1998 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

I HAVE A 1998 ISUZU RODEO, CURRENTLY UNDER RECALL FOR A FAILING MOUNTING POINT BRACKET ON THE REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINK DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. UNDER THE RECALL, I QUALIFY TO HAVE A REINFORCEMENT BRACKET INSTALLED, HOWEVER THE INSPECTION HAS REVEALED A DEEPER ISSUE OF EXTENSIVE AND UNREPAIRABLE FRAME CORROSION. THIS IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY THE CURRENT RECALL AND MUST BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE. IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. DRIVING IT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLY DEATH TO THE OCCUPANTS. *TR

FRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. BROUGHT IN FOR RECALL ON BRACKETS AND THE DEALER, REFERRED TO ME BY THE ISUZU WEB SITE, SENT ME ON MY WAY WITHOUT WARNING ME OF ANY PROBLEMS. THE NEXT WEEK, MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DRIVEN IN SALT WATER FOR A YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THINGS WEAR OUT OVER TIME, BUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE STRONG AND LAST MORE THAN 10 YEARS. THEY ARE STILL SELLING THESE VEHICLES AT DEALERSHIPS WITHOUT WARNING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF THEIR ISSUES. THIS TO ME IS A BIG PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND WOULD NOT DRIVE THEM IN THIS VEHICLE, BUT SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO GET AROUND SOME OTHER WAY. TOYOTA BOUGHT THEIR FRAMES FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER THAT PROVIDED HONDA AND ISUZU WITH THEIR FRAMES AND THEY OFFERED TO BUY THEM ALL BACK, REALIZING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THEY RECENTLY JUST SETTLED WITH THAT MANUFACTURER FOR THE FAULTY FRAMES. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SWIFTLY AND NOT BY A VOLUNTARY RECALL ISSUED BY THE COMPANY TO TRY TO APPEASE OR STALL A CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTAC RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ACTUAL FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED, NOT JUST THE MOUNTING BRACKET. DUE TO THE ACTUAL FRAME BEING SEVERELY CORRODED THE RECALL REMEDY WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT IN CORRECTING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 03/08/11 *BF UPDATED 03/09/11

PARTS FALLING OFF MY FRAME WITH THE FRAME STILL ATTACHED TO THEM. SHOCKS. I HAVE A CASE NUMBER FOR OTHER PARTS FALLING OFF WITH FRAME ATTACHED. 10277055 FROM OCT 4. MY RECALL LETTER DID NOT SAY IT WAS GOING TO ADDRESS THE FRAME. SPOKEN TO OTHER ISUZU OWNERS WITH RECALL AND THERE CARS ARE SITTING IN SERVICE PARKING LOT AS UNREPAIRABLE AND UNDRIVEABLE. ISUZU HAS NOT DETERMINED WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE. I NEED A CAR. THE MECHANIC THAT LOOKED AT MY VEHICLES SAID SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE FRAME IS DISINTEGRATING. *TR

I OWN A 1998 ISUZU RODEO. I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ISUZU STATING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CORROSION ON THE FRAME. LAST JANUARY, WHEN I WENT TO GET MY INSPECTION STICKER, MY MECHANIC STATED HOW BAD THE RUST WAS ON THE UNDERSIDE AND ADVISED ME TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLE STATING THAT "IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE". I ENDED UP HOLDING ON TO THE RODEO UNTIL NOW AND UPON LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE(S) I HAD. LET ME STATE THAT I ALSO GET A 1998 FORD F-150 REPAIRED BY THE SAME MECHANIC. MY MECHANIC MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT HOW MY WORK TRUCK MAY LOOK ROUGH, BUT IT IS IN WAY BETTER SHAPE STRUCTURALLY THAN THE RODEO. THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME MANUFACTURING DATE, APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MILES, AND BEEN DRIVEN ON THE SAME MASSACHUSETTS ROADS WITH THE SAME SALT ON THEM. SO, MY QUESTIONS TO YOU ARE, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THIS RECALL IN MOTION? WHY ARE THEY ABLE TO STATE THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT EVEN THOUGH THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON LONG BEFORE ISUZU'S RECALL DATE, OR WHEN THEY NOTIFIED THE NHTSA? IT SEEMS AS IF THEY ARE GETTING KIND OF A PASS HERE. MY FRIENDS TOYOTA TACOMA WAS RECALLED A FEW YEARS AGO AND TOYOTA STOOD BY THEIR PRODUCT AND REIMBURSED HER THE VALUE OF THE TRUCK. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF STANDARD SET FORTH ON CERTAIN TYPES OF RECALLS. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF A FAULTY SEAT BELT OR RUSTING SPARE TIRE HOLDER, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF A CAR FALLING APART ON THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING IT POSSIBLY INJURING THE PASSENGERS AS WELL AS OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD. NO EXCUSES FOR HONDA OR ISUZU, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE FAULTS YEARS AGO WHILE SERVICING THE SAME VEHICLES IN THEIR GARAGES. TOYOTA GOT A PUBLIC LAMBASTING FOR FAULTS IN THEIR VEHICLES BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD A PEEP ABOUT HONDA OR ISUZU'S LACK OF INITIATIVE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLES. THANK YOU *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE SUSPENSION:REAR ( 00V058000). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REMEDY REPAIR STATED IN THE RECALL LETTER DOES NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRAME DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD LEAD TO A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,589. UPDATED 01/28/11 *BF UPDATED 02/07/11*JB

