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Transmission Bad
complexityiii, 06/14/2015
2006 Suzuki Forenza 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 4A)
16 of 16 people found this review helpful
A Mechanic showed that there had been many warranty claims concerning the transmission. Suggested that I change the transmission in 2015. The car was a 2006 and only had 6200 miles thus I thought he was wrong. Found he was right for at 7200 miles it started not shifting in the lower gears. I had to manually move the automatic shifter into 3rd.
more problems than its worth.
rgunn1, 04/07/2011
2006 Suzuki Forenza 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 4A)
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
While i do like the looks and comfort of this car, and initially thought it was an excellent car, my opinion rapidly changed. The throttle sensors have gone out twice (at my expensive of course), the check engine light comes on & stays on ''its nothing'' says suzuki who then reset it, only for it to come on a day later. and now, i have a rattle that they cant give me a straight answer on. one mechanic says wheel bearings, another said its the transfer case (its front drive and doesnt have a transfer case!!! good job suzuki training your mechanics), another says its the exhaust shielding. but no one will put it in writing what the problem is. the car is junk, better off with a bicycle.
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2 of 2 listings
- Base SedanMSRP: $3,6001,073 mi away
- Premium WagonMSRP: N/A1,238 mi away
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!
Conor, 01/26/2016
2006 Suzuki Forenza 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
27 of 29 people found this review helpful
This car didn't look bad, run bad, but was nothing but problems! The mileage was also not that great. My girlfriend bought this car used before we were dating and it was a total bust. It didn't last her 3 years and died from a bad head gasket or similar at 86,000 miles. I told her it was time to move on once the coolant and exhaust started mixing. Here is what went wrong. -Transmission Range Sensor -Valve Cover Gasket -EVAP Purge valve and cylinder -Struts -Other sensors I forgot about but this car was the champion of check engine lights. -HEAD GASKET (This was the nail in the coffin)
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Great vehicle
James Moscato, 04/11/2016
2006 Suzuki Forenza 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
11 of 12 people found this review helpful
Great car if you're going to keep because of low resale. I have 185,000 miles on mine and it runs great. It's a 2006 and has just a little bit of rust by gas cap. I hit a large deer and only damaged the hood and grill.
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Not a bad car at all.... I'm moving on but selling to a family member.
jdwaters13, 04/05/2015
2006 Suzuki Forenza 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 4A)
14 of 16 people found this review helpful
Great car, I bought my 06 Forenza Wagon with around 67K on it so I knew within the next 20K miles I would need to put some work into it, figured tires and brakes, typical stuff... The car ran great and I took it to 125K miles and am selling to a family member as I upgraded my personal ride. The Suzuki does have its known issues like the Transmission Selector Switch, dashboard lights coming on and a few other minor glitches but I did my 3,000 mile oil changes and was very happy with the overall experience.