2004 ISUZU ASCENDER Complaints

SPEEDOMETER SHOWING DIFFERENT SPEED THAN ACTUAL. CAR WILL SHOW IT IS GOING 50 MPH AND WILL BE ACTUALLY GOING 60MPH. CAR WILL SHOW GOING 45MPH AND WILL BE GOING AROUND 56MPH. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND HE SAID WAS PROBABLY STEPPER MOTOR. ESTIMATED COST TO FIX IS $365.00. 2ND PROBLEM I'VE HAD WITH DASH!! *TR

THERE HAS BEEN UNGOING ELECTRICAL ISSUES SINCE BUYING THIS VEHICLE NEW. THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND THERE IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE INTERNAL CHIME. SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS DON'T COME ON OR THE CHIMES CAN NOT BE HEARD AND THEN IT IS WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. THE ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE IHAD TO BE OREPALCED JUST BEFORE IT WENT TO 60000 MILES SO, IT HAS AN 2005 ENGINE. THIS ENGINE HAS A HARD REVV WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THERE ARE GAS FUMES COMING INTO THE CABIN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE LEAK. I DON'T LIVE IN THE SALT BELT AREA. I LIVE IN NORTHERN FL AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN WHERE THERE ARE SALTED ROADS LIKE THE NORT EAST AND MIDATLANTIC. REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 ISUZU ASCENDER. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD A FUEL THANK INLET FRACTURE. A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS RELEASED BUT NO RECALL. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW, IT WILL COST ME $2178.33 +TAX TO HAVE IT REPAIRED.AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THAT SOMETHING SHOULD B DONE ABOUT THIS. I CONTACTED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND MY CAR IS NOT IN THE RECALL MODELS. I THINK THAT THIS A MANUFACTURE' PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BEOFRE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS

CONTINUOUS GAS SMELL IN AND AROUND AUTOMOBILE WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN JAN 2013 ALTHOUGH THE SMELL HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR MANY YEARS. TOOK AUTO TO REPAIR SHOP AND DISCOVERED THAT THEIR WAS A SIZEABLE CRACK AT THE OPENING OF THE GAS TANK. AROUND 1,500 DOLLARS LATER A NEW GAS TANK, NEW FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART FROM GM, ESPECIALLY SINCE SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERING HOW MANY HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE AND THE SCARY THOUGHT THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE BLOWN UP AND ANY TIME. A CLASS ACTION SUIT NEEDS TO BE FILED AGAINST GM. *TR

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR THREE YEARS AND IN THAT TIME HERES THE ISSUES, RPM, OIL, TEMPATURE, SPEEDOMTER GAUGES HAVE QUIT. THE CAR VIRBRATES EXTEMEMLY HARD WHEN SITTING STILL. IF THE AC IS ON, ITS VIRBRATING HARDER, THE FRONT VENTS HAVE QUIT WORKING AND ONLY THE DEFROSTERS AND REAR VENTS WORK. THE CAR LIKES TO DIE AT RED LIGHTS. I SEE THE OIL AND TEMPATURE GAUGE AS A SAFETY ISSUE. THERE WILL BE NO WARNING IF THE CAR IS TOO HOT AND THE OIL PRESSURE IS TO HIGH.THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON NO MATTER WHAT WE FIX. IT SAYS THE CAR HAD A CYLINDER ONE MISSFIRE. CAN BE CAUSED BY A BAD SPARK PLUG, A BAD COIL OR VACUUM LEAK. REPLACED THE FIRST TWO AND HAD IT INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC FOR THE SECOND. NOTHING. THE COLD TO HOT SETTING ON THE HEAT, ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE LIGHT WORKS, BUT IF I SLIDE THE KNOB UP AND DOWN FAST, THE LIGHT COMES ON. SIGN OF A SHORT. *TR

I WAS GETTING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN ,AND I HAVE TO RESTART IT AGAIN .NO PROBLEM ON RESTARTING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ISUZU ASCENDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE BEING EMITTED FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SMOKE CAME FROM THE POWER SWITCH FOR THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE COVER FOR THE DOOR AND POWER SWITCH AND DISCOVERED A BURNED POWER SWITCH. BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THERE HAD BEEN A DELAY WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE POWER SWITCH TO OPEN OR CLOSE THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A SIMILAR DEFECTIVE REPLACEMENT COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

WHILE DRIVING ONE NIGHT, MY LEFT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, FIRST THE DIM, THEN THE BRIGHT. MY WIFE AND I BOTH SMELLED A SMELL LIKE RUBBER BURNING, SO I STOPPED THE CAR AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD TO DETECT THE ORIGIN OF THE SMELL, BUT TO NO AVAIL. NOT MUCH LATER THAT SAME NIGHT, MY RIGHT HEADLIGHT ALSO BURNED OUT. LUCKILY, WE WERE ONLY 1 MILE FROM OUR HOUSE AND LIMPED HOME. WHEN I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD THE NEXT DAY, I FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAD BURNED AND MELTED THE WIRES AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE BACK OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. HAS THIS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM FOR OTHER ASCENDER OWNERS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ISUZU ASCENDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE ABNORMALLY WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 107,000.

INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER PERFORMED ERRATICALLY AND THEN STUCK AT 30 MPH. RESTARTING THE CAR THEN RESET TO 0 MPH. NO GAUGES ARE WORKING INCLUDING FUEL AND SPEEDOMETER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR