1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE TOP SHOCK PLATE ROTTED OUT , SHOCK CAME LOOSE AND BROKE BRAKE LINE ALSO PUT HOLE IN GAS FILL PIPE. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 ISUZU RODEO IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR I WAS DRIVING ON RTE 104 IN NEW HAMPTON NH AT OR ABOUT 7:30 AM. I WAS ACCELERATING UP HILL WHEN THE REAR OF THE RODEO ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SUDDENLY LIFTED UP AND PUT THE RODEO INTO A HARD LEFT TURN, INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A POINT IN THE ROAD THAT HAS A RISING SPEED LIMIT TO 50 MPH. I REACTED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND TURNED HARD RIGHT . I MISSED THE ON COMING 10 WHEEL DUMP TRUCK BY MERE INCHES WITH HIS HORN BLASTING AT ME AND THE PICK UP TRUCK BEHIND ME LOCKED UP THERE BRAKES AND ALMOST RAN INTO ME. I SLOWED AND PULLED AS FAR AS I COULD OFF THE ROAD AS THERE WAS NOT TOO MUCH ROOM . I GOT IT TRAILERED TO A SHOP WHERE WE DISCOVERED THE LOWER SUSPENSION LINK HAD BROKEN FROM THE FRAME. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IN NO WAY REPRESENTS THE CONDITION OF THE REST OF MY VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT A NEW CAR BUT THERE ARE ALOT OF THESE ON THE ROAD AND I FEEL , LOOKING AT MY FRAME THAT IT HAS RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND IS TRULY DIFFICULT TO DETECT UNTIL IT IS TOO FAR GONE. AFTER HAVING THIS CAR ON A LIFT AND SEEING WHAT APPEARS TO BE SMALL SURFACE RUST SPOTS IS ACTUALLY CRUMBLING AWAY FROM THE INSIDE. I HAVE SEEN SOME RECALL INFO ON THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTICE AS OF YET I FEEL THE ISSUE IS WORSE THAN DESCRIBED. I HAVE LOOKED AT A FEW AT DEALERS AND IN LOCAL PARKING LOTS AND THEY LOOK LIKE MINE. I HAVE ALSO FELT THAT MOST OF THEM WERE IN GOOD SHAPE OTHERWISE AND THE FEW PEOPLE I SPOKE TO WERE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUE. MY $3000 RODEO NOW SITS IN MY BACK YARD AS I FEEL IT IS TOO UNSAFE TO REPAIR WITHOUT A NEW FRAME AND NOT WORTH THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. *TR

THE FRAME AND REAR SUSPENSION ON MY VEHICLE HAS CRACKED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. I BELIEVE IT WAS DURING A TURN WHEN I FELT A SHUDDER THAT WAS ABNORMAL AND WHEN I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE REAR OF THE CAR, I SAW THE FRAME BOX AND HOUSING FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION COIL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD SNAPPED. MY VEHICLE BODY IS 99% RUST FREE BUT THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND AT SOME PLACES PERFORATIONS CAN BE SEEN. SLIGHT PRESSURE ON THE FRAME WITH YOUR FINGER CAN BEND THE METAL. *TR

EXTREME RUST ON REAR TRUCK FRAME NEAR THE ATTACHMENT POINT FOR THE REAR AXLE. SENT TRUCK IN TO THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR, AND THE DEALER LOOKED FOR AND FOUND THIS ISSUE. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT "THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE" ON THE BILL. THE REAR FRAME IS BRITTLE TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN "POKE HOLES IN IT WITH YOUR FINGER." (DEALER'S WORDS). I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS UNREPAIRABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR FRAME WAS RUSTED AND THE LOWER LINK HAD FRACTURED FROM THE FRAME DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND REPAIR AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANGING FROM THE REAR AXLE. THE CONTACT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD FRACTURED FROM THE FRAME DUE TO SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

DRIVING FROM THE PITTSBURGH AIRPORT PARKING LOT ON A SIDE ROAD. APPROXIMATELY 2 MIN AFTER DRIVING THE CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL - NO STEERING OR BRAKES. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE CAR VEERED ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD I MANAGED TO MISS ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND JUST MISSED GOING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. BEFORE COMING TO A STOP THERE WAS A 'POPPING' NOISE FROM THE CAR. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE CAR ONE OF THE MEMBERS HAS SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO THE ISUZU AGENCY IN WEXFORD, PITTSBURGH UPON INSPECTION THE CAR WAS DEEMED 'DANGEROUS' AND BEYOND REPAIR AS THE CAR NEEDED A NEW FRAME DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. THE CAR REMAINS AT THE ISUZU AGENCY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION DUE TO THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE DAMAGE - WHICH I CAN CERTAINLY ADVOCATE THE REST OF THE CAR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED AND WE ENVISIONED MANY MORE YEARS OF CAREFUL DRIVING THIS MANUFACTURING ERROR SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BEFORE SOMEONE IS EITHER BADLY INJURED OR INDEED KILLED BY THIS INFERIOR DESIGN. *TR

WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND THE DAMAGE BEFORE ANY ACTUAL "INCIDENT, CRASH, OR INJURY OCCURRED.......HOWEVER EXTENSIVE FRAME ROT WAS DISCOVERED ON OUR 1999 ISUZU RODEO DURING IT'S ANNUAL STATE SAFETY INSPECTION IN JULY, 2009. THE FRAME REQUIRED MULTIPLE PATCHES, INCLUDING SEVERAL TO THE AREA SURROUNDING THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNTING BRACKETS, AS WELL AS RECONSTRUCTION OF THE UPPER COIL SPRING MOUNTING BRACKETS. WE SPENT NEARLY $1000.00 IN LABOR COSTS, TO HAVE THE RUSTED-OUT FRAME REPAIRED, AND MADE SAFE. *TR

I OWNED A 1999 ISUZU RODEO AND I WAS LEAVING MY HOUSE IN APRIL 2008. I WAS GOING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY AT LESS THEN 5MPH AND THE CAR JUST DROPPED DOWN. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO COME AND GET IT AND HE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP FOR ME AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE SUV'S FRAME HAD RUSTED AND BROKE. I THEN CALLED THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP AND FILED A COMPLAINT AND THEY SAID THAT NO OTHER VEHICLES HAD BEEN REPORTED OF DOING THIS AND THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT THE STRUCTURE AND FRAME ONLY HAD A 5 YEAR WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED WITH RUST. SHE NOTICED THAT THE BUMPER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER NOR WAS THE MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVEABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000.