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Vehicle speed controlPart report

2008 Suzuki Forenza Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
18about this part
Share
12%of 152 total for the year
Median mileage
67,520miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 18 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2008 Suzuki Forenza, 12% of the 152 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 67,520 miles. 4 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“My transmission range sensor has been replaced twice, both within a 12 months time frame. Both times my car jerks at low and high speeds and my engine light is invoked. The second time the dealership replaced my transmission range sensor...the very same week my vehicle is still experiencing the same exact issues, inclusive of my engine light coming on and staying on for 3 days. …”

NHTSA complaint #10496628, filed 2013-02, 92,850 miles

“While sitting at a stop sign, I decided I was a little to far into the road. I shifted into reverse and noticed it shifted really hard. I put it into drive and pulled out onto the road - again it shifted hard. When trying to speed up, the car wouldn't shift out of 1st gear, the check engine light came on and I couldn't speed up. I've been told it is a bad transmission range sensor.”

NHTSA complaint #10534672, filed 2013-08, 78,000 miles

“I was driving down a busy street in stop and go traffic. While stopped at a stop light, my vehicle made a very loud clunk noise, lurched forward and the check engine light came on. When I attempted to accelerate after the light turned green, I had to push the gas pedal almost to the floor to get the vehicle to move forward. I pulled over and parked, turned the vehicle off, waited about a minute, turned the vehicle back on, and the problem had gone away although the check engine light was still on. …”

NHTSA complaint #10594208, filed 2014-05, 65,040 miles

“I noticed after purchasing the car with 40,000 miles on it after owing the car for 5 months I put the car it reverse and it made a loud clunk when it was shifting in gear and repeated the same noise when putting the car in drive. After putting the car in drive the car would not accelerate like it was not shifting into gear. The issue has persisted and I had my brother, a licensed mechanic look at the car and he determined that it is a sensor in the transmission causing the problem. …”

NHTSA complaint #10496518, filed 2013-02, 55,000 miles

“My family and I were going down the road and there was a weird noise and the engine started to rev up and the speedometer was going down to 30 miles an hour, at the same time the RPM s were going higher. I pulled to the side of the road because the shift gage on the instrument panel was flashing weird. It had a d with a line thru it. We had to shift it manually from 1st gear up to drive. It was scary since there was a truck with a trailer behind me coming up fast. It has done this to us twice in the last two weeks.I have seen that there are other people having the same problem or similar. …”

NHTSA complaint #10534790, filed 2013-08, 64,500 miles

Related service bulletins

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20081812%
2007166%
20062910%
200564%
200458%

Other parts of the 2008 Suzuki Forenza

Transmission and drivetrain
79 complaints
Air bags
32 complaints
Electrical system
32 complaints
Engine
22 complaints
Exterior lighting
10 complaints
Engine cooling
7 complaints
Brakes
5 complaints
Seat belts
4 complaints
Steering
4 complaints
Tires
4 complaints
Other or unknown
3 complaints
Wheels
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2008 Suzuki Forenza

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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