1999 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

SEVERE FRAME RUST. TRAILING ARM SEPARATIONS FROM THE FRAME DUE TO RUST. ACCORDING TO ISUZU CAR REQUIRES STAGE 4 REPAIR, BUT DEALER CANNOT PUT CAR BACK TOGETHER, BECAUSE THE FRAME ITSELF IS FALLING APART. FRAME WAS REINFORCED BEFORE IN MULTIPLE PLACES. *TR

WENT TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD CLINKING SOUND. AXLE SUPPORT BRACKET BROKE AND SHAFT HANGING DOWN. BUT LOOKING CLOSER THE ENTIRE REAR END OF FRAME HAS SIGNIFICANT RUST. RUST IS SO BAD THAT AREAS WHERE THE RECALLED BRACKETS ATTACH TO FRAME ARE ALMOST NON EXISTENT. AFTER SEEING THE EXTENT OF RUST AND CORROSION, I AM SURPRISED THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BROKEN IN HALF. I HAVE NEVER SEEN FRAME RUST AS BAD AS THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND GOING UPHILL WHEN THE LOWER LINK BRACKET FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A WELDING SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE METAL LINK NEEDED TO WELD THE LINK BRACKET BACK ONTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE IF IT WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A MUFFLER REPAIR WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME, REAR SUSPENSION AND EXTERIOR BODY WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL REMEDY WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RESPOND TO THE DEALER AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THAT HE WOULD BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

RECEIVED A RECALL FOR REAR SUSPENSION BRACKETS. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ISUZU SERVICE CENTER , WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS SO RUSTED THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE REAR BRACKETS AND IT WAS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM ISUZU FOR THE RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION BRACKET BEING BROKEN FROM THE FRAME, AND WAS TOLD WE WOULD BE HAVING OUR CARS PURCHASED BACK AT FAIR MARKET VALUE. NOW THAT THEY HAVE MY VEHICLE THEY SAY THEY WILL OFFER ME THE COST OF THE REPAIR AS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE SAFE AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE BRACKET THEY PROPOSE FIXES THE ISSUE. THIS CAR ALMOST KILLED ME WHEN THE BRACKET BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME AND NOW THEY SAY IF I DON'T TAKE THE $1500 THEY ARE GOING TO INSTALL THE BRACKET AND GIVE MY CAR BACK, ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE SAFELY DRIVABLE. I BOUGHT THIS FROM A LOCAL GARAGE FOR A FAIR PRICE AND HAD NO INDICATION OF THE FAILURE I WAS ABOUT TO ENCOUNTER. MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE COMPANIES HANDLING OF THE RECALL AND MANIPULATION OF THE WORDS IN THE RECALL TO SAY THAT ALL THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS THE BRACKET WHEN CLEARLY THE ISSUE IS FAR GREATER THAN THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS I SEEM TO HAVE LIMITED TIME TO DECIDE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ALLOWED 60 DAYS I AM NOT ! I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA TO BUY THESE BACK BUT NOT FORCING US TO TAKE HALF OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE. MY CAR WAS A DAILY DRIVER REGISTERED AND INSPECTED EVERYTHING IN WORKING ORDER UNTIL THE LINK SEPARATION. AT THAT TIME I PARKED IT ON THE SIDE OF MY YARD WHERE IT SAT FOR 9 MONTHS UNTIL IT WAS PICKED UP BY ISUZU. I HAVE OVER $2500 INTO IT , NOT INCLUDING MY LABOR AND FELT A GOOD 4X4 WAS ATLEAST WORTH THAT. I AM IN NO POSITION TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY ON MY OWN AND FEEL THEY ARE NOT TREATING PEOPLE AS THEY SHOULD. I HAVE LOOKED AT SEVERAL RODEOS AT DEALER LOTS THAT ARE GOING TO BREAK THE LINK, AND FOUND MOST OF THE FRAMES ARE LIKE MINE, ROTTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT ! THAT NEEDS TO BE THE RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. I THINK THE ISSUE WITH THE FRAME NEEDS TO BE COVERED BY THE RECALL AS THE SHEETMETAL FLOOR JUST NEXT TO THE ROTTED FRAME IS GOOD AS NEW.... . PLEASE REVIEW THE WORDING IN THIS RECALL AND THE FRAMES IN QUESTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO TOLD THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE REMEDY DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE FRAME. AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OFFERED, PER THE TERMS OF THE RECALL, BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TAKING HER VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL (10V436000- SUSPENSION:REAR) THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ISUZU'S LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 4, 2010 ([XXX], VEHICLE COMPLIANCE) FOR ISUZU RODEO RECALL 10V-436 APPEARS TO ERRONEOUSLY OMIT MY VEHICLE'S VIN WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED ON 1/13/1998 AND SHIPPED TO ORIGINAL DEALER IN MASSACHUSETTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TO WHOM IT CONCERNS , I HAVE A 1999 ISUZU RODEO LS THE BIG PROBLEM IS THE FRAME ON THIS SUV IS SO ROTTED FOR AND 11 YEAR OLD CAR THAT I,M VERY SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR IN ALL MY YEARS OF OWNING CAR AND TRUCKS I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FRAME LOOK LIKE THIS AND I,M A WELDER BY TRADE AND DON,T THINK I CAN FIX THAT FRAME . THE BODY IS GREAT AND THE INTERIOR IS SHARP , THE DRIVETRAIN IS FINE BUT THE RUST ON THE FRAME IS SO BAD THAT I WILL LOSE MY LIFE DRIVING THIS SUV . THE TUBE THAT HOLD THE BRAKE LINES IS RUST RIGHT OUT HOW CAN THE GOOD FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LET THIS GO ,WHY SHOULD I LOSE ALL THIS MONEY ON THIS SUV WHY ! *TR