1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

LUG STUD BROKE WHILE CHANGING TIRE. SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS FUEL SYSTEM GAUGE DEFECTIVE. *LA

SENSORS UNITS HAD TO REPLACED AND OVERHEAD CAM SENSOR. NOTICED IT'S NOT A COMMON PROBLEM. NOW FUEL GAUGE IS INACCURATE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE ILLUMINATES. DEALER SAYS IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL SENSOR. SEEMS THAT ISUZU WOULD WANT TO CORRECT COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THEIR PRODUCTS TO KEEP THE CONSUMERS DRIVING THEIR VEHICLES. *LA

DRIVER WAS TURNING ONTO A RAMP WHEN THE STEERING BECAME STUCK IN TURNING POSITION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A GUARD RAIL. *AK

MY COMPLAINT IS SIMILAR TO ODI ID #10020690. THE FRONT WIPERS WILL NEITHER PARK NOR OPERATE IN THE INTERMITTANT MODE. THE PARTS COUNTER EMPLOYEE AT MCINZEY BOND ISUZU IN HOUSTON STATED THAT THEY REPLACE AND SELL A BUNCH OF THE COMBINATION ALARM/WIPER CONTROL MODULES FOR THIS REASON. THIS WIPER DEFECT IS EVIDENTLY HISTORIC AND RECURING IN A LARGE NUMBER OF ISUZU RODEOS. THESE MODULES ARE $212 EACH PLUS LABOR. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. DEALER WILL REBUILD THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE PARTS TO PERFORM RECALL 02 I 002 000 REPAIRS FOR ABS. DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.*AK CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THE PARTS WERE ORDERED BUT THEY HAVEN'T CAME IN YET. THE CONSUMER THEN CONTACTED THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THERE WAS NO BACKLOG ON PARTS AND THE MECHANIC WAS LYING TO THE CONSUMER. *PH *JB

THERE ARE THREE PROBLEMS WITH MY 1999 ISUZU RODEO. 1) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON ALMOST CONTINUALLY. IT WAS CHECKED AT ROYALL ISUZU IN RICHMOND, VA, WHERE THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM IS THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. ONE OTHER CUSTOMER WAS THERE AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM ON HER 1999 RODEO. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE IS SEEING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF RODEOS WITH THIS PROBLEM. HOW AM I TO KNOW IF A TRUE PROBLEM POPS UP WITH THE VEHICLE OR IF THE LIGHT IS ONLY ON FOR THE SAME? 2) ONE BY ONE, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS ARE FAILING. IT STARTED WITH THE CLOCK LIGHT AND HAS NOW GONE TO THE RADIO LIGHT. 3) IN JULY 2001, THREE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE (34,000 MILES AT TIME OF USED PURCHASE) THE CLUTCH STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY. THE CLUTCH FLUID RESERVOIR WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. WHITTEN ISUZU IN RICHMOND, VA, TOOK THREE SEPARATE SERVICE TRIPS TO TRY TO FIX IT. AFTER THE SO-CALLED REPAIR, THE PROBLEM SEEMED BETTER. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE FLUID LEVEL SLOWLY BUT STEADILY DECREASES SO I CONTINUALLY ADD CLUTCH FLUID. NOW THE CLUTCH SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING IN FIFTH GEAR. STEADY DRIVING IN FIFTH DOES NOT POSE A PROBLEM BUT INCREASING SPEED SUCH AS UPHILL OR TO PASS ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSES A SUDDEN RISE IN RPM AS THE CLUTCH SLIPS. BECAUSE I PURCHASED IT USED, THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 50,000 MILES, SO THAT'S GONE. IT SEEMS AS IF A PROBLEM ADDRESSED UNDER WARRANTY SHOULD STILL BE REPAIRED. I HAVE GIVEN UP ON CALLING ISUZU CUSTOMER SERVICE AS THE CALLS ARE EITHER NOT RETURNED FROM VOICE MAIL OR I AM GIVEN A VERY BRUSQUE DENIAL OF EVEN CONSIDERING THE PROBLEMS. I LOVE THIS VEHICLE AND REALLY ENJOY IT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROBLEMS ADDRESSED ABOVE. I AM THE ONLY DRIVER AND HAVE KEPT IT COMPLETELY ON SCHEDULE WITH OIL CHANGES, ETC. I SEE ON YOUR COMPLAINT SEARCH THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FUEL SENDING UNIT, SO WHY DOES ISUZU ACT AS IF THEY KNOW OF NO OTHERS? THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER CORRECTLY DUE TO THE SENDING UNIT.*AK

THE CENTER REAR SEAT BELT,WHICH IS WHERE MY TODDLER SON'S CARSEAT IS, BROKE INTO PIECES DURING A ROUTINE MOVE OF THE CARSEAT. THE SEAT BELT LATCH WAS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY UNDUE FORCE OR PRESSURE AT THE TIME OF IT'S BREAKING.*AK WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THAT THE SEATBELTS ARE ONLY WARRANTIED FOR 3 YEARS OR 50,000 MILES. MY CAR IS A 1999 BUT HAS 85,000 MILES. I AM VERY DISTRESSED TO KNOW THAT THE NOT ONLY ARE THE SEATBELTS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTLY BUT THAT NOONE SEEMS TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

PROBLEMS WITH ABS ON A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. *MR THERE WERE INTERMITTENT ABS PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. THE ABS MODULE WAS CHANGED. THE DEALER SAID THAT A RECALL WAS BEING ISSUED AND THEY WOULD REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER FOR THE REPAIR CHARGES. THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM WHICH HAD NOT BEEN SOLVED SINCE THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND. RECALL# 02I002000 *SCC *JB

WHILE STOPPING VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND HOPPED FORWARD UNTIL IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, BUT COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. FRONT END WAS DAMAGED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. *AK *NLM