2006 Suzuki Forenza Consumer Discussions

Suzuki Forenza Troubles

• transmission problem for suzuki forenza

  Written by: kathyc59 on Nov 17, 2011 12:08:10 PM

  I have 2006 Suzuki Forenza with 52000 miles on it. I have had to replace the gas cap several times because the check engine light comes on. Struts cost over 500, and now I was driving 60 miles a hour and the car sounded like it went into neutral, then the next day I was driving 40 miles a hour and it went into neutral 3 different times again. I am ... Read More

Airbag Deployed!!!

• Airbag Deployed!!!

  Written by: lvann4x on Oct 12, 2011 11:43:29 AM

  My wife drives a 2006 Suzuki Forenza with about 110k miles. About 2 weeks ago she got into the car and when she turned on the ignition the driver side airbag deployed out of the seat! The car was in park. It hurt her eardrum and now we have a car with a screwed up driver seat and faulty airbags. Thank God she wasn't on the highway when this happened. She ... Read More

Suzuki Forenza Troubles

• Re: 2006 Suzuki Forenza Shock/Strut Assembly [suzzie033]

  Written by: daveg9 on Oct 12, 2011 6:07:54 AM

  Suzzie033, I am having some safety issues with my 06 Suzuki Forenza and have got an e-mail chain going. Could you e-mail me and I'll include you? davidgonz85@gmail.com

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• Re: shifter/transmision problems [cmcgaa]

  Written by: gallactica on Aug 21, 2011 10:08:24 AM

  My car is also doing this, and is also a 2006 Suzuki Forenza. Does anyone know what is causing these problems?

• shifter/transmision problems

  Written by: joelle_m on Aug 9, 2011 8:30:10 PM

  latest problem with my 2006 suzuki forenza is that the engine randomly revs when i drive. it happens at a steady pace where im not accelerating. also the scary thing is that sometimes when i put my car into drive on the dash it shows a d with an x through it but the car reverses when i hit the gas. it still works when in 3 and it doesnt always ... Read More

Suzuki Forenza Troubles

• 2006 forenza struts ...replaced already??

  Written by: forenzafool on Mar 13, 2011 6:20:06 AM

  I have a 2006 Suzuki Forenza, and have had to replace all of the struts. I see now that other people are having the same issue. This shouldn't be happening already. Suzuki needs to recall these struts or give out refunds on this crappy car.

• Re: 2006 Suzuki Forenza Shock/Strut Assembly [pennsy3]

  Written by: suzzie033 on Sep 29, 2010 10:35:44 AM

  My door handles also broke, I was informed my car is also out of warrenty, so they wont fix them. I have had multiable problems with this car. I have contacted Suzuki, but was told there is nothing they can do, magin that. I have also we all get together and make some calls but was told "you cant suggest a class action lawsuit on this site" so I guess there ... Read More

• Re: 2006 forenza transmission prob [mark210]

  Written by: shareee28 on Jul 9, 2010 7:12:47 PM

  I am having the same problem right now with my 2007 Suzuki Forenza. All of a sudden, transmission started slipped. Jerking in and out. As with everyone else I've read on here, dealers closing down everywhere. The one I did find within 50 miles, the guy was a total jerk. Acted like he could give a flip, oh and yeah, my warranty is OUT. So I have a good friend who's ... Read More

• 2006 Suzuki Forenza Shock/Strut Assembly

  Written by: pennsy3 on Mar 6, 2010 3:34:47 PM

  We bought our 2006 Forenza as a pre-owned in March 2008. Took it to our trusted mechanic last week for state inspection and he said (and showed me) that the front shock/strut assembly seems to be defective. The mounting brackets are broken.In addition the shocks were leaking. He said he would be happy to fix it for us but advised to talk to Suzuki first about a possible recall. I called ... Read More

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• relay 2006 suzuki forenza

  Written by: fgh3 on Feb 23, 2010 2:59:51 PM

  Hi. My turn signals and hazard lights have stopped working and the fuse is in tact. One mechanic said it maybe the relay. What do you think? Thank you.

