1998 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

AFTER DRIVING FOR OVER 200 MILES VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL OUT ON EXIT RAMPS. ISUZU HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED MANY TIMES WHEN SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR TO BRING IT TO A STOP AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING. DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. *YH

THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY I-35 IN GEORGETOWN TX. THE CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND VERY HOT. ABOUT 115 DEGREES. WHEN THE TIRE SEPERATED I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WENT INTO THE MEDIAN AND FLIPPED 3 TO 4 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE SEPERATED TREAD FOR ME.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/75R15 )

ON NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC THE RPMS JUMPS TO 2200-2400. WHEN BRAKE ARE LIGHTLY APPLIED, THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY LURCHS FORWARD, THE DEALER CLAIM THAT THE POWER STEERING SWITCH LINKED TO THE THROTTLE WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE JUMPS. *YH

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES RESPONDED LATE. AFTER REAPPLYING BRAKES WITH TWO FEET, VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUR 35MPH ON MAIN STREET AND WAS APPROACHING STOP LIGHT, WENT TO APPLY HIS BRAKES, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. ABS BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON DASH PANEL. CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES, AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL.THEN, HE APLLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE THREE DAYS. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

DO NOT BUY ONE! HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE 2 YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN SHOP 10 TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS: ELECTRICAL, STRANGE NOISES FROM EVERYWHERE, CHECK ENGINE CHECK LIGHT FOR NO REASON, VALVE NOISE(S) AT 15K MILES, RECALLS, ETC. *AK

WHILE PREPARING TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT ABOUT 30 MPH, LIGHT TURNED RED AND CONSUMER PRESSED ON BRAKES. BUT, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING. AS CONSUMER REPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. THE DEFECT DID NOT GIVE CONSUMER CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE NEVER GAVE A WARNING SIGNAL.*AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HAD NO BRAKES. VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD SUDDENLY & HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THAT ABS SYSTEM WAS THE CAUSE, AND DEALER COULD NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER CLAIMS DEFECTIVE ABS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED. *YH

VEHICLE HAD A ROUTINE SERVICE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WHICH COST ABOUT $400. WHEN DRIVING, FOR THE PAST WEEK OR TWO, THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE MAKING A PUMPING NOISE WHEN DEPRESSED. THE SERVICE CENTER REPORTED THAT BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE COMPLETELY WORN AND WARPED. I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY COULD HAVE MISSED THIS IN THE LAST SERVICE VISIT. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL (00V058) REPAIR OF THE REAR AXLE WHICH WAS MAKING THE NOISE, RETURNED AFTER BEING REPAIRED ONE DAY. *ET