2001 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE 3/8 OF AN INCH MOVEMENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE OR MADE A TURNS, THE VEHICLE MADE A FUNNY SOUND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART, AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE NEXT DAY, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT ALL. DRIVER CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK

COMPLAINT REGARDING DEFECTIVE BRIDGESTONE TIRE DUELER H/L'S.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND CRACKED, THE FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE DEALER STATED THAT WAS NOT CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *JB

WHEN BRAKING ON OCCASION VEHICLE WILL DIE, ALSO ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE REDUCE POWER AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE VEHICLE . ALSO, IDLE SURGES. THE CONSEQUENCES COULD RESULT IN BEING HIT FROM BEHIND WHEN SUDDEN STOPPING. ALSO , THE REDUCE POWER RESULTS IN NOT GOING OVER 20 MPH AT MAXIMUM WITH PEDAL ON HILL WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT SINCE IN THIS MODE VEHICLE CANNOT CLIMB HILLS AND ON HIGHWAY COULD BE DANGEROUS SINCE SUDDEN SPEED DROP. ON TWO OCCASIONS HAVE HAD VEHICLE CHECKED. RESULT SHOWED THROTTLE POSTION SENSOR ON DIAGNOSTIC TEST CHANGED BOTH SENSORS ONE TWICE WITH NO POSTIVE RESULTS . *AK

FUEL GAUGE WAS READING INCORRECTLY. IT WOULD INDICATE THAT I WAS ABOUT OUT OF FUEL WHEN I ACTUALLY HAD ABOUT 1/2 A TANK LEFT. ISUZU DEALERSHIP IS REPLACING THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. *JB

ENGINE IDLING INCREASED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE/DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RACING OF THE ENGINE GETS WORSE AND AN SMELLS OF OIL BURNING THE LONGER THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. *TC

VEHICLE WAS PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN.*AK

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE 45,000 MILES. ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHILE IN DRIVE OR FROM A STOP, CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE DESPITE PUSHING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. TRIED STOPPING CAR (TO PARK AND BACK TO DRIVE) BUT DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. SEEMS TO GO AWAY IF I SHIFT TO GEAR 3 THEN BACK TO DRIVE. IF LEFT IN DRIVE, SLOWLY DRIVES FIVE MILES PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS. ONLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS, MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATING. TOOK INTO DEALER. COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM DUE TO NOT DUPLICATABLE PROBLEM. GUESSED THAT IT WAS THE INHIBITOR SWITCH, BUT COULD NOT TELL ME FOR SURE. SPOKE WITH ISUZU AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO NOTHING UNTIL IT BREAKS COMPLETELY. NO PARTS REPLACED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH 2001 ISUZU RODEO. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THEY WOULD SLIDE, THEN STOP. TWO SMALL CHILDREN WOULD BE WITH THE CONSUMER WHEN THESE PROBLEMS WOULD OCCUR. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS GOING DOWN A HILL APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE SOUNDED AS IF THE ENGINE WAS RAISED AND THE VEHICLE ALMOST SLID INTO TRAFFIC. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE SLIDING WAS THE ABS KICKING IN. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE CONSUMER ALSO FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE NEED A MASTER CYLINDER CAP AND DIAPHRAGM FOR THE BRAKE FLUID. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED JERKING AND FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED COMPENSATION FOR THESE ISSUES. *SC *JB