2000 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOBBLED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD THREE NEW SETS OF BRAKE ROTORS, HOWEVER IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, REAR END WOBBLING CONTINUED. *AK *JB

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 45 MPH AT TIME OF IMPACT. VEHICLE IGNITED INSTANTLY. THE FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CLOSEST TO THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WAS PROMPTED BY A RELATIVE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE BURNED AND SHOULD HAVE HAD A CUT-OFF FOR FUEL LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY CONSUMED AND EXPLODED WITHIN WHAT SEEMED LIKE 5-15 MIN. (WASN'T REALLY LOOKING AT MY WATCH, TO BUSY RUNNING AWAY FROM CAR!) HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH CAR UP UNTIL THEN OTHER THAN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON PERIODICALLY, WHICH DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR. *TRP *NLM

VEHICLE IS VERY UNSTABLE DUE TO INSUFFICENT DAMPENING OF THE SUPENSION, DEALER SAYS THIS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. TRUCK WILL BOTTOM OUT ON SLIGHT BUMPS, AND BOUNCE UP AND DOWN AS IF YOU WERE IN A BOAT, THE SUSPENSION PARTS ARE INFERIOR COMPARED TO THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. CONDITION IS VERY UNSAFE AND COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL IN CERTAIN DRIVING SITUATIONS. BOUNCE = LOSS OF TREAD CONTACT TO PAVEMENT = LOSS OF CONTROL. ALL TIRES/POINTS OF SUPENSION (SPRINGS/SHOCKS) HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WOULD NOT RECCOMEND THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE OTHER THAN A PIRATE, AS THEY ARE USED TO THE HEAVING AND YAWING OF A SHIP.-----------CATALITIC CONVERTER / ENGINE ~ CATALITIC CONVERTER WAS GLOWING RED ONE DAY (WITH THE USUAL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) JIFFYLUBE EMPLOYEE IN THE PIT POINTED THIS PROBLEM OUT TO ME, LAUGHING AND SAYING IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS LINE, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER REPLACED CAT AND NOW THE TRUCH HESITATES/SPUTTERS IN FIRST GEAR AND EVEN MORE SO IN SECOND GEAR.----------------SEATBELT~ON PASSENDER SIDE BINDS UP WITHOUT PROVOCATION, LIMITING MOVEMENT OF PASSENGER FROM THE SHOLDER, DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL BUT IT IS NOT LIKE THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT TENSION THAT BINDS WHEN THERE IS ACTUALY A STRONGER FORCE OPPOSING IT.

THE GAS GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. THE GAS LIGHT INDICATED THE TANK WAS EMPTY AFTER FUELING. VEHICLE FAILED MD. INSPECTION TO DUE THE FAILED UNIT. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE DEFECTIVE COMPONET WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *NLM

ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WENT THROUGH RED LIGHT, AT TIMES FEELING AS IF THERE WERE NO BRAKES. ALSO VEHICLE IS GOING ON ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) MODE WHEN TRAVELING ON GRAVEL, MUD AND AT TIMES ON PAVEMENT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 20/30 MPH. DEALER ADJUSTED THE REAR BRAKES AND FOUND THE BRAKE SYSTEM TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED AND CONCLUDED THAT HITTING A BUMP WHEN BRAKING CAN ALSO CAUSE THE ABS TO ACTIVATE. *JB *TT

VEHICLE IS USING WHAT SOME MECHANICS AND NON-MECHANICS CONSIDER EXCESSIVE OIL USAGE FOR A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. CURRENTLY MY VEHICLE IS USING 1. 80 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, WHEN IT GETS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. BOTH ISUZU AND THE DEALERSHIP CONSIDER THIS "NORMAL". *JB

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE TIRE PROBLEMS AND PAINT PROBLEMS, FIRST WITH THE RIMS AND THEN WITH BODY PAINT DOOR CHECKS HAVE BEEN FIXED TWICE AND AUTO TRANS PICKUP SENSOR FAILURE. TIRES AND RIMS WERE FINALLY RELPACED AFTER 40,000 MILES OF PROBLEMS. DT

THE CONSUMER IS CONCERN THAT ALL FOUR DOORS LEAKS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. WHILE APPLYING HER BRAKES THERE IS A FUNNY VIBRATION NOISE THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM., TS

FUEL LEAKED WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL RETURN HOSE FAILED. A CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPAIRED. DT

CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE STOPPING DISTANCE ON THE VEHICLE HAS INCREASED AND THE CONSUMER HAS ALOMST BEEN IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS DEFECT. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE SIX TIMES ALREADY AND THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM.*JB