2007 Suzuki Forenza: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Jun 23, 2012 · Transmission · 28,000 miles · IN

One of the transmission sensors went out initially about 28000 miles on my 2007 suzuki forenza. The car went into neutral from drive on the interstate doing 60. I was almost rear-ended by a semi-truck because the vehicle slowed down with no notice. This has happened again at just under 60000 miles where I am having the issues with the sensor and not being able to drive the vehicle as it hesitates to go into drive even though it appears to be in drive according to the dash.

Filed Jun 18, 2012 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 suzuki forenza. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate, there was an increase in engine rpms, the check engine warning lamp illuminated and the transmission hesitated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 75,000.

Filed Feb 23, 2012 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 suzuki forenza. The contact stated that the vehicle would hesitate while driving at any speed and the gear would shift hard into drive and reverse. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where a diagnostic test was performed, which located the failure at the transmission range sensor. The transmission range sensor was replaced but the failure was not corrected. The vehicle continued to hesitate while driving at any speed and the gears would shift hard into drive and reverse. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 87,000.

Filed Sep 15, 2011 · Engine, Transmission · SC

Car was sputtering and hesitating. Check engine light came on. We took to mechanic and error p0705 transmission range sensor came up as the problem. Suzuki is aware of this ongoing problem and they are clearly ignoring the potential for a serious accident to occur by not recalling and rectifying the issue. Rather they are relying on their consumers to absorb the expense of this repair. My faith in suzuki has definitely been shaken and this definitely will influence my decision to purchase another suzuki or recommend suzuki. It is time that suzuki step up and admit their negligence, rectify the issue, compensate those who have absorbed the cost of this repair, and restore the faith in its consumers.

Filed Sep 9, 2011 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 suzuki forenza. The contact stated that the vehicle would hesitate when accelerating from 30 MPH. In addition, the vehicle would exhibit a clunking sound and hesitate when shifting gears. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technicians advised that the transmission range sensor had to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

Filed Aug 18, 2009 · Transmission · 32,000 miles · FL

My daughter owns a 2007 forenza; she was recently driving down the road and began to notice a hesitation on the vehicle while driving; she then felt an acceleration and a deceleration on the vehicle - as if it wanted to stall and shut off. A few days later she was about to park and felt a sudden jerk and funny sound coming from the engine compartment - she turned off the vehicle and waited for approximately one hour; the vehicle started and she was told to leave it at home. The following day I brought it in to a suzuki dealer for service - I was told that the transmission sensor needed to be replaced - thank god my 19 year old did not get involved in an auto accident to the acceleration of this vehicle. Please have this sensor checked out on all your suzuki forenza's. Oh and give thanks to the fact that my warranty still had 3,000 miles left on it. I am now in doubt of this suzuki - I would feel much more comfortable if suzuki would extend their warranty to 5 years/50,000 miles instead 3 years/36,000 miles. I believe if suzuki believes in their vehicles then they should honor the request.

Filed Aug 12, 2009 · Engine · 61,000 miles · AR

The problem started on 7/12/09. I had just gotten an oil change at wal-mart in jacksonville, ar, and as soon as I turned on the car the check engine light was on. Wal-mart of course denied any damages, but stated if something was done on their part they would reimburse me for the damages. From there I went to auto zone and was told that the codes were 700 and 705, which referred to the transmission sensor. The very next day the check engine light went off. Long story short, since that time the light has come on several times. Prior to the light coming on, my car would be in drive but would hesitate and feel as if it is in neutral. Also, a line would go across the d (drive) on my dashboard, and all of the other gears would appear to be something different on the dashboard (I.e. P (park) on the gear shift would read r (reverse) on the dashboard. I feel that this should not be happening on a 2007 model car. There are 62, 000 miles on this car, which are mostly highway miles. This is very frustrating and from what I have read on the web, this is a very common problem.

Filed Aug 21, 2008 · Airbags, Engine · 3,000 miles · FL

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 suzuki forenza wagon. The contact stated that the vehicle has a serious hesitation issue. While driving between 30-50 MPH, the vehicle hesitates and decelerates. It does not lose complete power and the service engine light remains illuminated. The contact has taken the vehicle to the dealer five times and they replaced the wiring harness, accelerator, a few sensors, and reprogrammed the computer in the vehicle. The repairs only temporarily correct the issue for a few weeks, but then the failure recurs a month later. The contact is also experiencing failure with the passenger side air bag. The air bag remains off whenever an occupant is seated in the passenger seat. The dealer stated that it was supposed to remain off for a child's safety, but the owner claims that the failure occurs when adults are seated in the passenger seat as well. The dealer has not attempted to repair the air bag defect because they clam it is working as it was designed. The air bag defect has been occurring since the vehicle was purchased with approximately 30 miles. The failure mileage for the hesitation issue was 3,000 and current mileage was 12,000.