How many miles is this vehicle good for? Looking at a vehicle with over 100,000 miles. Does it last for 300,000 like toyota or honda?

Asked by chembvd Nov 23, 2012 at 12:41 AM about the 2008 Suzuki Forenza Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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NO. Suzuki cars are not as well engineered as a Honda or Toyota. Or anything else for that matter, I put it in the Yugo class. POS car in my opinion.

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That last slanderous comment is not true at all. We have a 180,000 mile Suzuki Forenza wagon with original motor and tranny still going strong. We have had 5 Suzuki's and they are the most reliable vehicles ever but you have to actually perform routine maintenance.

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Thank you. I have a 2005 Suzuki Firenza I bought it used in 2011 with 40000 miles and it now has 116000. I got an excellent price on it. It has traveled to Pennsylvania, California, Las Vegas a couple times, Texas a couple times, California, Oklahoma, all over Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming. New Mexico. Lot of hghway miles. No accidents. I did unfortunately blow the head gasket and had to have the transmission replaced due to accidentally driving over a curb I didn't see and tearing a hole in the casing. But other than that just routine maintenance. The headlamp wiring was recalled by Suzuki but they fixed that right away. Only problem is now is the company no longer makes new parts for this model of vehicle. So if something does break and need to be replaced they have to find a part off a junk car to replace it with.

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We replaced the head gasket at 180,000 miles. A Suzuki Forenza with 116,000 miles should go another 100,000 miles plus if the maintenance schedule is followed in the owners manual. We get parts online with no problems and use a Suzuki dealer also. Suzuki will return to the USA in 2020. Consumer Reports hated Suzuki from the start and did a good job hurting the company until they left the US market.

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These are good cars. Yes they do have trans module problem any some other issues, but overall it's cheap. It's not a Toyota nor a Honda. You get what you pay for. Take care of any vehicle and it'll last, point blank.

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I will say this unless you have owned a Suzuki you will never know how tough they are!! I'm on my 5th one and all Jane had over 200,000 miles they never need anything except general maintainer

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Love my Suzuki SX4 ( 2008 ) but I have trouble with the red paint since I bought it. The dealer has spot painted it twice but it is really bad. I had it detailed twice but it doesn't help. Other than this at 75,000 miles it's great. I wish the dealer would take care of this ( since this has been a problem since buying it ) or maybe Suzuki could. This is my 3rd Suzuki and I'm glad to hear they are coming back.

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I just brought a used suzuki forenza with 135, 000 miles on it it drives good as ever I think I picked a good car any one has any thing I should know about it

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I have a Suzuki 2012 SX4 Crossover and LOVE IT! If Suzuki was still in USA I would buy another one.....

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Regular maintenance is key. Got a 2008 Suzuki Forenza in 2014 (54k miles), I was 3rd owner. Changed transmission at around 90k (refurbished so cheaper), struts, timing belt, battery replaced at 110k. Nimble ride still drives well on fwy. Looking forward for another 100k miles!

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i own a 2001 susuki XL-7 4X4 the short block was replaced at 80K and now has 333,333 miles and still has a lot of power the original transmission has 333,333 miles on it

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It's not a Toyota or a Honda, that's true. It's more like a KIA in overall build quality (it is made in Korea afterall). I got an excellent deal on mine w/ 76k and 2 years later of daily driving and it's only had minor issues. I would not hesitate to get a other, mostly because I have already gotten my money's worth out of it.

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they are good cars I had a rare 05 suzuki forenza s it was a 5 spd it got me where I needed to go and it was fast due to the motor it had it had suzuki's version of the vtec the 2.0 D-tec it was a nice car I miss it. I had to get rid of it because I had to many cars.

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Glad to see the Suzuki love! My 2008 is approaching 200k, and I bought it for around $4,000. Very worth it, lol. Super fun car to drive, in my opinion - "nimble" was a good way someone else described it.

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