STARTING THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF ANTI THEFT. TURNING THE KEY TO START THE CAR WOULD NOT ELICIT ANY REACTION AT ALL. THE CAR IS DESIGNED SO THAT WHEN THE CAR IGNITION IS TURNED THIS GROUNDS THE ANTI-THEFT AND THE ELECTRICAL SIGNAL THEN CAN PASS TO THE STARTER. TO FIX THE PROBLEM WE GROUNDED THE ANTI-THEFT PERMANENTLY TO THE BODY FROM THE ENGINE MOUNTED FUSE BOX. *TR

CAR SPUN OUT ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE ROTTED FRAME, REAR WHEEL LOCKED OUT INSIDE FENDER HIT SNOW BANK . *TR

TL-THE DRIVER OWNS A 1998 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HE WAS INFORMED THE FUEL TANK AND UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. HE ALSO STATED THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. HE REPAIRED THAT FAILURE HIMSELF. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 77,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. SM.

MY 1998 ISUZU RODEO HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A VERY HIGH IDLE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1800 AND 2300 RPM MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THIS CAN CAUSE THE BRAKES TO WEAR DOWN FASTER AND OFCOURSE IT CONSUMES WAY TOO MUCH GAS I KNOW THAT I CAN OWN ANOTHER CAR BUT IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT I CAN'T EVEN FIND THE RIGHT SOURCE FOR THIS DILEMMA THE OFFICIAL ISUZU WED SITE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A REFERRAL OR ANY ATTACHMENT TO MAKE ANY KIND OF COMPLAINS OR AT LEAST A WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM. I'VE CHANGE MANY COMPONENTS BUT STILL NOT PROBLEM RESOLVE. IF YOU GOOGLE THIS ISSUE YOU WILL REALIZED THAT IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED BY ANY MEANS EVERYONE'S GUESSING BUT MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT I SUSPECT THAT THERE HAS BEEN MANY CLOSE CALLS OF NEAR PROPORTIONS TO HAVING ACCIDENTS OF SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. COULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PRONTO BEFORE ANYBODY GETS KILLED. I'M SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPERT ON CARS I DRIVE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES BUT I'VE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU: I'M KIND OF AFRAID TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR. I COMMUTE AT LEAST 50 MILES PER DAY. I HAVE NO CHOICE IN THE MEANTIME I NEED HELP. MY RESOURCES ARE NOT THAT ABUNDANT AS A MATTER OF FACT THIS CAR IS A FINE CAR BUT THE PARTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE NONETHELESS I TRY TO KEEP UP WITH IT AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE IS CONCERN AND THEN SOME BUT I FEEL THAT IN THE HANDS OF AN AVERAGE JOE BELIEVE ME THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE REPAIRS LET ALONE THE UP KEEP. THIS IS WHY I TRY TO MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON TO HAVE MY CAR RUNNING FINE AND CARE FREE. PLEASE HELP. SIGN DISTRESS DRIVER FROM NYC. *TR