1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

THERE WAS A FEW INCIDENTS. ONE DAY MY TWO SISTERS WHERE RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND OUT OF NO WHERE MY TRUNK WINDOW COMPLETELY BUSTED OUT. MY SISTERS WERE TERRIFIED AND LUCKILY A COP PULLED UP. HE TOLD THEM THAT IT LOOK LIKE SOMEONE HAD PUT TINT OVER THE HEATING WIRES THAT THEY USE TO DEFROST. BEING THAT I HAD BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALERSHIP THEY LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT MY TINT WAS MANUFACTURED. I FEEL THAT I WAS RIPPED OFF FROM THE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY OVER CHARGED ME AS WELL. WHEN I BOUGHT MY 99' ISUZU RODEO IT WAS FOR 21,995 WHEN THEY FINISH MY PAPER WORK I THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY ADDED ON TO MY BILL. YEARS HAD WENT BY AND I DECIDED TO TRADE MY VEHICLE IN FOR A NEW MODEL. SOME FRIENDLY SALESMEN FROM A ISUZU DEALERSHIP FOUND OUT THAT I HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF BY THE PREVIOUS PLACE THAT I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM. I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD CHARGED ME IN ALL $34,00. ON MY RECEIPT IT SAID THAT I SUPPOSE TO HAD, INSURANCE AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. I JUST FELT SO BAD BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THEY HAD TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME BECAUSE I WAS A WOMAN. OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH MY VEHICLE WAS PAYING CONSTANTLY FOR IT TO GET FIXED. MY AXLES AND A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF. I RECEIVED A RECALL IN THE MAIL SAYING RECALLING ALL 99' ISUZU RODEO'S AND I ALSO HEARD IT ON THE NEWS. BUT AS MUCH AS I TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE I NEVER WAS ABLE TOO. I REALLY LIKE HOW RODEOS RIDE, HOW THEY LOOK, I JUST LIKE IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH THESE PAST 5 YEARS HAVE BEEN TERRIFYING. *JB

EXTREMELY EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ON ISUZU RODEO 1999 MODEL. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ISUZU RODEO 2000 MODEL. FORTUNATELY I DONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE 2000 MODEL ANY MORE AS IT HAS BEEN TOTALED BYT MY INSURANCE COMPANY DUE TO IMPROPER REPAIR AFTER A COLLISION IN MARCH OF 2005. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE 1999 ISUZU RODEO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM UNTIL MY SON WHO DROVE THE SUV BROUGHT IT BACK TO ME TWO WEEKS AGO, AS HE IS IN THE MILITARY AND IS DEPLOYING TO IRAQ. IT SEEMS THAT THE VEHICLE SPENT MORE TIME AT THE DEALERSHIP GETTING REPAIRED THAN BEING ON THE ROAD. MY SON ASKED ME TO GET RID OF IT AS HE IS TIRED DEALING WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THIS CAR HAD. UPON HIS ARRIVAL I NOTICED THE CAR LOW ON OIL AND I ADDED TWO QUARTS. MY SON INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD JUST CHANGED OIL PRIOR LEAVING GRAND FORKS AFB IN ND AND DRIVING TO NORMAN, OK. AFTER DRIVING FOR 5 DAYS I CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND IT WAS AGAIN TWO QUARTS LOW, AFTER ONLY DRIVING 300 MILES. I THEN DECIDED TO INQUIRE ON THE WEB FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS, AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR ISUZUS. IN ADDITION, ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS ISUZU TROOPER ENGINE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM IN 2004. I FOUND THIS SITE TROUGH SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR ISSUES. IN ADDITION I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY 2000 ISUZU AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT ISUZU IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT NO BULETIN OR RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED, AND THAT IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. I KEEP MY CARS WELL MAINTAINED, AND CHECK MY PCV AND EGR VALVES ON A REGULAR BASIS. I PERFORM MOST OF MY CAR MAINTENANCE MYSELF AND USE THE BEST PORDUCTS ON THE MARKET. WITH SO MANY OF US AFFECTED WITH THE SAME CONDITION ON OUR ISUZU'S IS ISUZU/GM GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A BAD PRODUCT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE, OR ARE WE AS CONSUMERS HAVING TO PAY THE BILL FOR THEIR INFERIOR ENGINES INSTALLED IN THESE SUV'S. AVERY DISSATISFIED AND FRUSTRATED AND NEVER TO BE AGAIN ISUZU OWNER. JR

