The Recall Desk

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Suzuki Forenza

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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All years2004–2008 · 1 recall2004–2006 · 1 recall

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V262000·2014-05-19

    Suzuki Recalls Forenza and Reno Vehicles for Headlamp Fire Risk

    Suzuki is recalling 2004-2008 Forenza and 2005-2008 Reno vehicles because heat in the headlamp switch or DRL module could melt components and cause a fire.

    Product
    SUZUKI — SUZUKI FORENZA, RENO
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V397000·2012-08-14

    Suzuki Recalls Forenza and Reno Vehicles for Headlamp Wiring Defect

    Suzuki is recalling 2004-2006 Forenza and 2005-2006 Reno vehicles because poor wire contact can melt headlamp connections, causing loss of lights and increased crash risk.

    Product
    SUZUKI — SUZUKI FORENZA, RENO
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE13021 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal:sensor/control module-inactive
  • PE07039 Preliminary Evaluation · exterior lighting:headlights

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2007 · powertrain — 113 complaints, median 58,000 mi
  • 2006 · powertrain — 105 complaints, median 62,000 mi
  • 2008 · powertrain — 75 complaints, median 60,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2006 · airbags — 46 complaints, median 51,850 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2005 · airbags — 40 complaints, median 31,828 mi

Technical service bulletins

43 manufacturer service bulletins across 4 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2008: 3.7/5 · 152 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2007: 3.5/5 · 256 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2006: 3.3/5 · 280 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2005: 3.5/5 · 156 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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