1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

BRAKES DON'T WORK ENGINE REV'S VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD CAN'T STOP NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PRESS ON BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEED CONSUMER CAN FEEL VIBRATION IN STEERING, AND IT REALLY GETS BAD, IT FEELS LIKE DRIVING ON CABLE STONE. *AK

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND IT SLID INTO A DITCH. REAR LEFT RIM BROKE IN PIECES, AND FRONT LEFT RIM CRACKED. VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. DEALER NO HELP AT ALL. *AK

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES CONSUMER CAN FEEL ABS KICKING IN. THEN WILL HEAR A POPPING NOISE, AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, BUT VEHICLE WON'T STOP. CONSUMER HAS TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. *AK

BRAKING DISTANCE IS TOO LONG. WHEN APPLYING BRAKE ABS WILL START, BUT IT TAKES TOO LONG TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER SAID AS LONG AS ABS LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON, SYSTEM IS WORKING . CONSUMER TEST DROVE A 2000 MODEL, BRAKING DISTANCE WAS MUCH SHORTER. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WERE SOME CASES WHERE TRUCK HAD A DELAYED STOP AND HAS CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS THAT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE. *AK

MY "NEW" TRUCK HAS A PROBLEM WITH IDLING VERY HIGH (2000RPM IN DRIVE/2400-2700 IN NEUTRAL) TO WHERE IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE FIRST 16MOS. OF OWNERSHIP. TOOK TRUCK TO O.C. JEEP/ISUZU IN MAR., 2000 - THEY "REPROGRAMMED PCM" (THE COMPUTER). 10/26/00 TOOK TRUCK TO MCKENNA ISUZU IN HUNT. BCH, CA FOR SAME PROBLEM - THEY "CLEANED TERMINALS & REPLACED" FRIED "CABLE TO BATTERY". 11/16/00 RETURNED TO MCKENNA W/SAME PROBLEM (HIGH-IDLE) - THEY "REPROGRAMMED PCM COMPUTER". THE IDLING PROBLEM CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH WHEN BRAKE IS NOT HELD FIRMLY, CAR DOES 35MPH(+) W/OUT GAS PEDAL ENGAGED, CAUSES DOWN-SHIFTING OF AUTO-TRANSM. TO BE VERY ROUGH. FEELS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN ACTING UP.

ON NINE SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED CAUSING FIVE COLLISIONS AND SLIDING THRU A CROSS WALK AT A SCHOOL INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES WILL PUMP & A SLOW GRATUATED STOP. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 10 TIMES..BUT NO HELP.*AK

DEALER HAS REPLACED 4 DIFF MUFFLERS. LAST TIME THEY ADMITTED IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT I WAS 6000 MI OUT OF LEMMON LAW.*AK

THERE WAS A LARGE ACCIDENT ON BELTWAY, I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF, IT WOULD NOT START TIL THE 4 TRY. THIS IS NOT THE 1ST OR 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN. AT THE DEALERSHIP ON THE MACHINE, IT SAID TRUCK WAS FINE. I WAS TOLD WAIT TIL IT GETS WORST.*AK