1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CROSSMEMBER WAS SNAPPED IN HALF. VARIOUS OTHER STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK IN PLACE WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THEY DID NOT OFFER TO REPAIR THE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD ONLY AUTHORIZE REPAIRS ON THE FAILURES COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:10V436000, SUSPENSION REAR WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE FUEL TANK SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE; YET, THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE FUEL TANK BRACKET WAS CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER FILED REPORT 10277020. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 144,000.

I HAVE A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. IN FEBRUARY 2011 THE FRAME BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT AND I LOST CONTROL AND ENDED UP FISHTAILING IN THE ROAD. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS AROUND FOR ME TO HIT. I TOLD IT TO THE ISUZU DEALER AND THEY "FIXED THE FRAME" BECAUSE OF THE RUST RECALL. TODAY I TRIED TO FILL UP WITH GAS AND ENDED UP WITH GAS COVERED FEET BECAUSE THE TANK AND BRACKETS HAVE RUSTED OFF. *TR

LIKE MANY OTHER ISUZU RODEO OWNERS MINE IS RUSTING PREMATURELY UNDERNEATH. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP FOR THE RECALL ON THE FRAME. THE SHOP INSTALLED THE RECALL REAR BRACKETS AND TOLD ME THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNSAFE AS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE FRAME AND UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS ROTTING OUT. IS SOMEONE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE ISUZU IS FORCED TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM?

1999 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER STATES FRAME BROKE WHILE DRIVING*TGW THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRAME RUSTED OUT ON BOTH SIDES, AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE SHOCK AREA. AT THE TIME, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF A RECALL UNTIL 2011. THE CONSUMER STATED NO BUSINESS IN THE AREA WANTED TO REPAIR THE FRAME OR EVEN WELD IT BACK TOGETHER. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO A DEALER TWO HOURS AWAY, JUST TO BE TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WORTH FIXING. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED ISUZU AND WAS INFORMED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN. THE DEALER INSTALLED A SMALL KIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND STATED THAT WAS ALL THEY COULD DO, BUT THERE WERE STILL FRAME ISSUES AND IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. *JB

I WAS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, DRIVING AT 30 MPH. I THEN FELT THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL RUBBING IN WHEEL WELL, I DISREGARDED IT. THEN WHILE DRIVING HOME AT 40 MPH I FELT THE WHEELS PULLING ODDLY. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND SAW THE FRAME WAS TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH AND THE REAR AXLE SUPPORT ARM RUSTED OFF THE FRAME. THIS MADE THE AXLE FREE FLOATING ON THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE OF THE VEHICLE (UNABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE AGAIN). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE UNDERBODY WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND WOULD ONLY COVER REPAIRS TO THE REAR OF THE UNDERBODY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEVERITY OF THE RUST DEEMED THE VEHICLE AS UNREPAIRABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER BEING DRIVEN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,088. UPDATED 06/06/11 *BF UPDATED 02/02/2012 *LN *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THREE DIFFERENT AUTHORIZED DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE SINCE THEY HAD SO MANY OTHER VEHICLE TO REPAIR. APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED ONTO THE EMERGENCY LAND AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE REAR CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS STILL IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED WHICH RESULTED IN A SLIGHT SEPARATION FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V058000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND BEYOND REPAIR AND ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO A SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,769.

MY ISUZU RODEO WAS RECALLED FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION/FRAME RUSTOUT PROBLEM.ISUZU HAULED IT TO BEDFORD ,OHIO TO THE FORMER DEALER. IT IS STAGE 5,NON-REPAIRABLE. ISUZU HAS NOT BEEN IN TOUCH CONCERNING BUYBACK OR ANYTHING. WHEN I CALL THEM,THEY ARE VERY RUDE AND ACT LIKE THEY COULD CARE LESS.WE ARE DOWN TO 1 CAR,MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT. THEY HAVE HAD THE TRUCK AND WE BOTH HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE FOR WEEKS NOW. THEY NEED TO MOVE FASTER OR HAVE MORE PEOPLE RESOLVING THIS.HONDA IS RENTING CARS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS,COURSE THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS,WHERE ISUZU ISN'T,BUT STILL,ITS NOT FAIR TO THE OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR