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First, it's an XL7 2004 model.
Got this from a dealer, BAD idea... it's needed thousands in new parts. Finally got it to a point I thought I'd have a good car for at least a few more years but no.
Transmission started slipping. OMG NO! Called my mechanic, said bring it in the morning, didn't get a half mile from the house when the car seems to forget it's in drive and locks up. He came and towed it in.
Now the nightmare.
The actual transmission is FINE. This is something electrical. His computer came up with some little plastic plug thing on the underside of the car. He showed me and yea, it's cruddy. Few hundred bucks worth of cruddy little plug but what ever, lets fix this.
Well it's still doing it. He thought perhaps something related to the brakes, which actually need work, calipers pulling. Not sure if there is a sensor in there too or not.
He tried calling Pro Transmission who won't even touch this thing.
So he has tried to research this but no luck.
Then he told me.... "you know why your clock doesn't work? It's because your airbag light is on. That's how wanky the system is in this car. Without an electrical schematic he can't track down where this problem is. And good luck FINDING such a schematic."
I located the only suzuki dealer left in the state of Michigan and THEY can't get a schematic.
My mechanic did replace that one bad plug, said he got it working but cannot guarantee it, and has already spent way too long on this one problem, he's tossing in the towel.
OH... before this happened, same mechanic has already replaced the motor, the alternator, starter, and belt. But with this issue, informed me he thinks at some point this car may have been underwater.
I asked why he couldn't figure that out while replacing the motor, and he said he wasn't looking for that.
Ok, I can see that since the plug is UNDER the car, maybe looking there wasn't part of it and I have no clue where assorted computers are in this car. So ok, that's possible.
Since I got it back, it only did this once. The drive light goes out, check engine comes on, and the car seems to forget if it's in drive, park, reverse, or what. BUT the mechanic told me if I lightly feather the brake, it puts it into "limp mode" and this does work. Cars drive light went back on and it worked again. This might be weather related and in fact the day it happened again it was raining. I've taken it out several times since and it's been fine. Even the check engine light went out on it's own. And it even worked on another rainy day.
Still I'm too afraid to put it on the highway. And even going into any town it's kinda nerve racking knowing at any time the car might forget it's in drive.
I can't stare at the dash board watching for a check engine or drive light all the time. With snow and ice season now, this is not at all good. I'm more or less stranded.
So... has anyone had this issue and solved it?
OR
Can anyone point me to where I might find a good electrical schematic for this particular model?
One last point, his assistant had trouble getting their reader to work, entering 2002 instead of 2004 seemed to help. But clearly there is still an issue.
Got this from a dealer, BAD idea... it's needed thousands in new parts. Finally got it to a point I thought I'd have a good car for at least a few more years but no.
Transmission started slipping. OMG NO! Called my mechanic, said bring it in the morning, didn't get a half mile from the house when the car seems to forget it's in drive and locks up. He came and towed it in.
Now the nightmare.
The actual transmission is FINE. This is something electrical. His computer came up with some little plastic plug thing on the underside of the car. He showed me and yea, it's cruddy. Few hundred bucks worth of cruddy little plug but what ever, lets fix this.
Well it's still doing it. He thought perhaps something related to the brakes, which actually need work, calipers pulling. Not sure if there is a sensor in there too or not.
He tried calling Pro Transmission who won't even touch this thing.
So he has tried to research this but no luck.
Then he told me.... "you know why your clock doesn't work? It's because your airbag light is on. That's how wanky the system is in this car. Without an electrical schematic he can't track down where this problem is. And good luck FINDING such a schematic."
I located the only suzuki dealer left in the state of Michigan and THEY can't get a schematic.
My mechanic did replace that one bad plug, said he got it working but cannot guarantee it, and has already spent way too long on this one problem, he's tossing in the towel.
OH... before this happened, same mechanic has already replaced the motor, the alternator, starter, and belt. But with this issue, informed me he thinks at some point this car may have been underwater.
I asked why he couldn't figure that out while replacing the motor, and he said he wasn't looking for that.
Ok, I can see that since the plug is UNDER the car, maybe looking there wasn't part of it and I have no clue where assorted computers are in this car. So ok, that's possible.
Since I got it back, it only did this once. The drive light goes out, check engine comes on, and the car seems to forget if it's in drive, park, reverse, or what. BUT the mechanic told me if I lightly feather the brake, it puts it into "limp mode" and this does work. Cars drive light went back on and it worked again. This might be weather related and in fact the day it happened again it was raining. I've taken it out several times since and it's been fine. Even the check engine light went out on it's own. And it even worked on another rainy day.
Still I'm too afraid to put it on the highway. And even going into any town it's kinda nerve racking knowing at any time the car might forget it's in drive.
I can't stare at the dash board watching for a check engine or drive light all the time. With snow and ice season now, this is not at all good. I'm more or less stranded.
So... has anyone had this issue and solved it?
OR
Can anyone point me to where I might find a good electrical schematic for this particular model?
One last point, his assistant had trouble getting their reader to work, entering 2002 instead of 2004 seemed to help. But clearly there is still an issue.