2007 Suzuki Reno

Defect. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Forenza vehicles, and 2005-2008 Reno vehicles manufactured from September 1, 2003, through July 30, 2008. In the affected vehicles, heat may be generated in the headlamp switch or daytime running light (DRL) module which could melt the headlamp switch or the DRL module.

Risk. If the heat generated within the headlamp switch or DRL module located on the left side of the steering column melts the headlamp switch or DRL module, there is an increased risk of a fire.

Remedy. Suzuki will replace the signal switch and add a jumper relay kit and will replace the DRL Module in teh instrument panel harness. Suzuki distributed to owners an interim letter on July 30, 2014. The recall began October 29, 2014. Owners may contact Suzuki at 1-800-934-0934. Suzuki's number for this recall is XA.

Defect. ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE FRONT SEAT BELT TONGUE WILL NOT LATCH INTO THE BUCKLE AND, IN RARE CASES, EVEN THE LOCKED TONGUE WILL POP OUT BY LOW STRETCHING FORCE. IF THE BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH COMPLETELY, THE BUCKLE COULD RELEASE WITHOUT PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON.

Risk. THESE BUCKLE MALFUNCTIONS, WHICH COULD PREVENT A PERSON FROM USING THE SEAT BELT OR COULD CAUSE THE SEAT BELT TO FAIL TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED, CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY IN A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES WITH THE IMPROVED PART FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 31, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SUZUKI AT 1-800-934-0934.

LUCKILY I WAS PARKED. TURNED ON MY CAR TO ROLL UP THE WINDOWS AND SUDDENLY THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT EXPLODED,WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN AIRBAG INSIDE THE SEAT. IT HIT MY ARM CAUSING A BRUISE. THE SEAT IS NOW TORN AND BUSTED.

TAKATA RECALL. I GOT INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE. I REACHED BACK FOR MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIRBAG INSIDE THE DRIVERS SEAT DEPLOYED. MY CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION, I WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR WAS NOT IMPACTED BY ANYTHING. THE AIRBAG STRUCK ME ON THE LEFT SIDE AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WENT INSIDE TO THE ER BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A REGULAR APPOINTMENT. I DID NOT SIT BACK HARD IN THE SEAT, I SIMPLY REACHED BACK FOR MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM WITHIN THE DRIVERS SEAT, NOT THE SIDE OF THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE HAD AN ABNORMAL ODOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

AFTER GOING AND HAVING THE WIRING CHECKED AT PUGMIRE SUZUKI, FOR MY AIRBAG RECALL , IN NOVEMBER 2017, AND HAVING NO PROBLEMS SEEN, I AM NOW IN FEBURARY 2017, EXPERIENCING MY AIRBAG WARNING/IDIOT LIGHT ON MY CAR'S DASH. PUGMIRE SUZUKI REFUSES TO REXAMINE THE CAR, WITHOUT ME PAYING $100.00 TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAG IS UNUSED.

MY 2007 SUZUKI RENO ONLY HAVE AROUND 56000 MILES AND IT STARTED TO SHAKE WHILE PUTTING IT ON REVERSE GEAR. DON'T MOVE SOMETIME AFTER PUTTING IT ON DRIVE AND MAKE LOUD NOISE AS I TRY TO ACCELERATE, ENGINE LIGHT IS ON SINCE JULY 2ND AND THESE ISSUES STARTED FROM THAT TIME. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL O'REILLY TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE AND THEY SAID ITS A TRANSMISSION RELATED CODE.

TAKATA RECALL: THE STEERING WHEEL LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AND OFF. IM NOT SURE WHY, I KEEP FLUID IN THE TUBE. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF. THIS ALL HAPPENEDES IN APRIL 2015 AT THE HOUSE ADDRESS THE CAR FIRST PURCHASED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS BEGAN TURNING ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN SHE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT A RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V262000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

ELECTRIC LOCKS CONTINUE TO CYCLE ON AND OFF, NOT IN COMPLETE MOVEMENT OR CIRCUIT ON AND OFF CYCLES, CAUSING UNDUE LOAD ON ALTERNATOR, AND CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL OUT, OCCASIONALLY EVEN AT A ZERO SPEED, OR IN REVERSE...UPDATED 10-26-15 *BF GIVEN THE POOR ELECTRICAL HISTORY OF THIS MODEL CAR, I FORMALLY REQUEST A RECALL IN REGARDS TO THIS SAFETY ISSUE, AS THE DOORS COULD LOCK OR UNLOCK AT ANY GIVEN TIME. FURTHERMORE, THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS, THAT WAS RECALLED BY NHSTA, HAS BEEN REPLACED PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT. AND THE DAY OR TIME THAT THIS PROBLEM STARTED.

