1998 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP PROPERLY. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO PROBLEM EXISTED WITH BRAKES IN 1999. AFTER MOVING TO ANOTHER STATE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER BRAKES WERE NOT GRABBING LIKE THEY SHOULD. MECHANIC REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM OF NON STOPPING STILL EXISTS.*AK

E ROOF RACK BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH THREE SURFBOARDS ATTACHED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO CAR AND ALL THREE SURFBOARDS WERE DESTROYED. INCIDENT HAPPEND ON INTERSTATE 5 SUNDAY JUNE 24TH AROUND 12:30 PM IN THE AFTERNOON.

REAR BRAKES HAVE BEEN SERVICED 7 TIMES, REPLACEMENT OF SHOES EACH TIME. ABS LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT, BRAKES HAVE FAILED TWICE AT VERY LOW SPEED DURING STOPPING. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL 01I002, TIMING BELT BROKE CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, AS A RESULT OF THE DAMAGED CAUSED CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REBUILT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL SERVICES COMPLETED, TIME MISSED FROM WORK, TRANSPORTATION, AND EMOTIONAL STRESS. *ET

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY, FRONT AND REAR ROTORS HAVE RUSTED PREMATURELY. ALSO, STATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STOP, DRIVER HAS TO DOWNSHIFT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE IDLE WAS RESOLVED BY DEALER. PROBLEM VALVE COVER LEAK. SHIFTER ON NATL BACKORDER. *AK

ALL 3 SEAT BELTS IN REAR COME LOOSE WHEN TURNING A CORNER. WHEN PUSHING MALE INTO FEMALE IT WILL NOT STAY BUCKLED. CONSUMER HAS YET CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *SLC

WHEN ATTEPMTING TO STOP AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES ABS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A REAREND COLLISION, IMPACT SPEED 15 MPH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK ISUZU HAS DENIED THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES EVERY TIME VEHICLE HITS A BUMP, SHE TEMPORARILY LOSES BRAKE CONTROL. *SLC

DURING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT 3 STUDS ON RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BROKE. DEALER STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE FIRST INCIDENT I REPORTED FOR THE WATER PUMP FAILURE, I KEPT HEARING A RATTLE AND AIR ESCAPING SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE WATER PUMP HAD FAILED AND LEAKED ONTO THE TIMING BELT CAUSING IT TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE NEXT INCIDENT WITH THE TIMING BELT IN JUNE, 2000 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND HAD STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE RODEO JUST STOPPED RUNNING AND WOULD NOT START UP AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE TIMING BELT AND THEY HAD JUST REPLACED IT 23,000 MILES AGO. IT WAS COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY HAD TO BASICALLY REBUILD THE ENGINE AND REPLACED MANY ITEMS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE TIMING BELT BREAKING. THE THIRD INCIDENT WITH THE TIMING BELT HAPPENED THIS MORING ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING AND I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. ISUZU SAYS IT IS THE TIMING BELT AGAIN AND IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE AND I WILL PROBABLY END UP PAYING OUT OF MY OUW POCKET TO HAVE THE REPAIR COMPLETED THIS TIME.*AK