2001 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

THE SWAY BAR OF THE REAR WHEEL AT THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY ISUZU RODEO 2001 FELT OFF OF THE FRAME WITHOUT A WARNING. AFTER A CLOSE INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A SEVERE CORROSION OF THE FRAME. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED UP ON ENTERING IN A PARKING LOT. DUE TO THE LOW SPEED I MANAGED TO STOP PROMPTLY. I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A BUSY STREET THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. *TR

I DRIVE A 2001 ISUZU RODEO 4X4. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000 MILES ON IT AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE. IT IS GARAGED YEAR-ROUND IN TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS. ON MONDAY JUNE 21, 2010 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON ROUTE 44 IN REHOBOTH MASSACHUSETTS. I STARTED HEARING A GRINDING NOISE AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON LOOKING UNDER MY VEHICLE I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THE SHIELD THAT COVERS THE PLASTIC GAS TANK WAS ROTTED THROUGH. THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE GAS TANK IS NOW VISIBLE AND THE SHIELD IS THE PART THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE. I WENT TO A MECHANIC IMMEDIATELY AND HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT. WHEN THE MECHANIC PUT THE CAR ON THE LIFT HE SAW EXTENSIVE RUST AND SOME ROT UNDER THE VEHICLE ON THE FRAME. HE STATED THAT I WOULD BE LUCKY TO GET 2 MORE YEARS OF USE OUT OF THE RODEO BEFORE IT WOULD BE TOTALLY ROTTED OUT. AS OF RIGHT NOW IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE GAS TANKS SHIELD BEING ROTTED OUT. THE MECHANIC TRIED TO ORDER ME A REPLACEMENT BUT HIS SUPPLIER SAID THE PARTS ARE NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET ONE WOULD BE FROM A JUNK YARD AND MOST OF THE PARTS IN THERE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE ROTTED AS WELL. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AGES 12 AND 8 ; I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO DRIVE THEM AROUND IN THIS CAR AND FEEL WRONGED BY ISUZU. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM AND EXPECT A RESOLUTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WOULD BE PERFECTLY HAPPY GETTING THE CAR FIXED, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT MONTHS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO:EXTREME PREMATURE RUST DAMAGE TO FRAME OF MY ISUZU RODEO LSE WHICH ALMOST KILLED MYSELF AS WELL AS 3 OTHER INDIVIDUALS. WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL OR AT LEAST A WARNING AS A COURTESY! ITS ONLY PEOPLES LIVES THAT ARE AT STAKE, AND I AM LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF RETRIBUTION FROM HONDA/ISUZU BEFORE I HIRE AN ATTORNEY. PLEASE HOLD THOSE WHOM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TO THE MORALITY AND ETHICS THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED AND BASED UPON. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO - FRAME COMPLETELY ROTTEN. STABILIZER BARS IN REAR OF TRUCK COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM FRAME WHEN DRIVING ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL....WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A WELDER HE LAUGHED AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE AND IT IS NOT DRIVABLE AS IT IS A SAFETY RISK. HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN MANY OF THE ISUZU AND HONDA'S WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM....BODY AND EVERYTHING ELSE ARE IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER NO RUST OR ANYTHING BUT TRUCK IS A LOSS DUE TO FAULTY FRAME. ONLY 125000 MILES ON TRUCK. WHY HAS THIS WELL KNOWN ISSUE (ACCORDING TO ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS) BEEN IGNORED AND NOT RECALLED FOR THIS LONG??? PLEASE HELP. I JUST HAD TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN A ROTTEN FRAME! ISUZU SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS! *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO STARTED TO SHAKE IN THE BACK END - THEN SWERVE ON THE HWY. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A CRACK IN THE FRAME - WHERE IT WAS RUSTED OUT. I'VE DEALER MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE SINCE NEW AND TO LOOK AT THE TRUCK - THERE IS NO RUST OR ISSUES...SO WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE FRAME WOULD SEPARATE THE WAY IT DID. *TR

WENT TO SELL VEHICLE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS RUST PROBLEM WITH ISUZU RODEOS AND HONDA PASSPORTS OF FRAMES RUSTING OUT! WELL WE CHECKED MY FRAME AND IT WAS RUSTING OUT OVER THE REAR TRAILING ARM AND I THINK IT IS DANGEROUS! THE MILEAGE IS 107,000. *TR