Suzuki Forenza Troubles

• Re: blown head on a 2005 suzuki and car will not start [crystal3271]

  Written by: susukihater on Dec 22, 2009 2:36:56 PM

  I have a 2006 forenza it has been to the shop more times than I can count. At 30,000 mile the struts have to be replaced. we have had electrical problems since day one. The car has left my wife on the road at least four times. the blower motor also had to be replaced . we have been waiting for the part for at least three weeks now. The service ... Read More

• Re: forenza 2006] [dragonfly92277] [jess40356] [maddude]

  Written by: celloman78 on Oct 20, 2009 11:02:04 PM

  Hey maddude, sorry to hear about the trouble you went through. I had so many problems with my Forenza also, but they did not go though any trouble for me, as far as giving me a rental or anything. I bought my 2005 suzuki forenza brand new from quality cars in san antonio, and had taken my car to chacon also. Chacon Suzuki is the worst dealership ever man! I have ... Read More

• Re: 2006 forenza engine light on [mark210]

  Written by: maddude on Aug 7, 2009 9:48:53 PM

  it may very well be that the entire throttle body has to be changed out to correct this condition. I would use a great deal of caution and make sure everything is documented and that you receive all old parts. I can't say enough about covering your own interests when it comes to Suzuki. They will do any and everything to ensure that they come out on top. My website has ... Read More

• 2006 forenza engine light on

  Written by: mark210 on Aug 6, 2009 2:55:35 PM

  my daughters 2006 forenza engine light came on. took and had code read they said it was tps. Suzuki dealer says have to buy entire throttle body, est $700. Any advise or tips.

• Re: omg..it is the wagon too.. I have a 2006 forenza [tenab]

  Written by: lonesan on May 17, 2009 10:22:31 PM

  Gesh sorry to hear.. I cant even take my car to suzuki to hear my warranty is fake.. Closest Suzuki to me is about 100miles away and requires me to take at lest a day off work to take it in to get it looked at. (something i cant afford to do now days..)

• Re: omg..it is the wagon too.. I have a 2006 forenza [cher1983]

  Written by: tenab on May 17, 2009 10:13:10 PM

  I bought my teenage daughter a 2004 Forenza and have had lots of troubles. I always get the run around and once they even had the car about 6 weeks to fix. Now the car has a blown motor because of sludge. Suzuki says it is our lack of oil changes which is crap!!!! Any lawsuit I will gladly be part of. I owe 5,000 and Suzuki wants me to pay ... Read More

• forenza 2006]

  Written by: dragonfly92277 on Jun 14, 2008 4:54:50 PM

  i own a 2006 forenza and it has been in the shop 4 times in the last month for no start problem. Finally tech at suzuki dealership told me they are guessing at fixing the problem cause dawoo/suzuki/gm and a falling out and daewoo wont give the computer codes to fix the problem so suzuki is just keeps program new codes hoping to finally get the right one. tech said its ... Read More

• Re: blown head on a 2005 suzuki and car will not start [suzzie033]

  Written by: bukswife on May 11, 2009 9:04:18 AM

  i am new on here and i' am wondering if you can help me..i too have a 2006 forenza .i beleive i have this "transmission sensor " problem..i'm taking the car to the suzuki dealership tonight. i was hoping it was covered but apparently not..my car has approx 54,000..i was drving then all of a sudden it would seem like it slipped into neutral..then it would be fine..the check engine light ... Read More

• Re: blown head on a 2005 suzuki and car will not start [ladybri]

  Written by: suzzie033 on May 10, 2009 4:46:03 PM

  I HAVE A 2006 FORENZA, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS IF THERE ENDS UP BEING A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT, CONTACT ME. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION SENSOR REPLACED AT MY COST, WHICH ATLEAST A 150 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO, SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON RECALL

• Re: 2006 Suzuki Forenza Piece of Sh_t [dcrisford]

  Written by: 8str8rollin on Apr 22, 2009 5:30:52 PM

  From what I've heard it's been a real problem keeping the GM/Daewoo parts in stock, GM isn't supported its end of the bargain with supplying Suzuki with sufficient parts for these Daewoo vehicles. Fortunately Suzuki decided not to continue to allow GM to dump these Daewoo cars on the Suzuki lots and place Suzuki emblems on them. You might want to considering taking your Daewoo back to the Suzuki lot where ... Read More

• 2006 Suzuki Forenza Piece of Sh_t

  Written by: dcrisford on Apr 12, 2009 8:04:31 AM

  This seems to be a common problem with everybody who owns a Forenza. I was stupid enough to believe that is Suzuki made a good motorcycle then their car would be good also. NO WAY, NO DEAL, NO HOW, HOW STUPID! I have found the Range Selector Switch is bad. There is no way to buy the part over the counter and the warranty is 36K for this part. Combined with ... Read More

• Deathtrap

  Written by: alexis3 on Nov 10, 2008 1:48:28 PM

  I have a 2006 Suzuki Forenza POS. I had problems starting my car when I first got it, now I have to pay close to 300.00 dollars to fix a censor that controls my gear shifting. It's not covered under my warrenty, and now I am paying just as much to fix my car as I do for my monthly car payment. Now I understand that cars need maintanance. My problems ... Read More

• 2006 forenza = bad news

  Written by: maddude on Nov 17, 2007 6:18:46 PM

  resale value dropped 9,000 only offered 8,000 dollars on trade in with 750 miles on car. I to have the cold start idling problem, my transmission seems to shutter at times. All the kids at the child care center ask whats wrong when starting the car up. The American Suzuki Corp is useless and have hung up on me when the problem isn't in their best interest. This car is a ... Read More

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• Transmission check

  Written by: milella on Oct 25, 2007 1:47:15 PM

  I have a 2006 Suzuki Forenza. Where do you check the transmission fluid. There is no dipstick.

