Suzuki Kizashi Transmission Problems
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2012. Best year: 2013.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
The contact owns a 2013 Suzuki Kizashi. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that an unknown warning...
Purchased car from family friend about two weeks ago. First day we got the car, it shifted extremely hard. The transmission is causing the RPMs to rise RAPIDLY when trying to shift gears. It also cut ALL movement to the vehicle, meaning ...
I WAS DRIVING AND STOP ON A RED LIGHT I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE SO PUT MY CAR ON PARKING THE LIGHT CHANGE SO I SHIFT TO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE STAY (NEUTRAL) NO MATTER WHAT GEAR IT IS THE CAR STAY NEUTRAL . SO I STAY ON ...
CAR HAS BEGUN LURCHING AND RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ABOVE 60 MPH). TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS REPLACED AT 80K MILES BY SUZUKI DEALER, NOW AT 88K MILES AND HAVING ISSUE. THIS IS NOT SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 SUZUKI KIZASHI. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS R...
I bought the vehicle in a dealer, the vehicle came with serious mechanical failures which, when purchasing it, asked the owner what problems the vehicle actually had, which responded that it could have a fault in the vehicle sensor, whic...
The vehicle goes in the limp mode while accelerating uphill. At one occasion it went into the limp mode and stalled, very unsafe for highway. Turing it off and restarting needed. The transmission has issues that hasn't been addressed by ...
WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO THE ON-RAMP OF THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEGAN TO REDUCE IN SPEED, AND MAKE A HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE WHILE THE RPMS INCREASED, BUT THE SPEED OF THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOW UNTIL IT STOPPED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME...
AT HI WAY SPEED THE CVT ENTERS LIMP MODE. YOU CAN NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE DROPS IN SPEED AND YOU MUST PULL OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. WE DO DRIVE MOSTLY HI WAY AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS DANGEROUS. WE ALSO O...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 SUZUKI KIZASHI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTED TO START, THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE GEAR SHIFTER IN PARK, THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS. THE FAIL...