2004 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

RECURRING REDUCED POWER LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FASTER THAN 10 MPH, EFFECTIVELY DISABLING VEHICLE, COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS; THE "PROBLEM" COMES AND GOES AT RANDOM. *TR

THE FRONT END. I REPLACED SHOCKS ROTORS UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND STILL THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THIS INSPECTED , STILL CANT FIND THE SOURCE. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2004 RODEO FROM HONDA AT THEIR USED CAR SERVICE. THE STICKER HAD ON IT AS IS WARRANTY. UPON RETURNING HOME WE NOTICED THE PAPERWORK WE SIGNED DID NOT HAVE A SIGNATURE ON IT. THEY WERE NOTIFED AND THAT THE PRICE WAS WRONG ALSO, THEY DID NOTHING. A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN WE CHECKED IT, IT WAS O.K. BUT IT FELT DIFFERENT WHEN DRIVEN. THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS LEANING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. I WENT AND SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER AND EXPLAINED IT TO HIM AND HE INFORMED ME TO BRING IT IN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY WOULD PUT IT UP AND LOOK AT IT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS ILL AND CALLED AND WENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ANOTHER MANAGER DID NOT DO THAT, BUT RATHER DROVE IT AND SAID IT FELT FINE. I INSISTED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE STATED HE COULD HEAR NOTHING.A WEEK LATER IT IS RAINING HEAVILY AND THIS CAR IS VERY UNSTABLE FEELING. I CALL THE SALESMAN AND TELL HIM THAT THE STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND AND SOMETHING IS WRONG. THE SALESMAN WAS SHORT WITH ME AND SAID "YOU ARE JUST USED TO DRIVING YOUR BMW". I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS WRONG AND THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. HE TOLD ME "TAKE IT TO ISUZU". THIS WAS WELL WITHIN THE 30 DAYS. LATER ON DRIVING OVER 60 THE CAR STEERING WOULD SHAKE AND IT FELT TERRIBLE AND UNSAFE. I GO TO HONDA AND INSIST SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT NO ONE WILL PUT IT UP AND LOOK AT IT!!. WE GET THE PAPERS OUT AND DISCOVER WHERE CALIPER PINS WERE DONE, AND BACK BRAKES AND PADS DONE. THEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL IN 2005 FOR THE FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRES? THEY NEVER DISCLOSED THIS TO US. WE JUST PUT BACK BRAKES ON AND THEY SAID THEY WERE DISENGRATED? THE SHOCKS GONE, STRUT RE-ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT? 1400 MILES LATER, THEY SAID THEY DID THAT ALREADY? HONDA SAID WE DROVE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON? FOR 1400 MILES? THEY TOLD US THE BRAKES WERE BAD! THAT THEY HAD NEARLY HOLES IN THEM. NO WONDER! DO I HAVE ANY RE-COURSE AGAINST THEM. DOES THIS FALL UNDER CONSUMER FRAUD? *CN

DRIVING AT 35 MPH IN HEAVY FOG DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS (VEHICLE HAD BEEN WARMED UP FOR 5 MINS PRIOR TO LEAVING DRIVEWAY), TACHOMETER "JOLTED" (UP AND DOWN BOUNCING ON THE DASH DISPLAY) APPROX 3 TIMES WITHIN A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE OR LESS AT THAT SPEED, TACH NEEDLE CAME TO REST EACH TIME AT 0 RPM, THEN FINALLY NEVER REGISTERED OR MOVED AGAIN. NEVER HAD HAPPENED BEFORE. NOTE: TOOK THE RODEO THROUGH HIGH PRESSURE AUTOMATIC CARWASH THE EVENING BEFORE, NOTICED WHEN THE HIGH PRESSURE SOAP WAS APPLIED AS I SAT IN THE VEHICLE, SOAP CAME THROUGH ONTO MY HEAVY DUTY MATS FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE FIRE WALL AREA. THE SOAP PUDDLED ONTO THE MAT, WAS DRY THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT IN TO COME TO WORK THIS MORNING. THEN THE TACH FAILURE OCCURRED. THE LEAKING OR WEEPING HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY CAR WASH BEFORE LAST NIGHT. *TR

