1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

FUEL GAUGE IS MALFUNCTIONING AND DOES NOT READ AMOUNT OF GAS ACCURATELY, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. *AK

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, GOES UP AND DOWN. DAUGHTER DRIVES THE CAR, PUTTING HER AT RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL ON HIGHWAY WHILE ALONE.*AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN THE CONSUMER STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN SHE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE VEHICLE TO CHANGE GEARS. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL FORWARD, IT JUST SAT THERE. THIS HAPPENED ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE GET HOT. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE CONSUMER STRANDED A LOT. *AK THERE WAS RATTLING AND THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG, A LEAK AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, A LEAK IN THE REAR MAIN AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SEAL AND INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SC

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED, IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PUMPED IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEAR MISSES OF REAR-ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. TO DATE, THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN BLED, MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED, ROTORS AND DRUMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND MANUFACTURER'S ABS MODULE RECALL HAS BEEN COMPLETED. NONE OF THESE SERVICES HAVE HELPED. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE CAR DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT, BUT IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN OVER THE PAST YEAR FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *JB

COMING BACK FROM OHIO, THE OIL LIGHT BRIEFLY WENT ON. THERE WAS NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER ASIDE FROM THE OIL LIGHT COMING ON FOR A FEW SECONDS THAT A BIG PROBLEM COMING UP. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND. WE TRY TO DRIVE IT TO A NEAREST GAS STATION TO GET IT CHECK OUT. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS SUNDAY AND NO MECHANIC WAS AVAILABLE. WE OIL CHANGE OUR VEHICLE EVERY 3-4K MILES SO WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE AN OIL PROBLEM. WE TRIED TO DRIVE IT BUT THE ENGINE JUST DIED ON US. THE CAR ONLY HAVE 66K MILES ON IT AND NOW THE CAR IS WORTHLESS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED RIDING ROUGHLY AND HESITATED WHILE ACCELERATING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

GAS GUAGE ON 1999 ISUZU RODEO DOES NOT PROPERLY DETECT GAS LEVEL. WILL FILL TANK COMPLETLY AND GUAGE WILL READ AS EMPTY. GAS LIGHT STAYS ON. PROBLEM HAS OCCURED FOR A FEW MONTHS.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, KNOW OF SEVERAL IZUZU RODEOS AND HONDA PASSPORTS THAT NEEDED THESE REPLACED!*AK

FUEL GAUGE IS NOT READING RIGHT STAYS ON EMPTY. FAILED AT ABOUT 40K MILES. APPEARS THIS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ISUZU RODEO. SUV IS OUT OF WARRANTY HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET. *JB

FUEL SENDING UNIT REACTS TO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES OVER TIMES AND FAILS. THIS CAUSES GAS GUAGE TO READ IMPORPERLY OR NOT AT ALL. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO APPEAR. NEW SENDING UNIT NEEDED AND REMOVAL OF GAS TANK NECESARY TO REPLACE UNIT. QUOTED AT 500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE 36 DOLLAR PART.*AK