I OWN A 2001 ISUZU RODEO LS, I BROUGHT IT IN A SERVICE STATION FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ENTIRE STEEL FRAME OF MY SUV WAS SEVERELY ROTTED,TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT . I BROUGHT IT TO A FRAME SPECIALIST ( AUTO RUST TECHNICIANS 275 NIANTIC AVE CRANSTON RI ) THEY TOLD US IT IS VERY COMMON FOR ISUZUS FRAME TO ROT OUT, THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRING QUITE A FEW OF THEM, THE COST TO REPAIR IS APPRX. $2000.00 DOLLARS, AND THEY ALSO TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE ITFOR SAFETY REASONS, THE SUSPENSION WOULD BRAKE OFF THE FRAME OR THE STEERING BOX WOULD FALL OFF THE FRAME,EITHER WAY IT COULD LEAD TO A DEADLY ACCIDENT. ALSO THE REPAIR WOULD ONLY LAST 3 TO 5 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE BOXED TYPE FRAME, WHICH ROTS FROM THE INSIDE OUT. *TR

ON FRIDAY FEB 11,2010 @ 9:30 PM. I WENT TO PICK UP MY MOM AND MY SISTER IN MY MOM"S TRUCK..THESE ARE THE EVENT THAT HAPPEN AS I WAS DRIVING HER TRUCK.. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AN I FELT THE CAR SWERVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, I WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MPH SO I TOOK THE FIRST EXIT I SAW AS SOON AS I TOOK THE EXIT THE CAR MADE A WEIRD NOISE LOUD NOISE SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE SO I GOT OUT THE CAR TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE SO I WHEN BACK IN THE CAR TO MOVE IT AND IT MADE THE LOUD NOISE AGAIN SO I CALLED FOR A TOWING TRUCK TO TOW ME HOME. WHEN THERE GOT THERE THE TOWING TRUCK GUYS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BEFORE TOWING IT AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAMES TO MY MOTHER 2001 ISUZU RODEO FRAME WAS ROTTED AND THE REAR BAR THAT CONNECTS TO THE TIRE TO THE DRIVER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY SNAPPED OF I ASKED THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND HE SAID IT WAS DO TO ROTTING AND HE BELIEVED IT WASN'T FIXABLE HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER REAR SIDE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS READY TO SNAP OF ALSO. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID, WE NEVER HAD A RECALL. THAT WE HAD TO CALL ISUZU COMPANY .. MY MOM NAME IS [XXX] AND THE REASON WE BOUGHT THE CAR IS BECAUSE MY MOM IS HANDICAP..SHE HAS HAD 3 BRAIN SURG.5 ANEURSYMS AND SHE IS PARALYZE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE , YOU TELL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ME AND MY MOM WOULD HAD GOTTEN TO ACCIDENT TAKEN HER TO APPTS, AND HOSPITAL BECAUSE THIS CAR COMPANY DOES NOT CARE TO TAKE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS KNOWN A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM. MY NAME IS [XXX] A CONCERN SON, AND VERY ANGRY ONE AT THAT ...I KNOW THIS IS GOING FALL ON DEF EARS BUT I GUESS OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE GOING TO ATTORNEY IF THIS MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED ASAP BECAUSE MY MOM STILL HAS TO GO TO HER NEUROLOGIST , AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL .. WE ARE STILL DONE WITH MY MOM CONDITION AND WE REALLY DEPENDED ON THIS CAR TO WORK FOR US. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE BECAME VERY UNSTABLE WHILE DRIVING. AFTER HEARING NOISE FROM LEFT REAR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FRAME RAIL. THE MOUNTING BRACKET PULLED AWAY FROM THE RUSTED FRAME, LEAVING A GAPING HOLE IN THE FRAME. VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE REPAIRABLE. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO ROTTED FRAME. PURCHASED USED ISUZU RODEO IN LATE 2008. FOUND THAT ENTIRE FRAME WAS ROTTED AND THAT IT HAD ACTUALLY BROKEN IN HALF. BOTH SIDES OF FRAME WERE BROKEN BY REAR TIRE WHERE SUSPENSION ARM ATTACHES. HAD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE METAL AND WELDING WORK DONE TO REATTACH AND MAKE DRIVABLE. REPAIR PERSON SAID IT WAS A TEMPORARY FIX AND WOULD EVENTUALLY LET GO AGAIN DUE EXTENSIVE RUSTING AROUND IT AND ELSEWHERE ON THE FRAME. THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED! *TR