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2008 SUZUKI FORENZA — Complaint #1087087

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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS filed July 16, 2014

NHTSA complaint #1087087 (ODI reference 10611032) concerns a 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA and was filed on July 16, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 24, 2014. The vehicle had 99,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:hydraulic power assist:hose, piping, and connections, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same SUZUKI FORENZA cohort independently describe similar steering:hydraulic power assist:hose, piping, and connections failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2008 SUZUKI FORENZA
Component
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
Fire
Yes
State
Florida
Mileage
99,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND FLAMES EMERGED FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A WIRING MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1087087
ODI Number 10611032
Date Filed July 16, 2014
Failure Date June 24, 2014
VIN KL5JD56Z58K

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.