1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE MY COMPLAINT ON THE ISUZU COMPANY. I HAVE (HAD) A 1999 ISUZU RODEO LX WITH 78,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED REGULARLY OIL CHANGES ETC.EVER SINCE I HIT 40,000 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF, MY GAS GAUGE WENT OUT SAYING I AM ALWAYS ON EMPTY (500.00 TO FIX) AND NOW AT ONLY 78,000 MILES MY ENGINE HAS BLOWN!!!!! $4,500.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. MY STORY HAS A LOT MORE TO IT BUT I CANNOT WRITE IT ALL. I TOKE IT IN SEVERAL TIMES TO THE ISUZU SERVICE CENTER IN AUSTELL GEORGIA TO EDDIE AND TOLD THEM SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRUCK. IT HAD A GAS SMELL TO IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND IT WAS RUNNING SLUGGISH. MIND YOU I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. EACH TIME THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG UNTIL AFTER MY WARRANTY WAS UP!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE FOUND THAT 100'S OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WANT OT FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT RECOMMEND TO ME BY MY LAWYER.*AK

I WAS DRIVIING DOWN A FREEWAY OFFRAMP AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY FAILED. I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND ALL THE HAPPENED WAS THAT THEY MADE A BOUNCING NOISE BUT DID NOT ENGAGE. I HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHERE I THEN GOT HIT AND PUSHED INTO A GUARDRAIL.*AK

A FAULTY REAR SPEED SENSOR CAUSED THE ABS LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING. *NLM *SCC *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABS MODULE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER FELT THE VEHICLE PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. *MR THE ABS MODULE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE 021002. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE RECALL AND THE FAILURE OF THE ABS WERE NOT RELATED AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. *TT *JB

LEASE IS COMPLETE ON JULY 9, 2003. ON JUNE 26, 2003 WITH ONLY 43,947 MILES, WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN A CORNER, THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE RADIATOR TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSED THE FOLLOWING NEEDED REPAIRS: REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKET, MANIFOLD GASKET, RADIATOR, VALVE GRIND GASKET, PCM MODULE AND VARIOUS SMALL TICKET ITEMS SUCH AS THE OIL FILTER AND COOLANT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CALLED FOR WARRANTY INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY A 3 YR, 50,000 MILE WARRANTY WAS AVAILABLE. I THEN CALLED ISUZU CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TOLD ABOUT THE 5 YR, 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. CONTACTED OUR LOCAL ISUZU DEALER WHO STATES THAT ONLY THE HEAD GASKET IS COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND THE REMAINING REPAIRS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO EVALUATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS NEGLECTED. UNTIL JUNE 26, 2003, THE ONLY MAINTENACE REQUIRED BY THIS VEHICLE WAS ROUTINE OIL CHANGES AND COMPLETION OF RECALLS, WHICH WE WERE ONLY NOTIFIED ABOUT ONE OF THE THREE RECALLS. ALL THREE RECALLS WERE COMPLETED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY VARIOUS MECHANICS, THAT ALL THE DAMAGE TO THIS ENGINE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET. IF THE HEAD GASKET HAD NOT FAILED, NONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR ISUZU DEALERSHIP WHO COMFIRMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 1999 ISUZU RODEO. IF THE WARRENTY COVERS THE HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT, IT SHOULD ALSO COVER THE REPAIR AND/OR REPLACEMENT OF ALL SYSTEMS DAMAGED BY THIS FAILURE. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRAQNTY. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING TOWED FROM OUR LOCAL MECHANIC TO A LICENSED ISUZU DEALER FOR REPAIRS, WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE VEHICLE UNTIL JULY 3, 2003 AT THE EARLIEST. *AK

NAR 06/26/2003 GEICO INSURANCE CLAIM. *MR CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF THE WET ROADWAY AND COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COLLISION DAMAGES. *PH *CB

VEHICLE REVS UP WHEN IDLING, AT A STOP SIGN IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. AND AFTER ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS OF DRIVING IT, MY ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

ISUZU 1999 RODEO. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 6-17-03 AND ON THE WAY HOME THE ABS LIGHT WENT ON. WHEN I WENT TO SHUT OFF THE CAR THE MODULE KEPT RUNNING. WE HAD TO POP THE ABS FUSE FOR IT TO STOP. SO THE CAR WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY. FROM THERE IT WENT TO AN ISUZU DEALER TO FIX. THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM ISUZU NEEDS TO DEAL WITH.*JB

AFTER A RECALL ON THE ABS SYSTEM WAS REP[AIRED SENSOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICE AND TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE WORK PERFORMED ON VEHICLE AND WAS CHARGED WHEN NOTICE STATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE. *MR *JB