1997 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. CONSUMER COULD NOT CHANGE THE TIRE BECAUSE LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS WERE ON TIGHTLY. CONSUMER TRIED AGAIN AND DRIVER SIDE LUGS/NUTS SHEARED OFF. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE LUGS/NUTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS IS WAS THE SECOND SET OF LUGS/NUTS THAT WERE REPLACED. *AK THE VEHICLE'S LUG NUTS HAVE ALSO BROKEN DURING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION. *NM

WHILE CHANGING OUT A FLAT TIRE, THE LUGS: NUTS STRIPPED THE BOLTS WHICH FASTEN TO IT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. EVEN WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCING, THE SERVICE FACILITIES STRIP THE LUGNUTS. ISUZU DEALERSHIP INDICATES IT IS THE SERVICE FACILITIES TORQUING OFF THE LUGNUTS AT MAXIMUM PSI, HOWEVER, ALL FACILITIES INDICATE VERY POOR QUALITY IN METAL OF LUGS: NUTS. *AK

I HAVE HAD 2 BRIDGESTONE P245/70R16 TIRE HAVE THE TREAD COME OFF WHILE I WAS DRUIVING 65 MPH. 1ST IN MARCH 2004 AND 2ND LAST WEEK ON 7/23/2004, BOTH CAUSED FENDER DAMAGE - LEFT REAR AND FRONT RIGHT.*AK

TOOK CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE AND BRAKE CHECK...ISUZU CERTIFIED TECH WOULD NOT REMOVE TIRES AS STUDS WOULD BREAK.BRAKES NOW SQUEALING AND NOW AFRAID THAT MORE STUDS WILL BREAK.CONTACTED ISUZU 1-800 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO INCORRECT TORQUE FROM OTHER REPAIRS TOLD BY GARAGE IT WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WHICH FUSED THE TWO TOGETHER COMMON DEFECT ON 97 RODEOS. *AK

THE PAINT/CLEAR COAT ON MY VEHICLE HAS OXIDIZED. IT STARTED ON THE HOOD AND HAS PROGRESSED TO TOP AS WELL.*AK

WHILE REPLACING A FLAT TIRE ONE OF THE ALUMINUM LUGS NUTS BROKE. PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT TWO LUGS NUTS BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE SUDDENLY IDLES BETWEEN 1,500 TO 2,500 RPM. PROBLEMS SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN DURING WINTER MONTHS--FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. TOOK VEHICLE TO ISUZU DEALER IN TUCSON, AZ. DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK, WAS ABLE TO "DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE.HIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE ENGINE "RACES" AT STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, ETC. AND IS HARD TO HANDLE. WAITING FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN....MAYBE THIS YEAR. *AK

I OWN A 1997 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 26, 2003. I EXITED THE VEHICLE CLOSING MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WHEN UNEXPECTEDLY THE ENTIRE BACK WINDSHIELD SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. THE GLASS WAS NOT FRACTURED OR BROKEN PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, NOR DID ANY OBJECT HIT THE WINDSHIELD IT JUST SHATTERED. THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE AND ISUZU FELT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM COST ME $527 TO REPLACE. QUITE A SET BACK FOR AN INDEPENDENT COLLEGE STUDENT. I HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, WHICH ISUZU WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY MOST INCLUDING THE WINDSHIELD WERE SAFETY HAZARDS AND HAD SOMEONE BEEN A PASSENGER IN THE BACK OF VEHICLE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. PLEASE HELP I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS VEHICLE. *LA

THE ENGINE OVERHEATED WITH ONLY 53,000 MILES OF VERY EASY DRIVING AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE. NEEDS MAJOR REPAIRS AND HAVE REPLACED LUG NUTS EVERY TIME TIRES ARE ROTATED ETC. *JB

BOTH THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGEERS AUTOMATIC WINDOWS HAVE BROKEN. THE MIDDLE CONSOLE IS BROKEN. THE HOOKS FOR THE BACK SEAT DO NOT LATCH THE SEAT AND THE SEAT FLIES FORWARD DURING BRAKING (A DISTRACTING HAZZARD). THE ENGINE MAKES A TICKING NOISE. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO GET TOO HOT. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO SMELL OF OIL EVEN AFTER SHORT TRIPS. THE BELTS MAKE LOUD NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS JUST STARTING - I JUST HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE STATION AND THE SERVICE MAN SAID HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.