Suzuki Forenza Troubles

• Re: omg..it is the wagon too.. I have a 2006 forenza [cmont]

  Written by: 34rod on Sep 11, 2007 10:51:24 AM

  My teenage daughter bought a 2006 Forenza in Sept 06, since than has put over 15k miles on it with out a single problem. Her biggest problem was listening to others bitch about their cars. Shortly after she bought it she went to work at a Toyota/Suzuki dealership where nearly all Suzuki owners complained that the cars were all POS's. This may be the case for many of the cars, but ... Read More

• 2005 Suzuki Forenza

  Written by: liwilliams on Apr 9, 2007 12:24:36 PM

  I bought this car new off the lot with 15 miles on it 10/29/2006. After 300 miles, the air bag indicator on the passenger side stopped working. Got it fixed but now at 18,000 miles indicator light back on. This car will not start when temp is below 20 degrees. However, when 20-25 it stalls out no matter where you are. This car has been towed 4 times and in the ... Read More

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• suzuki engine swap

  Written by: jdmcrx on Jan 28, 2007 9:16:26 PM

  hey was sup guys i have a 2006 suzuki forenza which is very slow to me but i like it alot at the same time but i also have a crx with a 600hp 2.0 ls/vtec turbo engine in it which i happen run a 9.86 in a quarter mile,now this may sound dumb but i had an idea that would make my car run really fast i was thinking about ... Read More

Suzuki Forenza Troubles

• Suzuki Forenza--to many problems

  Written by: kctkbss on Oct 22, 2006 9:00:58 AM

  I have had to many problems with my Suzuki Forenza. I bough it May 1,2006 from Modern Classic Motors. I owned it 2 weeks and the transmission started to grind when going into reverse (I have a manual transmission). I thought at first it was me then I had a couple of other people drive it and it did the same for them. I notified the dealer and took it down ... Read More

• suzuki-just say no!

  Written by: suzukihater on Aug 19, 2006 9:45:41 PM

  We bought our suzuki forenza in April 2006, the first couple of days the engine didn't start, so what did we do? we called our dealer, who quoted 'just re-start it' ok we think fair enough and it does after 3-4 attemps! the next 2 weeks the sensor light shows up we take it in, after 4-5 different rented used cars from there lot (because 3 of the vehicles they loaned ... Read More

• Re: omg..it is the wagon too.. I have a 2006 forenza [crying1]

  Written by: cher1983 on Jul 15, 2006 2:34:21 PM

  I just got incontact with a lawyer over my trouble, but he hasn't said anything about a class action lawsuit against suzuki... when did you find this out? and who is your lawyer?

• Re: Want a budget sedan? Check out the Suzuki Forenza [ruthie1019]

  Written by: cher1983 on Jul 2, 2006 10:09:02 PM

  I too have bought an 2006 Suzuki Forenza Wagon and 5 out of 7 days it wont start in the morning. I have taken to the shop 3 times. The first time they replaced the accelarator, the 2nd time they replaced the fule pump, and this time they are trying a re-learning program for the computer. I won't know anything until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. Mean while, I'm left paying ... Read More

• Re: Want a budget sedan? Check out the Suzuki Forenza [chadds1]

  Written by: ruthie1019 on Jun 29, 2006 5:47:57 PM

  don't even think about buying this car, i speak from experience, my husband bought his 2006 forenza, in october, and since january we've been having problems with the car, 5 out of 7 days it does not want to star in the mornings and if you park it for a couple of hours it does the same thing. we've taken it to the dealer like 3 times for the same reason ... Read More

• Oh yes I know this problem.

  Written by: zero8 on Mar 20, 2006 5:57:52 AM

  Had a 2004 Forenza and brought it into the dealership about 12 times for this issue. Finally Suzuki gave me some money and hooked me up with a dealer that would give me a high trade it on it, now I have a 2006 just as many problems. This problem will not go away, get out of that car as soon as you can.

Suzuki Aerio Wagon

• AERIO FUTURE ??

  Written by: frenchcar on Apr 16, 2004 7:36:39 PM

  I think this next year will be the last for the SX as Suzuki has lost interest in it and has not advertized it for quite some time now. It was popular in 2002 and then they forgot it when the Daewoo GM deal went through and they came out with the Forenza, Verona and now the Reno and F. Wagon. They ignored the SX and relagated it to fleet duty ... Read More