NHTSA Complaint #10544607 — 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA

AFTER MY DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS STAYED ON ALL NIGHT, MY BATTERY DIED AND I HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE JUMPED. I WENT ALONG WITH MY DAY, PARKED MY CAR AT THE BUS LOT AND WENT TO WORK. AFTER RETURNING TO THE CAR, I SMELLED SMOKE. WHEN I TRIED TO POP MY HOOD, I NOTICED THE INTERIOR PANELING UNDER MY STEERING WHEEL WAS BLACK AND MELTED. THE HOOD WOULD NOT POP OPEN BECAUSE THE RELEASE LEVER WAS ALSO MELTED. THERE WAS SMOKE DAMAGE ON MY WINDSHIELD NEAR THE AIR/DEFROST VENTS AND ON ANYTHING SITTING IN MY CAR. LUCKY FOR ME, I WAS NOT IN THE CAR WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED AND IT WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHERE NO ONE WAS AROUND TO GET INJURED. AFTER HAVING THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR REPLACED ON THE CAR 4 TIMES BEFORE THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, I'VE REALIZED THERE WERE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR LONG BEFORE THE FIRE OCCURRED. MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT A FIRE IN THIS EXACTLY MAKE/MODEL/YEAR CAR. SUZUKI SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR MAKING SUCH TERRIBLE CARS AND FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY RIGHT BEFORE THE PROBLEM OCCURS SO THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DONE/NO ACCOUNTABILITY. *TR