEAVY HOUSTON TEXAS TRAFFIC, DUE TO THE NSS(NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH) MALFUNCTIONING WITHOUT WARNING; ALMOST INVOLVING ME IN A NEAR FATAL COLLISION GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS; I HAPPENED TO LOOK AND SEE THE DASHBOARD GEAR INDICATOR WINDOW HAD THAT SLASH MARK(S) IN IT AGAIN. I'VE TAKEN MY CAR BACK AND FORTH, TO MY SUZUKI DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH PROBLEM, WITH THEM ONLY REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, THIS TIME. DEALERSHIPS IN HOUSTON TEXAS WHO SOLD SUZUKI MOTOR CARS UP UNTIL RECENT, WILL NOT TOUCH THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION, I'VE BEEN TOLD TO JUST REPLACE IT, IF ITS UNDER SUZUKI MOTORS WARRANTY? O.K. FINE. THIS HAS NOT REMEDIED MY ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. *TR
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND GO OFF EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. IT JUST WENT BACK ON TODAY. I NOTICED THE ACCELERATION WAS LESS WHEN I CAME OFF A STOP LIGHT ALMOST LIKE THE CAR WAS IN THE WRONG GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A PARTS SHOP TO SEE WHAT THE CHECK ENGINE WAS. IT CAME UP AS A TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. I HAVE READ THAT OTHER PEOPLE DESCRIBING THIS SAME EXACT EVENTS HAPPENING IN SUZUKI VEHICLES OVER 70,000 MILES. THIS COULD BE A REAL SAFETY RISK TO THE PUBLIC IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS TO CONFUSE ITSELF AS BEING IN THE WRONG GEAR AT HIGH SPEEDS. *TR
MY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAS FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN AS MANY YEARS. EACH TIME I HAVE IT REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THIS MALFUNCTION CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SPONTANEOUSLY THROW ITSELF IN TO NEUTRAL OR REVERSE EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A COMPLETE STOP. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR SUDDENLY JERKED VERY HARD THEN SLOWED TO AN ALMOST COMPLETE STOP CAUSING THE CAR BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON ITS BRAKES AND HIT MY BUMPER. I STOPPED, RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THEN WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST 15MPH EVEN WITH MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE GAS PEDAL. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS FAILED AND I AM GLAD THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS BEHIND ME STOPPED QUICKLY AND ONLY TAPPED MY BUMPER. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND IS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. SUZUKI NEEDS TO DO A MAJOR RECALL!! I DON'T UNDERSTATND HOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM YET IT IS NOT BEING INVESTIGATED! *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN CHANGING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *TR
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE NORMAL AND CAME UP TO A STOP LIGHT. AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN IT DOWNSHIFTED HARD AND WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE FROM THE STOP LIGHT IT TOOK MORE GAS THAN NORMAL TO PULL AWAY. I THEN NOTICED THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTO STORE THE NEXT DAY TO READ THE CODES. IT GAVE THE CODES PO700 AND PO734. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION AND WAS UNABLE TO GO NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALSO WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE IT SHIFTS HARD AND KIND OF CLUNKS INTO GEAR. THE NEXT DAY I TRIED AGAIN AND IT WAS SHIFTING JUST FINE, BUT STILL HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LATER THAT DAY THE SAME PROBLEMS FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY RETURNED. WHEN THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK HOME THROUGH A HEAVY SNOW STORM. IF THIS PROBLEM HAD CAUSED ME TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT DUE TO THE ZERO VISIBILITY. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND TROUBLE CODES AND I BELIEVE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR
DRIVING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET VEHICLE STALLED AND BEGAN TO IDLE HIGH WHILE IN THE "D" POSITION. APPLIED BRAKES AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN TO "P" POSITION BUT DASH READ REVERSE. TURNED IGNITION OFF AND GEARS SHIFTED AS DESIGNED. 4 INCIDENTS FOLLOWED THIS ONE HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED.I WAS PUTTING GAS IN WITH THE ENGINE OFF ONE I GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE CRANKED IT AND IMMEDIATELY THE SCRAMBLED SYMBOL APPEARED I CUT THE ENGINE BACK OFF AND TRIED IT AGAIN AND THE SCRAMBLED SYMBOL WAS STILL VISIBLE I SHIFTED DOWN THROUGH SEVERAL GEARS WITH CLUNKING NOISES AND HEAVY JERKING UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO FIND DRIVE 3, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AT A SLOW PACE TO A PARKING SPACE UNTIL I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOME. SENT IT TO A MECHANIC HAD THROTTLE REPAIRED PUT THE VERY SAME DAY THE VERY SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE MY CHILDREN AND I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE HEADED HOME FROM THEIR SCHOOL. WAS ABLE TO SHIFT TO DRIVE 3 AND GET IT OFF OF THE ROADWAY.TURNED OFF IGNITION AND CRANKED IT UP AGAIN THE VEHICLE RAN NORMALLY TOOK IT TO AN AUTOZONE SO THAT THE CHECK ENGINE CODE COULD BE READ AND IT CAME BACK AS P0700 AND P0705 HAVE NOT HAD THE FUNDS TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BY SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. WITH THIS AS AN RECURRING WITH OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL AS MINES SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS GREATLY INJURED OR KILLED JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS. LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT AFRAID TO DRIVE IT EVEN IF THE NECESSARY REPAIRS ARE MADE I DON'T WANT TO FEEL AS IF IM DRIVING MY AND MY KIDS DEATH MOBILE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND A BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD . THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A WHILE, IT WAS RESTARTED THEN OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A MECHANIC. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. ..UPDATED 03/18/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PLASTIC SPINE IN THE SWITCH SLID ONTO THE METAL SPLINE COMING OUT OF THE TRANSAXLE, SO WHEN HE SHIFTED INTO GEAR, THE SWITCH WOULD ELECTRONICALLY TELL THE SYSTEM WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. THE PLASTIC SWITCH BURNED OUT OVER TIME.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MIL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SHIFTED INTO FOURTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, WE DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM RUNS RAMPANT ON 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA MODELS. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANAGER OVER PARTS AND SERVICE CHANGED THE SENSOR FOR US. HOWEVER, THE CONNECTOR IT PLUGS INTO WAS BROKEN AND HE WOULD LOOK FOR A USED ONE, AS BUYING A NEW ONE MEANS BUYING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE HARNESS ($800-$900). ANYTIME I LOOK UP MY MAKE AND MODEL THIS IS ALL ANYONE HAS TO SAY AND SUZUKI WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT CHARGE MORE MONEY TO KEEP TRYING TO FIX IT.THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL ALL OF THESE VEHICLES UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. *TR
WHEN SHIFTING OUT OF PARK DASHBOARD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE GEAR AND LOSES GREAT AMOUNT OF POWER. WHEN DRIVING GEARS DO NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE. SOMETIMES WHEN I PUSH THE GAS PEDAL VERY LIGHTLY THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD AND OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE AT ALL. *TR
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