2008 Suzuki Reno problems
NHTSA has received 37 complaints about the 2008 Suzuki Reno, and 32% of them involve drivetrain & axles. Next are cruise control (16%) and engine (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 59,000 miles 32 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 32 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 59,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 47,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Suzuki Reno with enough data (23 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
When a 2008 suzuki reno about 30 miles went into a skid from being broadsided, it turned around and hit a pole cement pillar on the drivers side front finder by tire, the seat belt did not do any thing I went up engines door and roof and back down and stained neck ,, seat belt did nothing to stop the flying up and out of seat???
My car suzuki reno 2008 was parking at my driveway and it caught fire under the driver steering column. The day after I reported the incident to suzuki motors corp and three days after I received in the mail a safety recall "xa". I took my ve *trhicle to a suzuki dealer in miami but I was told by suzuki that they were not responsible for the resulting fire.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 suzuki reno. While driving 20 MPH, the contact applied the brakes. The vehicle jerked forward and began to accelerate automatically. The contact applied the emergency brake, but the acceleration continued. She struck the preceding vehicle and damaged the passenger side of her vehicle. Prior to the crash, the vehicle began to automatically accelerate when the engine was started. The dealer has not been notified. The current and failure mileages were 1,900.
Car is having trouble when switching into gear as well as reverse and driving is very slow and restrained. The problem is so often on forums, it is strange this has not been recalled. Expensive to fix and seems to be a manufacturing fault/cheap part. Auto scanner said part is the transmission sensor.
I'm having issues with the range sensor on my 2008 suzuki reno. I replaced it last year with a new one and failed july 2016. I replaced it with a new one. Now its late november and again problems with the range sensor again!!!!!!!!! After relacing it with a new one in july 2017 that's 4 months after and I need to replace again??? What is going on here looked this up and there are alot of issues with range sensor on the reno's.