2000 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL FEELS NORMAL, YET BRAKING DISTANCE IS VERY EXTENDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO COULD NOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK BRAKES WERE BEEN UNRELIABLE FROM THE BEGINNING. *YH

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, UP TO 12 TIMES IN ONE DAY. *AK THE DEALER BLAMES THE PROBLEM ON BAD GAS BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING TO A POINT IT WAS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS. *YH

WHILE MAKING A STOP VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED BRAKING PROBLEMS FROM THE VERY BEINNING OF WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT NEW, DEALER INSIST THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *SLC

WHILE MAKING A STOP AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL. *AK THE STALLING HAD RESULTED IN SEVERAL CLOSE MISSES AND THE VEHICLE WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *YH

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEVERE VBIRATION FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT 52 OR MORE MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, VARIOUS PARTS WERE CHANGED AND REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT PROBLEM STILL KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE REAR WINDOW POPPED AND SHATTERED, WITHOUT ANY REASON. *AK

IN JULY 2000 CONSUMER HEARD A PINGING NOISE, AND DEALER DISCOVERED THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND MUFFLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN MAR 2001, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A PINGING SOUND, AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM FLOOR BOARD NEAR DRIVERS FEET.. IT WAS A SMOLDERING FIRE THAT BURNED A WHOLE IN FLOORBOARD. DEALER FOUND CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD GOTTEN SO HOT IT STARTED A FIRE. *AK

BRAKES DID NOT GRAB RIGHT OFF IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE PUT A STICK IN THE SPOKES OF A TIRE AND THEN THE BRAKES GRAB ALL OF A SUDDEN. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ABS MODULE, THE MASTER CYLINDER, AND THE BRAKE FLUID COMPLETELY FLUSHED.*AK

GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES (P245/70R16) SQUEAK WHILE MAKING TURNS AT 10MPH OR MORE, GOODYEAR SUGGESTED THAT INCREASING THE TIRE PRESSURE WOULD HELP, HOWEVER THE SQUEAK IS STILL PRESENT AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *SLC

AFTER REPLACING THE BODY MOUNTS, BALANCING AND ROTATING THE TIRES TWICE, REPLACING ALL 4 TIRES, AND 3 ALINGMENTS, THE VEHICLE STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND HAD FRONT END AND REAR END VIBRATIONS. WE PREVAILED AT BBB ARBITRATION AND IN DEC. 2000 THE MFG. REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *AK