1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

AT 9K MILES THE CAR STALLED WHILE AT STOP LIGHTS - DEALER SAID THEY FORGOT TO UPDATE THE COMPUTER CHIP IN THE CAR - AT 21K MILES THE AIR CONDITIONER AND TURN SIGNALS FAILED AND THE CAR WOULD SHIFT HARD WHILE ACCELERATING AT 15-20 MPH THEN AGAIN AT 50 MPH - ALSO HARD SHIFT AT 15 MPH ON THE DOWN SHIFT - DEALER SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT 21K MILES !!! NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN AND I DROVE CAR FOR 11 DAYS - EXACT SAME PROB REOCURRED (AIR & TURN SIGNALS FAILED & HARD SHIFT) - DEALER SAID IT WAS THE DRIVE TRAIN - THEY TOOK IT APART AND LUBED IT THEN RETURNED CAR TO ME - DROVE CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND EXACT SAME PROB REOCURRED (AIR AND SIGNALS FAILED AND HARD SHIFT) - DEALER SAID IT WAS AN EXPOSED WIRE WHICH THEY REPLACED - PICKING UP CAR TOMORROW SO WE'LL SEE IF THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS A FOURTH TIME . *AK

DRIVER KEEPS GETTING FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS. DEALER SAYS NOTHING CAN BE DONE, IT IS A DESIGN FLAW.*AK

EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURES 3 TIMES WITHIN 1 WEEK; ABS LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF; WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH, HEARD A GROANING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA, COULD NOT PRESS BRAKE DOWN (IT SEEMD "LOCKED"), HAD TO PULL UP EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS, ISUZU SERVICE TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKE SYSTEM AND SAID THEY COULD NOT "DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM"*AK

MY BRAKES HAVE STOPPED WORKING WHEN I AM BRAKING AND HIT A BUMP. THE BRAKES ARE ALSO VERY SOFT AND HAVE TO BE PUMPED TO INSURE THAT I HAVE ADEQUATE BRAKING POWER. MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS AFTER COMING TO A STOP THEN STARTING FORWARD AGAIN. ALSO, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION PROBLEM AND IS DANGEROUSLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN SIMPLE AVOIDABLE MANUEVERS AT 55 MPH AND HIGHER.

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED THEY SLIP AND IF GOING OVER ANY BUMP OF ANY SIZE THE BRAKING SYSTEM LOCKS/SLIPS AND YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HTOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS HOW I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL DRIVES TEST DRIVE AND IT DOES THE SAME THING TO THEM. ALSO, ANOTHER 1999 RODEO OWNER SAID THEIR'S DOES THE SAME THING AND IT IS SCARY NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO STOP YOU OR IF YOU ARE GOING TO SLIDE INTO PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFICE, ETC..... ISUZU HAS A RECALL RELATING TO LOWER BACK LINK AND HAVE HAD THIS WORK DONE.*AK

WE WERE INVOLVED IN A REAR-END CRASH AND THE SEATS BROKE, RESULT IN HITTING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BACK AND ARE SUFFERING SERVE PAIN, I FEEL THAT IF BOTH SEATS HAD NOT BROKE THEY WAY THEY DID THEN THE INJURY WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SO SERIOUS AND PAINFUL.*AK

VEHICLE WAS REARENDED WHILE MOVING SLOWLY IN TRAFFIC. FRONT SEATS HAD COLLAPSED BACKWARDS TO SIDE AND BECAME TWISTED. THEY ALSO CAME LOOSE FROM SEAT ANCHORS. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED SOME INJURIES, AND HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK *JB

VEHICLE SEEMS TO ACCELERATE ON IT OWN, WHEN IN PARK THE RPM WOULD BE AT AROUND 2 AND IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON ITS OWN UP TO 15 T0 20 MPH, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT A 1 WEEK BUT THEN IT GOT EVEN WORSE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEARLERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE WIRES WERE RUSTED SO THEY WERE REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP ON ITS OWN AND CONSUMER HAS TO BREAK EVEN HARDER TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *JB

ON DRY PAVEMENT WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND ABS ACTIVATED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. ABS WAS ACTING WHEN IT SHOULD NOT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, NO BRAKING ACTION. CONSUMER CAN HEAR ABS SYSTEM KICKING IN, BUT NO BRAKING ACTION EITHER . *AK *JB