2005 Suzuki Forenza: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Feb 21, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 200,000 miles · KS · fire

Not sure if you can tell us what to do but we bout a 2005 suzuki forenza last april for our 18 year old for graduation and we only bout it for $1200 and was never told about a recall at all. Long story short my son was about to leave one night and within a matter of minutes of him leaving he runs in the house yelling his car is on fire so we ran out put the fire out and then looked it up and found a recall on the part that caught fire. Headlamp switch drl module. Thanks god he was not driving down the street or the other cars or house caught fire. So after I put in the ven number and find this info within a week we received a recall letter from suzuki. Now my question is will this get paid for like the wiring that got burnt up and who pays to get it to another town to get fixed? If someone could lead me in the right direction that would be great I just really think we got screwed and my son really wants his car fixed

Filed Jul 23, 2015 · Engine, Lights · 119,115 miles · FL · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 suzuki forenza. While driving approximately 35 MPH, there was burning odor emitting from the vehicle. The contact noticed smoke under the hood, the headlights, and the floorboard without warning. The contact pulled over and discovered that the vehicle caught fire. The contact sustained a burn on the right leg that required medical attention. There was no incident report filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure and the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v262000 (exterior lighting). The failure mileage was 119,115.

Filed Apr 29, 2015 · Steering · FL · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 suzuki forenza. While driving at 35 MPH, the steering wheel caught fire. The contact was able to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 28, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · NC

My car loses power while car in motion, also, AC will not power on , but after some time it will power on. Malfunction light stays on at times, and will go off at times, but for now it is on , and has began to blink. Car has burning smell at times as well, like plastic is burning or something.

Filed Jan 24, 2013 · Airbags, Electrical · 90,000 miles · FL · fire

Back in nov 2012 I took my 2005 suzuki forenza in for a recall repair as suggested the recall was on the wiring harness that put the headlights on and off (I had been having trouble with my headlights popping on and off at random times) so after I obeyed the recall I noticed that the problem was fixed so in jan 12 2013 my car was sitting at a local applebees parking lot completely turned off nothing plugged in no lighters in the car just sitting there when someone ran into the restaurant and shouted "whose gold suzuki is that? Its on fire" needless to say when I ran out the dashboard was completely in flames the fire dept came to rescue and at my request a fire investigator investigated the incident and concluded that the fire started as a result of a electrical short in the wiring harness...(yes the "recalled'' "fixed" part) the actually dealership that "fixed" the recalled part has already stated that they arent taking responsibility for it & I am waiting to suzuki corporate to conclude their findings I truly hope suzuki does the right thing in this unfortunate matter if not I am prepared to take legal action but im praying they will do the right thing and take responsibility.

Filed Dec 7, 2007 · Electrical · 15,000 miles · NY · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 suzuki forenza. Two weeks after the vehicle was purchased, the service engine light illuminated frequently. The vehicle was returned to the dealer for repair. The dealer could not find any failures the first time. Two weeks later, the light illuminated again and the vehicle jerked during acceleration. The vehicle was returned to the dealer so the computer component could be updated. One week later, the vehicle caught fire and was destroyed. A fire report was filed. The contact received a recall notice regarding the failure after the fire occurred. The powertrain and recall number were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 15,000. Updated 01-10-08.

Filed May 3, 2007 · Lights · 53,000 miles · NC

My complaint about my suzuki,forenza is that I have taken it to the dealership at least twice for a sensor problem. My sensor for my day time lights constantly goes out and comes on whenever it wants. The second time I took it to the dealership they said they put on a new one but even now it constantly goes out then back on again; I cannot take it back to have it looked at because they say my warranty is over; also my low beam headlights no longer work because of a wiring problem the exists. Someone looked at the problem and said it was a wire that lays against a part of the engine that goes to the low beam lights and it burned out. One day I notice smoke coming from the engine and I thought it needed oil. The next day I had no low beam lights to use. I can only use my high beam now because the dealer said my warranty ran out. This car is only 2 years old and I bought it with only 5 miles on it. Those wiring should not be defective as of yet. I found out from a co-worker who has a forenza is having the same problem; he cannot use his low beam lights anymore and his warranty is over; he has to use his high beam also. Phone interview update (8-may-07): the complainant indicated that sometimes even the high beams do not work now.

Filed Apr 5, 2007 · Electrical · 32,000 miles · LA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 suzuki forenza. On january 29, 2007 the interior of the vehicle caught on fire in the steering column while she tried to start the vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. The fire department stated that the cause of the fire was electrical. There were no warning indicator lights on the instrument panel during or prior to the fire. Also, there was no prior maintenance worked performed on the vehicle. The current and failure milege were 32,000. *ak phone interview update (8-may-2007): the complainant indicated that the high beams headlights often came on instead of the low beams.

Filed Mar 12, 2007 · Electrical · 30,000 miles · AR

Low beam headlights went out. Only high beams work. All fuses good, replaced bulbs, still good and to this day still unfixed. No service department in jonesboro arkansas to test electrical system to find out why low beam headlights do not operate. No running day lights either. Day light switch says on but is not on. Continuing problem and do not drive car at night. *jb email interview update (may 7, 2007):the dealer had to take the dashboard apart and get to the wiring behind the firewall. (the area behind the gauges). The low beam wiring was burnt as was the plastic harness suzuki used to keep the wires together. The wiring for the low beam lights was cut and reattached outside the harness. The mechanic had to call suzuki technical service to discover this, as the dealer ordered a light switch assembly for my car. It was replaced but still no lights so that was not the problem. The mechanic also stated suzuki knows of this but because no damage has been reported they did not issue a recall of harness. My harness would of caught the car on fire because it was burnt and melted. The dealer was very helpful but did not state on invoice the area they really fixed and charged suzuki with the light assembly fixture only. The lights work fine now but I wander if the other wires attached to this area will do the same thing.