2007 Suzuki Forenza: stuck in gear or won't shift

6 of the 256 complaints about the 2007 Suzuki Forenza describe stuck in gear or won't shift.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 37,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 3 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Stuck in gear or won't shift by model year

2008
6
2007
6
2006
8
2005
3

What owners say

Filed Jan 21, 2013 · Transmission · 19,000 miles · VT

My first exp. With this problem happened as I was backing out of a parking space . I put the car in reverse and it went back, but I put in drive it would not move, so I put in 3rd gear and it move forward slowly until put in drive again and it worked. Second time a was driving about 40 MPH and all of a sudden the car goes into neutral and I lose power , again I put in 3rd and power catches luckily no one behind me to slam into me. I took it to the dealer and asked if there had been a recall on this problem ,they said no but would check it out for 90 dollars! They could not reproduce the problem and didn't do anything. Third time tonight 1-20-13 im leaving work and the car gets me to the grocery sore alright, but leaving for home it goes from drive to neutral and no power again put it 3rd and I get home driving 15 MPH .when trying to park it wont go into park I have to put in neutral ,turn key off and hand brake . Turned the car back on to see if it would work right and all I would get was a slash over the p and the d.

Filed Sep 17, 2012 · Transmission · 18,456 miles · SC

When you put the car in drive,it feels like the front end is going to fall. Then when you go, it doesn't shift into gears correctly. We had the part replaced the first time in 2009. Now its doing it again and they won't cover it under warranty. This seems to be a problem with these cars and should be recalled.

Filed Nov 20, 2011 · Transmission · NY

In august of 2011, when I would put the car into first gear, the engine light would come on and the car would not go out of first gear until I pulled over, shut the car off and started all over again. Since then the engine light would stay on for a day and then nothing would be wrong. Also, when I put the car into reverse the "r" on the display would have an diagonal line through it and the would only go into first gear again until I shut the car off again. These incidents have happened at least once a week since. I never know when the car will do this and I am afraid that it will do this and not fix itself again and then be stuck in first gear. The deal wants to charge me $200.00 to fix this. I think it should be a recall item.

Filed Aug 24, 2011 · Transmission · 51,000 miles · MD

2007 suzuki forenza sedan. Bought the car two days ago. Today the check engine light came on and shifting into reverse caused a loud clunk followed by the digital gear indicator being scrambled rather than displaying r. When the car is in drive, it won't shift out of 3rd gear, so much less pickup than normal (which could lead to getting rear ended) and can't go over ~55 MPH. The transmission range sensor is the problem. The corresponding error codes pulled were po700 and po705. After doing research online, it seems like this is a very, very common problem with the 2007 model.

Filed Jun 4, 2011 · Transmission · 37,000 miles · GA

My 2007 suzuki forenza will not shift gears properly. If you put the car in reverse and then put it into drive the car will not idle to drive, make a loud ruff sound and the check engine light comes on. After driving it for maybe 15 min and letting it sit for about an hour it goes back to normal. All to do the same thing the very next day or later on that day. Not to mention I bought it with only 12,000 miles on it, two and a half years ago and it now only has 42,000 miles now.

Filed Feb 23, 2011 · Transmission · 51,000 miles · AZ

My 2007 suzuki forenza has 51,000 miles and it appears the transmission range sensor has failed. I only use my car for normal driving from home to work which is about 20 miles one way and other in-town drives such as school or groceries. I live in phoenix, az so heat maybe a factor. About twice a week for the last month, when im at a stop the transmission seems to get stuck in second gear with no indication (sometimes check engine light will be on) until I accelerate. Few times I've been close to being in accidents while making left turns. Suzuki has told me that the sensor is not under warranty and will cost around $300 to repair.