GAS GAUGE HAS GONE. HORRIBLE GAS MILEAGE SINCE OCCURRENCE. IT IS OBVIOUS THIS IS A PROBLEM BY DOING RESEARCH AND SEEING THE LISTINGS OF COMPLAINTS. *JB

THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT READ THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE GAS TANK. I FILL UP AND THE GAS LIGHT WILL COME ON AFTER A FEW MILES AND WILL STAY ON OR WILL START FLASHING. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE VARY HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR A WOMAN ON THE ROAD THINKING THAT SHE HAS A FULL TANK OF GAS AND THE GAS GAUGE IS GOING INSANE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS AS IF THERE ARE SEVERAL AND MEAN SEVERAL OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. A RECALL SHOULD BE SENT OUT!!!! *NM

THE GEAR SHIFT STICKS IN THE PARKING MODE: I DROVE UP TO THE DRIVE THROUGH ATM TELLER AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK, AFTER GETTING MONEY OUT OF THE MACHINE, AND TRYING TO DRIVE OFF, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR APPROX. 10 MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFT OUT OF PARK TO THE DRIVE POSITION.

FUEL GUAGE NOT WORKING. AROUND 65K MILES MY FUEL GUAGE STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I FILL THE CAR IT WILL SHOW AS FULL BUT THEN AFTER DRIVING IT WILL READ AS EMPTY WITH THE WARNING LIGHT.

THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY ON MY 1999 ISUZU RODEO. BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THIS IS A RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE FUEL SENDING UNIT THAT NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED. THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL, AND PRESENTS A TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERN IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING.

AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP, I APPLIED THE BRAKES WITH WHAT WAS TYPICAL FORCE FOR SUCH CONDITIONS. THE ROAD WAS WET AND AS I WAS BRAKING, THE VEHICLE WENT OVER AN EXPANSION JOINT IN THE OVERPASS OF THE ROAD. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND THE VEHICLE SKIDDED, USING EXCESSIVE BRAKING DISTANCE, THUS RESULTING IN A LOW-SPEED REAR-END ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. LITTLE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY VEHICLE, A 1999 ISUZU RODEO WAS PUSHED BACK. I NOW FIND OUT THAT ISUZU HAS ISSUED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE ABS, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACCIDENT AND THE RESULTING DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THE DAMAGE HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED. I WOULD LIKE ISUZU, AS A PART OF ITS RECALL CAMPAIGN TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER, FREE OF CHARGE.

PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS GAUGE READING INCORRECTLY, GAS LIGHT COMES ON AND GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS OVER A HALF A TANK OF GAS. MAY FILL UP AND THE NEXT DAY THE GAS TANK SHOW ONLY A 1/4 TANK WILL FLUCTUATE WHEN DRIVING. SOMETIMES HAS TROUBLE WITH ROUGH START. SPOKE WITH CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE WAS TOLD THERE WERE ONLY 9 COMPLAINTS LISTED UNDER JUST FUEL SYSTEM HOWEVER WHEN I LOOK UP ODI NUMBERS I GET AT LEAST 20 COMPLAINTS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED UNDER FUEL SYSTEM UNDER DIFFERENT SUB-CATEGORIES. EACH COMPLAINT HAS THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL CAR WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A COINCIDENCE. THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS NOT A CHEAP REPAIR.

THE FUEL GAUGE ON OUR 1999 ISUZU RODEO BEGAN FLASHING ONE DAY AND THEN JUST QUIT WORKING. THE DEALER TOLD US THAT ISUZU WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 99 MODEL BUT WOULD NOT ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. THIS HAS SINCE CAUSED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. WE HAVE TO USE THE TRIP ODOMETER TO TRY AND ESTIMATE HOW MUCH FUEL WE HAVE IN THE TANK. YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO LOSE CUSTOMERS OVER SOMETHING THEY KNOW IS DEFECTIVE. *JB