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: LX
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. HOWEVER AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FAILURE HAD CORRECTED ITSELF. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE SHIFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 158,000.
2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRANMISSION SHIFTED ERATICALLY SINCE PURCHASING IT IN JANUARY 2008. HE FIRST. WHILE DRIVING ON APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, SPED UP, LUNGED FORWARD AND SHIFTED INTO GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS ALSO A ROARING NOISE ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, A CLICKING SOUND NEAR THE DASHBOARD, AND EVERY LIGHT TURNED OFF EXCEPT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE RADIO AND AIR CONDITIONER INTERMITTENTLY TURNED OFF AND AFTER FIVE MINUTES, THEY BOTH BEGAN OPERATING NORMALLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE THE DEALER TO INSPECT OR REPAIR THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION, THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT CLOSE CAUSING RAIN TO ENTER INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, 20 MINUTES LATER HE WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER WITH THE MOTOR ON AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ACCELERATION PEDAL SENSOR COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ONCE AGAIN AUTHORIZED THE DEALER TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,800 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,000.