2000 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AND WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR SHOCK BRACKETS WERE RUSTED AND FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE BRACKETS STRUCK THE BRAKE LINES AND CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKING POWER. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE BRAKE LINES BUT THE RUSTED SHOCK BRACKET WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CALL BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN 2008 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START SO THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND SUBFRAME HAD HOLES DUE TO CORROSION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT ON MY WAY TO WORK AND HEARD A VERY LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. DROVE ABOUT 100 FEET DOWN THE ROAD BUT MY RODEO BEGAN TO FISH TAIL AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH TO FIND THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SUSPENSION BRACKET HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF THE FRAME. CALLED ISUZU RECALL NUMBER AND WAS SET UP WITH A DEALER 2 HOURS AWAY AND A TOW TRUCK CAME TO PICK UP MY RODEO AND BRING IT TO BE FIXED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

2000 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER STATES REAR BRACKET WAS RUSTED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT DETACHED FROM THE FRAME AND VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A JUNK YARD, BECAUSE NO BUSINESS WANTED TO RISK REPAIRING IT, BECAUSE THEY STATED IT WOULD MOST LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIABLE. A YEAR LATER, THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE SAME FAILURE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR, THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THEY COULD NOT PERFORM ANY REPAIRS DUE TO SEVERE RUSTING BEYOND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER THAT THEY WOULD OFFER HER A SETTLEMENT FOR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED AS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 149,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED A SECOND TIME WHILE THE TECHNICIAN WAS TEST DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BEING DONE BY THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRACKETS FOR THE SUSPENSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIRS WOULD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST A MONTH BUT DID NOT VERIFY AN EXACT DATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE RECALL 10V436000, SUSPENSION REAR WAS BEING PERFORMED BY THE DEALER THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE UPPER LINKS TO BE REPAIRED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE UPPER LINKS FOR THE RECALL. HE WAS ALSO ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY COULD NOT WELD THE UPPER LINKS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTO WELDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER WANTED HIM TO SIGN A RELEASE STATING THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE UPPER LINK FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT WAS HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR UNRELATED FAILURES WHEN THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE UNDER FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST FOR A CORRODED INTAKE SYSTEM AND FUEL TANK FILLER NECK. DUE TO THE CORROSION OF THE FUEL TANK FILLER NECK THE CONTACT WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO REFUEL THE VEHICLE WITHOUT GASOLINE SPILLAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE DRIVER REAR SIDE SUSPENSION FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO STATED THAT THE CONTROL SOCKET ON THE DRIVER SIDE AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK, THE FUEL BEGAN TO SPILL BACK OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE HOLES IN THE FUEL LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000.