FaultScore

Worst years for a Suzuki Forenza

Owners have filed 1,360 complaints about the Suzuki Forenza with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2008. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Suzuki Forenza

426 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2004 Suzuki Forenza

86 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Suzuki Forenza year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2008 C 236 17 14 60,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2007 D 389 12 38 58,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2006 D 426 27 10 51,850 Transmission & Drivetrain
2005 C 223 6 12 51,000 Airbags
2004 C 86 11 11 50,185 Lights

What breaks on a Suzuki Forenza

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2007

Electrical System 191 14.0%

Worst in 2006

Airbags 179 13.2%

Worst in 2006

Engine & Cooling 156 11.5%

Worst in 2007

Lights 109 8.0%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2007

Seat Belts 31 2.3%

Worst in 2007

Suspension 27 2.0%

Worst in 2006

Steering 26 1.9%

Worst in 2005

Brakes 25 1.8%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Fuel & Propulsion 21 1.5%

Worst in 2006

Exactly what failed on a Suzuki Forenza

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 111 47.8%
Frontal 32 13.8%
Sensor/Control Module 20 8.6%
Latch 16 6.9%
Engine 16 6.9%
Door 10 4.3%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 8 3.4%
Headlights 7 3.0%
Wiring 6 2.6%
Ignition 6 2.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Suzuki Forenza, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2004 peak 30 Sep 2022

Suzuki Forenza problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Suzuki Forenza

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.