1999 ISUZU AMIGO Complaints

THE ABS SYSTEM IN MY TRUCK ENGAGES AT TIMES WHEN IT SHOULD NOT AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCES STOPPING DISTANCE. ON SEPT 6TH THIS RESULTED IN MY CRASHING INTO A LIGHT POLE CAUSING SOME MAJOR DAMAGE. PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE MAY BE VIEWED ON MY WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/TREADING_LIGHTLY/DAMAGE.HTML THIS ABS SYSTEM HAS CAUSED QUITE A FEW CLOSE CALLS FOR ME. ONCE, IT ENGAGED WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A TOLLBOOTH ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. WHEN MY TIRES HIT A WET METAL EXPANSION JOINT IN THE BOOTH LANE, THE ABS ENGAGED AND I WENT RIGHT THRU. THIS ABS SYSTEM IS WAY TOO SENSITIVE AND DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE.

A VEHICLE STOPED IN FRONT OF ME, I HIT THE BRAKES, HEARD A GRINDING NOISE NEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL, HIT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS AT THE SCENE.

WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS SYSTEM FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY OVER A ROUGH SURFACE. WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED A COLLISION. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE FOREMAN TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS STIKES ME AS ODD SINCE THE PROBLEM JUST RECENTLY BEGUN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE SOFT TOP CONVERTIBLE SHRUNK DURING SUMMER HEAT, RESULTING IN FUMES ENTERING VEHICLE. YH

SOFT TOP SHRUNK DURING THE HOT SUMMER WEATHER AS A RESULT CARBON MONOXIDE CAME THROUGH THE CRACKS. CONTACTED DEALER; WILL REPLACE THE SOFT TOP. THIS IS A BRAND NEW DESIGN ON THIS VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CURVE AT 20 MPH BRAKES FAILED UPON APPLICATION. BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK