2002 ISUZU RODEO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE AUTOMOBILE SUDDENLY LOST THE POWER. THE ENGINE OIL WAS GONE. I PUT SLIC50 WITH MY ENGINE OIL AND THE ENGINE DID NOT BURNED COMPLETELY. HOWEVER, WITHOUT SLIC50, THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY BURNED AND CAUSED THE ACCIDENT ON I-285 IN ATLANTA.*AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE REAR TINTED WINDOWS SHATTERED AFTER THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE TINT APPLIED ON THE WINDOW. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINEDTHAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I HAVE HAD MY RODEO SPORT FOR A LITTLE OVER 2YEARS. MY CD PLAYER HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS NOW. IT FREQUENTLY DISPLAYS ERR1. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALSO STOP DURING INTERMITTENT SETTING AND II HAVE TO BE SURE TO TURN THEM OFF WHILE THEY ARE AT BOTTOM OF WINDSHIELD OR THEY WILL STOP WHERE THEY ARE AT THE TIME. I TOOK MY CAR IN AND WAS TOLD THE CD PLAYER NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED AND IT NEEDS AN NEW WIPER MODULE. THESE TWO THINGS COMBINED WILL COST ME APPROX. $600.00. I FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD NOT BE RELATED TO A DEFECT SINCE MY CAR IS JUST OVER 2YRS OLD.*AK

I HAVE A 2002 ISUZU RODEO LS WITH A SIX CYLINDER ENGINE AND A 2 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION IS SEALED AND THE OWNER'S MANUAL REQUIRES SERVICE AT 120,000 MILES. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN THE VEHICLE UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS, AND I HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. NONETHELESS, MY TRANSMISSION RECENTLY STARTED TO SHUDDER AND LURCH WHEN THE VEHICLE INITIALLY ACCELERATED FROM LOW TO SECOND GEAR. WHEN THIS PROBLEM BEGAN, THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 55,500. THE PROBLEM GREW PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AND I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AT ABOUT 56,000. THE DEALERSHIP TO WHICH I TOOK THE CAR ADVISED ME THAT A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE BAD AND THAT THEY HAD SEEN SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH SIMILAR VEHICLES AND THAT ISUZU HAD A REPLACEMENT PART TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. IF IT IS INDEED A DEFECTIVE PART, I THINK A RECALL MAY BE WARRANTED FOR SAFETY REASONS. MOST NOTABLY, THE PROBLEM CAUSED MY CAR TO MOMENTARILY STOP ACCELERATING IN LOW GEAR, AND ON ONE OCCASION, THE DELAYED ACCELERATION CAUSED A CLOSE CALL BECAUSE MY CAR MOMENTARILY STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT-HAND TURN. THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT AFTER SHUDDERING AND NOT ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY CATCH THE GEAR AND LURCH FORWARD, AGAIN, A SAFEY CONCERN DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE CAR.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT GOT STUCK. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE COMPUTER SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK WHILE SWITCHING TO THE HOV LANE THE GAS PEDAL STUCK. CAR FINALLY STOPPED ACCELORATING AFTER THREE MINUTES. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT RETURN THE CONSUMERS CALLS. *TC

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/ BACK UP LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, WHEN MAKING A TURN THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER STATED THESE PROBLEMS STARTED ONE YEAR AGO. *AK

THIS COMPLAINT CONCERNS MY 2002 ISUZU RODEO VEHICLE. WHILE TRAVELING FROM DALLAS TO BEAUMONT, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE STOPPED AND THE OIL AND WATER WAS FINE BUT THE LIGHT CONTINUED TO BURN. AFTER CHECKING THE OWNER'S MANUEL I LEARNED THAT THE LIGHT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMMISSION CONTROL. THE MILEAGE ON THIS VEHICLE WHEN I ENTERED THE DEARLERSHIP WAS 23,815 MILES AND THE CAR NOT ONLY HAS IZUSU'S WARRANTY BUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS/100,000 MILES. AFTER JK CHEVROLET/ISUZU SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECKED OUT THE PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THAT THE EGR FUEL SYSTEM UNIT NEEDED SERVICE AND THAT THERE WAS CARBON DEPOSITS AND CORROSION BUILD UP WHICH RESTRICTED THE FLOW OF UNBURNED FUEL MIXTURE TO THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALE (EGR). I MIGHT ALSO NOTE THAT PRIOR TO THIS I WAS GETTING 13 MILES PER GALLON ON THIS VEHICLE.....THE ADVERTISED AVERAGE IF 17 TO 23 MPG. ISUZU REFUSED TO COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY SINCE THEY STATED IT WAS A "MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE". QUITE FRANKLY, I HAVE OWNED MANY DIFFERENT MAKES OF CARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD CARBON BUILD UP IN ANY OF THEM, EVEN ONE THAT HAS OVER A 100,000 MILES ON IT. IF THIS IS STARTING AT 23,800 MILES THEN WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLE? I DO NOT USE CHEAP GASOLINE IN MY CARS. I USE THE MIDDLE GRADE OF CHEVRON OR SHELL GASOLINE. WHILE TAKING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT JK I LEARNED THAT HAD SEEN MORE AND MORE OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH LOW MILEAGE ISUZU WHICH TO ME WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. AT MY EXPENSE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SERVICED THE EGR FUEL SYSTEM SERVICE UNITS AND REMOVED CARBON DEPOSITS AND CORROSION BUILD UP FROM THE ENGINE. THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED #10196 FUEL SYS TUNE U $48.00, # 8-97104-317-2 GASKET: EGR VLV $7.60 AND LABOR EGR FUEL SYSTEM SERV. UNITS 2 TECHS $144.35.*AK

I DRIVE AN ISUZU RODEO WHICH WAS JUST DIANOSED WITH A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING MALFUNCTION. THE HOUSING WHICH HOLDS ALL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IS DAMAGED AND "COULD HAVE SORTED OUT THE SYSTEMS IN MY VEHICLE" AND MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE STALLED OUT. THIS DAMAGE IS SO SERIOUS, I COULD NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE OFF THE LOT. MY CAR IS NOW DOWN 7 -10 DAYS WHILE THIS REPAIR IS MADE. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP MECHANIC THAT THIS HAPPENS IN 10% OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE RETURNED FOR REPAIR. I AM NOW OUT MONEY FOR A RENTAL AND INCONVENIENCED. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND CONSUMERS SHOULD BE WARNED OF THIS DANGEROUS AND SERIOUS MANUFACTURING ERROR. *AK

CAR PURCHASED BRAND NEW ON JUNE 28, 2003. MID SEPTEMBER 2003 TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.