2000 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED NEITHER OF SEAT BELT BUCKLES WORK PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ANY ADITIONAL INFORMATION FEEL FREE TO ADD.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STO VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD ROARING NOISE AND LURCHES FORWARD. THIS HAPPENS EXACTLY AT MOMENT WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER 3 TIMES, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED SENSOR IN ACCELERATOR PEDAL. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING.*AK

RAINWATER IS LEAKING THROUGH REAR WINDOW WASHER NOZZLE. THIS PART HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS & IT STILL KEEPS COMING LOOSE. WATER LEAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE APRIL 2001 & JUST RECENTLY CONFIRMED IN JULY 2002. AS A RESULT, MILDEW ODOR HAS PERMEATED ENTIRE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. I HAVE ASTHMA AND MOLD INDUCED ALLERGIES AND I AM CONCERNED FOR MY HEALTH.

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH HEARD A POPPING SOUND, MOTOR SHUT OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED VEHICLE WAS OUT OF OIL. CONSUMER STATED OIL WAS PUT IN VEHICLE REGULARLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A NOISE AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLED.*JB

THE RODEO STARTED ACTING SLUGGISH ON 6/21, BUT I THOUGHT IT MIGHT JUST BE DUE TO BAD GAS. I FILLED-UP WITH A BETTER QUALITY GAS, & THOUGHT THINGS WOULD GET BETTER. IT PROCEEDED TO GET MORE & MORE SLUGGISH. I DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR THE NEXT DAY AT ALL, BUT THE NEXT DAY, HOWEVER, I HAD TO DRIVE IT. I DROVE IT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES, & THEN I CALLED MY HUSBAND TO FOLLOW ME HOME AFTERWARDS. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE OFF THE LIGHTS, & I WAS AFRAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS ABOUT TO DROP-OUT. I COULDN'T GET IT ABOVE 40 MPH, & IT KEPT STALLING. INSTEAD OF DRIVING IT HOME, I DROVE IT TO MY WORK (WHICH WAS CLOSER) & LEFT IT IN THE PARKING LOT OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING, I HAD A TOW TRUCK PICK IT UP TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT MY CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HEREIN LIES THE MAJOR PROBLEM. I JUST HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED AT 12,600 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP IS WANTING $720 TO REPLACE THE SECOND CLUTCH, BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 12,000 MILES. THEY SAID THEY REPLACED IT THE FIRST TIME AS A "GOODWILL" ACT, SINCE IT WAS JUST OVER THE WARRANTY. I HAVE DRIVEN A STANDARD FOR OVER 10 YEARS, & I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A CLUTCH BEFORE. YOU CAN NOT TELL ME THAT MY DRIVING HABITS HAVE CHANGED SO DRASTICALLY THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M GOING THROUGH TWO CLUTCHES IN TWO YEARS!? I'M CONVINCED THERE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH KITS THEY ARE INSTALLING IN THE 2000 RODEO. I CAN NOT BE CONVINCED THAT IT IS CONSIDERED "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" FOR THEM TO WEAR-OUT AFTER 12,000 MILES. I AM HASHING THIS OUT WITH THE DEALER AND WITH ISUZU, BUT I'M NOT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS. NO ONE THERE SEEMS TO CARE THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL. IN THE MEANTIME, I WANTED TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO THE SAFETY ISSUES OF DRIVING WITH THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. THANK YOU.*AK

THE HOOD LATCH COMES LOOSE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS ADJUSTED IT 3 TIMES AND IT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE LATCH IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE HOOD TO FLY INTO MY WINDSHIELD WHILE IN ROUTE.

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES UNDER WET CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, AND CONSUMER WENT INTO INTERSECTION. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK TWICE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES ON GOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING , HESITATION, AND VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING OR RUNNING, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASION AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING. *JB THE STALLING ENGINE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY SOLVED BY REPLACING THE EGR VALVE. *YH