1998 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

WHILE MAKING A TURN OR WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP, COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS, BUT NOTHING WAS RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE. THE ONLY WAY VEHICLE WILL STOP IS WHEN DRIVER PRESSES PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. *AK

VEHICLE GOES DOWN THE HILL AND CAN'T STOP, IT ACCELERATES. IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS TO CUT CAR OFF OR BE ON FLAT SERVICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STARTED JERKING UNTIL IT STOPPED BY ITSELF, AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT NEVER CAME ON THE DASH WHEN VEHICLE CUT COMPLETLY OFF. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED ENGINE NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 60-65MPH. KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT& VEHICLE WANDERS TO THE LEFT. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER, FOUND THAT PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY TIRES. *AK *ML

VEHICLE VIBRATES BETWEEN 60-65MPH. ALSO, THERE'S A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT & STEERING IS NOT EASY TO CONTROL. VEHICLE WILL WANDER. *AK *ML

FRONT END MAKES A LOUD CLONKING SOUND WHENEVER VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND IS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN TRUCK IDLED AND IT FELT LIKE IT WOULD DIE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER FIRST TIME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE NEXT WEEK WAS ON TOLLWAY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AGAIN IT FELT LIKE THE TRUCK WOULD DIE AND AGAIN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN. THET RAN THE CAR FOR 2 HOURS STRAIGHT AND DROVE CAR FOR 8 MILES. COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD 10875 MILES . SINCE THAT TIME HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN .WHEN I STOP THE TRUCK AT LIGHTS SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THE ENGINE RMPS GO UP AND DOWN AND TRUCK WANTS TO DIE BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT GONE ON. REGARDING THE BRAKES ONE TIME WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR WAS DRIVING 30 MILES AND HOUR TO A STOPLIGHT. IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES HAD NO GRIP IMMEDIATELY. TOOK FOOT OF BRAKE AND REAPPLYED AND THE TRUCK STOPPED. HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS TRUCK HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL THAN A CAR WOULD HAVE. THIS IS MY FIRST SUV. I HAVE RECENTLY HEARD ON THE NEWS ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. I DRIVE CHILDREN AROUND IN THIS CAR AND HAVE BECOME VERY CAUTIOUS AT INTERSECTIONS. I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRUCK THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AND ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULD POTENTIALLY HIT IF THE BRAKES WENT OUT. I CALLED THE DEALER TO ASK ABOUT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND WAS RUDELY TOLD THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. ANY INFORMATION ABOUT EITHER OF THESE PROBLEMS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ALSO I READ THERE WAS A RECALL INVOLVING PAINT ON THE BUMPER BEING A PROBLEM. HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THE DEALER REGARDING THIS. I AM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS VECHICLE. I AM 42 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A VECHICLE I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE. *AK

75% OF THE TIME WHEN I ATTEMPT TO STOP DURING A RAIN STORM, WHEN DRIVING ON BUMPS OR STOPPING ABRUPTLY MY BRAKES "SLIP". IT FEELS LIKE I'M PRESSING DIRECTLY ON THE METAL. WHEN I PUMP THE BRAKES IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL. I EXPRESSED THIS PROBLEM TO A LOCAL ISUZU DEALER WHEN GETTING MY 30,000 MILE SERVICE. HE CHEKCED IT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKES WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. HE COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON FOR THE BRAKES TO DISFUNCTION. I TOOK HIS WORD FOR IT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE WHILE DRIVING OVER A RAIL ROAD TRACK AND THE BRAKES "SLIPPED" AGAIN. I, AS THE MAIN DIRVER OF THIS VEHICLE, HAVE GOTTEN USED TO THIS AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHENEVER I AM IN ANY OF THE 3 SITUATIONS MENTIONED. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM NOT THE ONLY DRIVER AND IT IS A CONCERN OF MINE THAT ANOTHER PERSON DRIVING MY CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO REACT AND GET THEMSELVES INTO A SERIOUS, POSSIBLY FATAL, ACCIDENT. BESIDES MY LOCAL DEALER, WHICH HASN'T BEEN MUCH HELP, I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU. *AK