2001 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE HANDLING OF MY ISUZU RODEO. I BROUGHT IT TO A SERVICE STATION. RUST HAD ROTTED THROUGH THE FRAME. IT WAS IN TWO PIECE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR

THE FRAME ON MY WIFE'S 2001 ISUZU RODEO LS RUSTED OUT. THE STABILIZER BAR ON THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER DETACHED FROM THE FRAME AND IS IRREPARABLE. THE VEHICLE HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO- 109,000 MILES. DRIVING IN TOWN, RODEO FELT UNSTABLE. PASSENGER SIDE STABILIZER BAR UNDERCARRIAGE RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE. LUCKY TO GET HOME SAFELY. THE VEHICLE IS UNDRIVABLE, NOT ROAD SAFE. OPENED A CASE WITH ISUZU BUT NOT CONFIDENT IN THEIR CONCERN. OTHER THAN THE RUSTED FRAME, TRUCK IS IN GREAT SHAPE. GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PUSH FOR A RECALL OR COMPENSATION. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO: 93,000 MILES FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED TO THE POINT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER ROAD SAFE. MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION RUN EXCELLENT. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO 80,000 MILES. OWNED 6 YEARS WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO FOREWARNING I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN HAD TO DRIVE UNDER 15 MPH TO SAFE SPOT. THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM BROKE AWAY FROM THE CAR. NEEDED TO BE TOWED. EXAMINED BY MECHANIC AND THEN EXAMINED BY A WELDER, AND INFORMED THAT IT IS UN REPAIRABLE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RUST TO THE FRAME. DEFECTIVE FRAME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 ISUZU RODEO, I HEARD A FEW LOUD POPS AND THEN MY TORCHEN BARS BROKE APART FROM THE FRAME CAUSING THE CAR TO SWERVE ALL OVER THE ROADWAY AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE . I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CARS FRAME HAD RUSTED AND THE TORCHEN BARS COULD NOT BE FIXED WITH OUT INSTALLING A NEW FRAME. THE VEHICLES POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS STILL IN EFFECT WHICH COVERS THE TORCHEN BARS HOWEVER, ISUZU CLAIMS THE FRAME IS NOT PART OF THAT WARRANTY. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY MECHANICS AND ALL HAVE STATED THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON IN RODEOS. I FEEL THAT THE FRAMES ON ISUZU RODEOS HAVE RUSTED PREMATURELY AND IS DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROADWAYS. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION DUE TO RUST, THERE ARE HOLES IN THE FRAME BY THE REAR STABILIZER BAR. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE FROM WHAT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME. ISUZU SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU CALL THEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND REAR TIRE BEGAN TO WOBBLE. I PARKED AND LEFT THE VEHICLE DUE TO AN IMMINENT APPOINTMENT, RETURNING AN HOUR LATER I INSPECTED THE TIRE AND FOUND THE CONTROL ARM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE HAD BROKE AWAY FROM THE FRAME, THANKFULLY I WAS IN A RELATIVELY SAFE AREA FOR THIS TO HAPPEN OTHERWISE INJURY OR CRASHES MAY HAVE OCCURRED. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE CORROSION/RUST WOULD MAKE A REPAIR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE MECHANIC THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AGREED WITH THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER IN DETERMINING THAT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO MAKE IT SAFELY DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING DRIVEN DUE TO THE FRAME RUST/CORROSION. *TR

A FEW DAYS AGO MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 ISUZU RODEO. HE NOTICED THAT EVERYTIME HE WOULD STEP ON THE GAS THE VEHICLE WOULD JOLT TO THE LEFT. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. MY FATHER WHO HAS BEEN A MECHANIC FOR 35 YEARS CRAWLED UNDER IT ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER REAR SUSPENSION LINK BRACKET ROTTED OF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS AND THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN MINT CONDITION. THE REST OF THE FRAME IS QUESTIONABLE. HE SAID THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX IT LEGALLY. CAN SUPPLY PICTURES IF NEED BE. *TR

HIT A BANKING WITH REAR TIRE AND THE FRAME OF MY ISUZU RODEO 2001 BROKE ON BOTH SIDES CAN NOT FIX THIS SUV FRAME IS ROTTEN . THERE IS A RECALL BUT ONLY ON 1998 AND 1999. *TR UPDATED 10/05/10 *BF THE ENTIRE FRAME IS RUSTED, NOT JUST THE REAR SUSPENSION. UPDATED 10/27/10 *BF UPDATED IVOQ 11/01/10