Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2007 record →
Tires
Filed Oct 3, 20072,340 milesPA
DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE BAL I WAS ADV MY KUMHO TIRES HAD SEVERE TIRE ROT AND MY TIRES BEGAN RIPPING FROM THE SIDES. I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT MY DEALER I TOOK IT TO THE SUZUKI REPAIR SHOP WHO ADV ME AND PUT IN WRITING II HAD NO TIRE ROT AND WHAT HAD OCCUR WAS FAULT OF MY OWN , I WAS DISTURBED BY THERE FINDINGS AND GOT A THIRD OPINION WHO DID ADV I HAD SEVERE TIRE ROT AND THE VEH WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. MY VEH WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AND MY TIRES WHERE ALREADY RIPPING APART MY TREAD WEAR WAS LESS THAN 25% AND THE MANUFACTURER DATE OF MY TIRE WAS 02/06. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS THE WORST EXPERIENCE I EVER HAD BUT KUMHO DID REPLACE ALL 4 OF MY TIRES THEY ALSO AGREED THEY HAD SEVERE TIRE ROT. *JB
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Sep 19, 2007TX
BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF AT THE BASE. *JB
Steering
Filed Jul 13, 2007400 milesLA
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH OR GREATER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 1,100 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.
Electrical System
Filed Jun 11, 20078,500 milesNJ
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE VEHICLE HAS LOCK OUT SECURITY, WHICH CAUSED THE DOORS TO LOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS OFF WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER BABY WAS LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE POLICE HAD TO BE CALLED TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000.
Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed May 29, 20076,000 milesNC
TRAVELING W ON NC 24 STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AT LIGHT. OTHER VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, STRUCK FRONT DRIVERS DOOR AND REAR PASSENGER DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HIT HEAD ON DOOR FRAME. HAVING HEADACHES AND A KNOT ON HEAD. PICKING GLASS OUT OF HEAD FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. NECK HURTS, LEFT AND RIGHT ARM HURT WITH SWELLING AND KNOTS AND BRUISES. LEFT SIDE OF BODY HURTS: RIBS, HIP, LEG, KNEE AND SHIN. *TR
Air Bags
Filed May 23, 20072,000 milesTX
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE AIR BAG AND WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE RE-ROUTED AND PERFORMED THE REPAIR. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 5,430 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.