2001 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

I MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. JUST BEFORE I WAS PROCEEDING FORWARD AGAIN, I HEARD AN ODD NOISE AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH LIKE A SEA VESSEL. I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE MY WHEEL WAS SOME HOW COMING LOSE SO I PULLED OVER TO FIND THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARM HAD COMPLETELY ROTTED OF THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 2001 RODEO. I CALLED ISUZU BECAUSE A NINE YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE THINGS ROTTING OFF. ISUZU TOLD ME THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT...PERIOD. I CAN'T HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE ALL THE FRAMES FROM 2001 RODEO'S ARE ROTTED AND ISUZU ISN'T MAKING ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. LUCKILY, I WASN'T GOING VERY FAST AND NO ONE WAS HURT. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD BE DEAD FOR SURE. THIS VEHICLE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ON OUR COUNTRIES ROADS AND HIGHWAYS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICE THE FRAME HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST. THE CONTACT STATED THEIR IS NOTHING HOLDING THE FRAME TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE RUST ON THE FRAME AND THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY SO THEIR WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. A LOCAL MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME WAS UN-REPAIRABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

WENT FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER AND WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS RUSTED ALONG WITH OTHER RELATED RUSTING REPAIRS. WENT TO AN AUTOBODY SHOP TO SEE IF THE CAR COULD BE REPAIRED. WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR IS BEYOND REPAIR. THE FRAME IS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR AND THE GAS TANK IS ONE BUMP AWAY FROM FALLING OFF. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT APPROX.20 MPH VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SWERVED LEFT WITH ACCELERATION THEN SWERVED RIGHT WITH DECELERATION AND ALMOST ROLLED OVER. UPON INVESTIGATION THE LEFT TRAILING ARM WAS FOUND TO BE UNATTACHED TO THE FRAME DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MULTIPLE AREAS OF SEVERE FRAME ROT AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

THE RODEO WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES AND STARTED TO FEEL STRANGE SHORTLY BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE DESTINATION. A FAMILY MEMBER TOOK IT FOR A RIDE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. WHILE DRIVING, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE RODEO HOPPED. HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF TO THE SHOULDER IN TIME TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION BY A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND WE HAVE HAD THE FRAME WELDED (~$800), BUT HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN ITS SAFETY AND HAVE SINCE BOUGHT A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF OUR OPTIONS AND WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ANY GUIDANCE. *TR

MY TRUCK WAS DRIVING PERFECT, AND WITH NO WARNING ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD HEARD NOISE COMING FROM REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. MY STEERING WHEEL, AND REAR END BECAME LOOSE. I LOST CONTROL, BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER SAFELY. AT THAT POINT MY TRUCK WAS UNDRIVEABLE. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, AND AFTER A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR LEFT CONTROL BAR HAD BROKEN OFF WITH PART OF FRAME ATTACHED WITH IT. THE DAMAGED COULD NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO EXTENSIVE RUST ON FRAME. WAS TOLD PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS TRUCK, AND MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO MANUFACTURER, BUT ISUZU HAS FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLES LIVES ARE IN DANGER. *TR

RETURNING HOME FROM WORK, STOPPED AT INTERSECTION, WHEN MY TURN TO GO I PULLED OUT ON ROAD AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE FELT LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. STEERING WAS VERY STRANGE AND FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS ALL OVER ROAD. I WAS ONLY GOING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH MAXIMUM AS I WAS GOING FROM STOP LIGHT TO STOP LIGHT. WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM INITIAL STOP LIGHT I HEARD A CRACK AND LOUD SCRAPING SOUND. I WENT APPROX 1/10 MILE TILL I COULD PULL OFF ROAD ON SHOULDER THEN INTO PARKING LOT. WHEN I GOT OUT TO SEE IF I COULD SEE ANYTHING WRONG I NOTICED UNDER CAR IN FRONT OF REAR WHEELS THAT WHAT APPEARED TO BE STABILIZER BARS FOR REAR WHEELS WERE HANGING DOWN UNDER CAR AND THAT THE FRAME ON BOTH SIDES WAS BROKEN IN HALF . I HAD NO PREVIOUS INDICATION THAT THIS WAS BREAKING. I FEAR THAT IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED OTHER THAN GOING FROM STOP LIGHT TO STOP LIGHT THAT I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE ENTIRE REAR AXLE WOULD FLOAT FREELY AND TWIST FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AND REAR WHEELS WOULD RIDE OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE AND WHEN BRAKING REAR WHEELS RODE UP UNDER VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE AND IS BASICALLY A COMPLETE LOSS AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY TYPE OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE DUE TO NO ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. RECENTLY MY WIFE WENT TO SCHOOL TO PICK UP OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL, ON HER WAY HOME SHE SAID SHE FELT LIKE SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE. AFTER PULLING OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND INVESTIGATING THE CAR AND SAW THE TIRES INFLATED, SHE CALLED ME WORK TO INFORM ME SHE UNSURE IF SHE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE HOME AND FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE CAR. SINCE SHE WAS ONLY A MILE FROM OUR HOME I TOLD HER TO PUT THE HAZARDS ON AND NURSE THE CAR TO THE HOUSE. (WHICH SHE DID) WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED OVER THE CAR AND NOTICED THAT BOTH THE LOWER LINKS (BARS FROM THE FRAME TO THE REAR END) WERE BOTH ROTTED AT THE FRAME CONNECTION. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO ROTTED FRAME. *TR

NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE PULLING OUT FROM STOP ON GRADE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND INSPECTED , MECHANIC SAID THAT THE REAR FRAME ON BOTH SIDES IS RUSTED ALMOST INTO ALLOWING MOVEMENT OF FRAME. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE STABILIZER LINK/BAR ROTTED OFF THE FRAME WHILE IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE HAD PASSED THE MA. STATE INSPECTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009. THERE WAS NO PRIOR NOTICE TO THIS DEFECT AT ALL. WHEN THE VEHICLE HOT A POTHOLE THE BAR AND ABOUT 10 INCHES OF THE FRAME CAME AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND DROPPED CAUSING THE REAR PASS TIRE TO MOVE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL OF 2002 AND I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN DRIVEN IN MA. TO AND FROM WORK. IN MY OPINION THIS VEHICLE IS A TIME BOMB FOR OWNERS THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE FRAME ROT. IT SHOULD BE FORCED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION U.S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION. I CALLED ISUZU AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. NOTHING. THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE LASTED MORE THAN 7.6 YEARS AT THE PRICE TAG OF $32,000.00 EXCLUDING FINANCE CHARGES. *TR