NHTSA Complaint #10436041 — 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND ABOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT THE START OF THE YEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/18/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED IN JANUARY 2011, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED RESULTING IN HAVING TO REPLACE IT WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. IN JUNE 2011, THE VEHICLE JERKED EXTREMELY HARD WHILE DRIVING AND THEN WOULDN'T ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. IN NOVEMBER 2011, THE VEHICLE JERKED HARD AGAIN AND LEFT THE CONSUMER STRANDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE VEHICLE CEASED TO OPERATE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN AND THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. UPDATED 02/01/12