Other Restraint System Info: Has Automatic Occupant Sensor
Plant City: Kunsan
Plant Company Name: GM Korea
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Trim: S
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
STRUCTURE
MY 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA'S PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE OR FORCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH SUZUKI AND IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD, AS THE PASSENGER DOOR IS INOPERATIVE WITHOUT THE HANDLE. THERE IS NOTHING REINFORCING THE PLASTIC HANDLE AND IN THE EVENT THAT A PASSENGER ( OR DRIVER, I SURMISE---SAME HANDLE) NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR QUICKLY, THIS WOULD IMPEDE HIS ABILITY. KING SUZUKI IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. WILL ORDER THE PART FOR ME AND HAVE IT INSTALLED, BUT I DO THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO HAVE EVERY VEHICLE CORRECTED. *TR
2007
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA IT HAD ABOUT 119000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF FIRST INCIDENT. IT WOULDN'T HARDLY MOVE FORWARD AND OR GO UP HILLS AND HAS STRUGGLED TO DO SO SINCE. THE CAR ROLLS BACK ON HILLS WHEN YOU TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN DRIVING THE CAR BARELY WANTS TO MOVE. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED VERY DANGEROUS. *TR