Just to update this thread, for anyone else who is having these problems. Suzuki never did manage to fix our car, after replacing the TCM, ECM, steering wheel, sound system heat unit, 4 transmissions (yes 4!), putting on the updated oil pan, and making us pay to remove our expensive remote start sys...

There is a bit of a shake to ours when we put it into gear. Ours shifts to a higher gear way too soon unless you give it more gas during acceleration, then it stays in the lower gear longer. We've had our TCM reflashed several times, mostly recently two weeks ago, with minor improvements but nothing...

Our CVT transmission did this exact same thing. It ended up getting replaced. We are on our 4th transmission now for various reasons, but it made this sound the second time it was replaced. So my kizashi is starting to have this faint high pitch almost hydraulic sounding noise when I let off the bra...

This is a market place story, you should contact the CBC. With the recent fix, have the tranny issues been resolved thus far? I am gathering data to send to different media outlets. The new transmission (like all the other ones when they were new) is working just fine. Best fuel mileage we've seen ...

Your case is exactly why Lemon Laws exist. Are you pursuing that option? Unfortunately, such laws don't exist in Canada :( There is an arbitration process you can go through, its quite complicated but I was willing to take it on. Unfortunately the manufacturer has to be a member of the group that a...

Thanks everyone. I believe the Kizashi is a great car, and we indeed just got a lemon unfortunately. I hope you all get to enjoy your cars for years to come. The service manager actually came outside to talk with my wife and I before I left and he made me believe he genuinely felt bad for us, and th...

Ok so we have the car back after over 40 days of being in the shop. They've replaced the transmission, some power module that sends electricity to the TCM and the battery. Our car has been sitting in their shop this entire time, and I guess from the humidity both our exhaust tips have rusted complet...

Yeah I was shocked to hear them bash the CVT as well, at that time our car was working well and had no complaints. I do think the CVT could have been setup better from the factory though, I've driven several different rental cars (most recently a Nissan Altima) with CVT transmissions and I have to s...

That's the issue with most new vehicles, they're getting so complex that if the plug in PC doesn't find the problem then you've usually got no hope of it being fixed. I'm just glad the Kizashi is relatively "simple" compared to some other competitors. (Yes, I've got the manual trans....) ...

(Sure Ben's had a horror experience with his Kizashi, but there don't seem to be many other failures documented on the internet. Logic would also suggest that perhaps the CVT isn't his problem, but some other associated component eg. the ECU?) They have replaced the TCM (the computer that controls ...