GAS GAUGE BAD. IT ALWAYS WENT DOWN IN A NON-LINEAR FASHION. AFTER 3 YEARS, IT SHIFTED BY 1/4. "EMPTY" MEANT 1/4 FULL. ON A WELL BELOW EMPTY TANK I COULD ONLY PUT IN 12 GALLONS INTO THE 19 GALLON TANK. FULL MEANT JUST PAST THE 3/4 TICK. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY IF I WOULD LET OFF THE GAS IT WOULD ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, SOMETHING JUST DIDNT FEEL RIGHT. I DECIDED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY , AND NOT MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS AFTER THERE WAS A LOUD BOOBING NOISE AND ALOT OF SMOKE, I IMMEDITLEY PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A JOLTING STOP . AT FIRST I WAS UNSURE OF WHAT IT WAS UNTIL I SAW ALL THE OIL. I LOOKED UNDER MY VEHICLE , AND THE DRIVE LINE THAT WAS CONECTED TO THE REAR END WAS COMPLETELY DETACHED AND LAYING ON THE GROUND. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE REAR END SEEMED TO BE LOCKED. AND THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED WHEN HE WAS UNLOADING IT FROM THE TOW TRUCK THE TIRES WOULDN'T TURN. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD JUST COME APART ON A VEHICLE. IT DIDN'T HAVE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THIS HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACTED STATED THAT HIS 2004 ISUZU RODEO'S STEERING IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES SPEEDS OF 70 MPH. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAS BEEN TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT END HAS NOT BEEN IN ALIGNMENT SINCE THEY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2004. THERE ARE NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHTS DURING THE FAILURE. A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *NM

(1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE: ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY 2004 ISUZU RODEO 2WD VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. (2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: ALL INCIDENCES OCCURRED WHILE WAITING AT EITHER A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN. HAD I NOT HAD MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE LUNGED FORWARD AND EITHER HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OR A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK. (3) WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE: ON JUNE 26, 2006, I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE ONLY AUTHORIZED ISUZU DEALERSHIP ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER CHECKING THE CAR OVER FOR TWO FULL DAYS, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT I WOULD NEED TO RECREATE THE SCENARIO FOR THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NOTE: POTENTIAL RELATED INCIDENT: ON MAY 4, 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. THE CAUSE: INOPERABLE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH REQUIRED LIGHT GENERAL REPAIRS (1900 DIAGNOSIS). *JB

WE BOUGHT A 2004 ISUZU RODEO MID-OCTOBER, 2004. WITHIN A WEEK OF HAVING THE CAR, THE REAR END WAS MAKING A VERY LOUD HUMMING NOISE WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR. IT HAPPENED WHEN DECELERATING AT ABOUT 45-55 MPH. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DECIDED THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REAR END - ON A WEEK-OLD CAR! WE TRIED TO GET THEM TO GIVE US A NEW VEHICLE, BUT THEY STOOD BY THE FACT THAT ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT WE SIGNED FOR OWNERSHIP WAS FOR THAT CAR AND THAT CAR ONLY. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE VEHICLE, SO THEY REPLACED THE REAR END. THE NOISE DID NOT GO AWAY WITH THE NEW REAR END, AND WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN A FEW TIMES SINCE THEN AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX ANYTHING. ONCE THEY TOLD US THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE AND THAT WE SHOULD DRIVE IT FOR ANOTHER FEW THOUSAND MILES AND SEE IF IT GOES AWAY. IT NEVER DID. WE BROUGHT IT IN A THIRD TIME A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEY AGAIN REPLACED THE REAR END, BUT THE NOISE DID NOT STOP AND IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS WORSE. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. *NM

ON 01/07/06 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 A.M. THE REAR WINDOW IN MY 2004 ISUZU RODEO SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE WINDOW CONTAINED A REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WHICH WAS USED EARLIER THAT NIGHT TO DEFROST THE WINDOW, AND HAD BEEN TURNED OFF EARLIER. *JB