ISSUE NOTED: A HESITATION/LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN RAPID DECELERATION AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE ACCELERATION PEDAL/THROTTLE. SEVERAL "PUMPS" OF THE PEDAL WERE REQUIRED AND AFTER SOME COASTING, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATOR WOULD RESPOND AGAIN. ISSUE NOTED AS BEING WORSE IN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON HILLS/INCLINES. ISSUE CREATES A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN WHEN PULLING INTO OR ACROSS LANES WITH TRAFFIC AS THE ISSUE MAY REOCCUR AT ANY TIME. ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THIS ISSUE (10-12-09), VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALERSHIP W/ HESITATION AND LOSS OF POWER. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME WITH PART#13400-85Z20. ISSUE REOCCURRED (06/09/11) AND DEALERSHIP CHECKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS/GROUND WIRES, ETC. AND APPLIED STABLIANT 22 TO TERMINALS. ISSUE REOCCURRED (08/24/11) AND THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AGAIN WITH PART# 13400-85Z21. ISSUE REOCCURRED (01/25/12) AND WAS TAKEN TO AN IMPORT SPECIALIST THAT SUSPECTED THE FOOT PEDAL SENSOR (EST. COST 350.00). SUBSEQUENT SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP INCLUDED WIRING/SIGNAL CORRELATION WORK BETWEEN THROTTLE BODY AND FOOT PEDAL SENSOR. ISSUE IS REOCCURRING NOW (07/07/15) AND AFTER $1597.22 IN REPAIR COSTS SINCE 2007 WITH THIS ISSUE, I AM HESITANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON A POORLY ENGINEERED PRODUCT THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR BY ISSUING A RECALL (SIMILAR COMPLAINTS NOTED ON THIS SITE AND ONLINE.)

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOSS ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE SPEED DECREASED TO 25 MPH. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V262000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

ON 07/21/2014 VEHICLE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND REMOVING KEY FROM THE IGNITION. FIVE (5) MONTHS LATER AND TWO (2) RECALL LETTERS FROM SUZUKI, THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *TR

WIFE GOT IN THE CAR THIS A.M. TURNED THE KEY AND BOOM DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIR BAG BLEW UP. *TR

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE THERE WILL BE A LOUD CLUNK SOUND. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IF YOU SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN RESTART, IT WILL THEN ACCELERATE BUT WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TO KEN POLLOCK SUZUKI DEALERSHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA WHEN IT WAS STILL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY CHARGED ME $100.00 DOLLARS TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC CODE SCAN. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM BUT WHEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN THE CODES THAT WERE RETRIEVED, I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE GENERIC TRANSMISSION CODES AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT OR COULD NOT FIX THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM AND A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS LOGGED AGAINST THIS MODEL VEHICLE. *TR

UPON EXECUTING A LEFT HAND TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 32 MPH, THE INNER SUPPORT BRACE IN THE BOTTOM SEAT CUSHION BROKE. THIS CAUSED MY FOOT WHICH WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR TO BE JAMMED FORWARD AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DOWNSHIFT AND ACCELERATE THROUGH THE TURN. THE SEAT IS NOW UNABLE TO BE ADJUSTED FORWARD OR BACKWARD. UPON FURTHER ONLINE RESEARCH, THIS IS QUITE A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE CARS. *TR

DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE CONNECTION PROBLEMS ON THE SIDE AIRBAGS FOR BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE, THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS STILL ON. THIS IS AFTER SUZUKI REALIZED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS STRETCHED TOO TIGHT WHEN THE SEAT WAS ROLLED BACK INTO IT'S FULL LENGTH. THE FIX WAS TO BREAK THE CONNECTION OFF OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT, WRAP THE CONNECTION IN VELCRO, AND STICK THE CONNECTION ONTO TO CARPETED FLOOR. DESPITE SEVERAL TIMES OF HAVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT CLEARED, THE LIGHT HAS ONCE AGAIN COME ON. ACCORDING TO ONLINE RESEARCH, MANY OTHER DRIVERS ARE HAVING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR

ON 07/21/2014 I ARRIVED AT WORK TURNED OFF MY 2007 SUZUKI RENO. LATER THAT DAY A COWORKER ADVISED ME MY RENO LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY HUSBAND AND HE TOLD ME TO TRY TURNING THE VEHICLE ON THAN OFF AGAIN BUT TO NO AVAIL. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO GET HOME AS SOON AS I CAN SO HE COULD REMOVE THE DRL AND GO ON-LINE TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FURTHER. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM SUZUKI MOTOR OF AMERICA. I HAVE CALLED SEVERAL DEALERS IN OUR AREA WITH NEGATIVE RESPONSE. WE CANNOT DRIVE AT NIGHT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IT VERY FRUSTRATING. *TR

I HAD LOSS OF POWER, THE CAR WAS NOT GOING INTO GEAR, WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR ROUGHLY 8MOS AGO AND I AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS NOW AND JUST ORDERED THE PART FROM SUZUKI DEALERSHIP. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SUZUKI RENO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOOK, HESITATED, AND LOST ACCELERATION INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.