1994 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

MOTOR STAYS OVERHEATED.*AK THE WATER PUMP, TIMING BELT, AND BYPASS HOSE HAVE BEEN REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES HESITATION. CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF NOISY BRAKES, ROTORS WERE GLAZED, ROTORS, PADS, AND SEALS WERE REPLACED, BRAKES CONTINUE TO MAKE NOISE. BATTERY CABLE WAS CORRODED. VEHICLE LURCHES INTO REVERSE, FUEL INJECTOR WAS LEAKING AND CAUSED LONG CRANK, ALL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED. REAR DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE DUE TO LATCH STICKING. *SLC ALSO THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS INOPERATIVE.*JB

ANY TIME I HAVE TIRES TAKEN OFF CAR , THE LUGS: NUTS: STUDS BREAK OFF. I HAVE HAD EVERY SERVICE PLACE TO TELL ME THEY DON'T LIKE WORKING ON ANY ISUZU BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE SPENT $500.00 REPLACING STUDS ON MY CAR. I WANT TO KNOW IF OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO WONDER HOW SAFE THESE CARS CAN BE. HAVE THERE BEEN REPPORT. *AK

THE MANUFACTURER SUPPLIED "STUDS" ARE MADE FROM AN INFERIOR METAL WHICH, OVER TIME WILL "SNAP OFF" WHILE DRIVING AND/OR SERVICING THE VEHICLE. MOREOVER, WHEN I REPLACED THE STUDS, I COULD ONLY USE THE SAME INFERIOR ISUZU STUDS TO REPLACE THE OLD ONES, BECAUSE I AM RESTRICTED TO ONLY USE THE ISUZU PARTS (NO OTHER PARTS WILL WORK DUE TO AN INHERANT DESIGN). I HAD TWO STUDS SNAP OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 2 MINOR CHILDREN IN THE CAR CAUSING ME TO TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

ON 2 OCCASIONS VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT FOOT ON ACCELERATOR AND SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT COULD NOT OVERRIDE ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF ENGINE AND COAST TO SIDE.*AK

LUG NUTS AND BOLTS ARE BRITTLE AND THREADS ARE BROKEN. BOLTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*AK

REAR DOOR LOCKS LOCK OR UNLOCK AT TIMES. WHEN CONSUMER FIRST BOUGHT VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK. BUT CURRENTLY, BOTH DOORS DO NOT LOCK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS WILLING TO FIX IT. CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *AK ALSO, THE WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *YH

CONSUMER HAS OWNED VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS. PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED 3 TIMES ALREADY, BUT IS REOCCURRING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK REAR DOORS DO NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH WATER RUNNING DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR AND CORRODING THE LOCKING CONTROLS, DEALER INSTRUCTED CONSUMER TO LUBRICATE THE DOORS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO KEEP THE PROBLEM FROM REOCCURRING, HOWEVER 7-8 MONTHS LATER PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN, DEALER STATES THIS IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. RADIO HAS HAD INTERNAL FAILURE, SPEAKER HAS SHORTED, AND LIGHTER DEFORMED, POSSIBLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH DRIVER'S REAR WHEEL FELL OFF WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. *AK ALL OF THE LIGNUTS AND ONE BOLT WERE MISSING ON LEFT REAR WHEEL WHEN THE DRIVER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE RIGHT AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS ALSO MISSING A LUG NUT. *YH

ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING PUSHED AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, AND BECAME STUCK. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND IN PARK. *AK THIS HAD OCCURED BEFORE AND THE CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. *YH

GAS PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR. BARELY ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME, MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CAUSED NEAR FATAL COLLISION. (I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE SEVERITY OF THE FIRST INCIDENT UNTIL AFTER THE SECOND OCCURANCE.)*AK