1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES IN ONE YEAR. VEHICLE MAKES A SCRAPPING NOISE. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO CARPORT CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND DRIVER HIT A HOUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM/UNSTEADY IDLE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. OCCURS IN TRAFFIC WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND WHEN MAKING TURNS. HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE CALLS; TENDS TO GET YOUR FULL ATTENTION. 3 VISITS TO DEALER AND FACTORY INVOLVEMENT HAVE NOT SOLVED PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING, AND UPON MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKES RESPONDED, AND THEN GO OUT AND WILL NOT RE-ENGAGE UNTILL ALL TIRES ARE ON LEVEL GROUND AND ROTATING TOGETHER THEN THE BRAKES WILL SLOWLY RETURN AND PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. *JG *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS IDLING, RPMS WOULD REV UP TO 2500 RPMS. HAPPENS AT ANY TIME, DESPITE THE VARIOUS TEMPERATURE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *JG

DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, MECHANIC DETERMINED FRONT/REAR ROTORS AND ABS SENSOR HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ROTORS WERE EXTREMELY THIN. NO EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE OR VIBRATION REPORTED. *AK DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKES AND ANTI-SKID BRAKE SYSTEM HARNESS. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKE PEDAL LINKAGE IS SMALL AND TOO CLOSE TO THE GAS PEDAL, THIS CAUSES DRIVERS FOOT TO INADVERTENDLY PRESS THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS COULD NOT BE CHANGED, BECAUSE THAT IS THE DESIGN OF VEHICLE.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL IS TOO SMALL FOR AN AUTOMATIC, THE BRAKE PEDAL LINKAGE WAS DESIGNED WRONG AND IS BENT TOWARDS THE GAS PEDAL, THE LINKAGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED STRAIGHT DOWN AND THE PEDAL WELDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINKAGE.*SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE GASKETS WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO JERK OR BUMP ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS WARMED UP. *JB

THIS REQUEST IS BEING SUBMITTED FOLLOWING A FATAL ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THIS PAST SUMMER INVOLVING A 1999 RODEO. THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE ACCIDENT ARE SUSPICIOUS AS THE DRIVER APPEARED TO BE UNABLE TO STOP HIS CAR AND TRAVELED ACROSS AN ENTIRE MEDIAN OF AN INTERSTATE, HIT ANOTHER CAR HEAD-ON AND BURST INTO FLAMES UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER OF THE RODEO WAS MY DAUGHTER'S FATHER AND HIS CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DUE TO THERMAL BURNS. HE WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR AND BURNED TO DEATH. QUESTIONS: COULD BRAKE FAILURE HAVE CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT? ARE THERE REPORTS OF EXPLOSIONS/FIRES WITH THE ISUZU RODEO? CRASH TESTS? THE DRIVER DID NOT SUSTAIN LIFE THREATENING INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH. HE DIED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXPLODED INTO FLAMES AND HE WAS TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. HAVE THERE BEEN ANOTHER REPORTS FILED WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION WITH THESE CIRCUMSTANCES? PLEASE HELP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE, THE WHOLE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY STARTED TO SHAKE, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. 45 DAYS LATER, I RECEIVED MY VEHICLE BACK FROM THE DEALER IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION. SINCE THEN IT HAS CUT OFF AND DIED, OR JUST DIDN'T STARTUP 5 MORE TIMES, ALL OF WHICH RESULTED IN TOW SERVICE TO THE DEALER. *AK