2001 ISUZU RODEO SPORT Complaints

I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT MY TRUCK BECAUSE OF AN EXHAUST LEAK, WHILE INSPECTING, HE FOUND A BREAK/SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT FRAME WHERE THE FORWARD MOUNTING REAR SUSPENSION BRACKET ATTACHES. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRAME IS ALSO ROTTED BUT NOT YET BROKEN. I TOOK IT TO AN ISUZU DEALER IN MASSACHUSETTS, & THEY TOOK PICTURES OF THE PROBLEM, THEN REPORTED IT TO ISUZU. I CALLED ISUZU'S (800) HELP LINE TO ASK WHAT THEY COULD DO TO REPAIR MY TRUCK, THEY SAID NOTHING, THEY WERE NOT RECALLING THAT PARTICULAR TRUCK MODEL BUT TOOK MY INFORMATION. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO SPORT. CONSUMER STATES CORROSION FRAME CRACKS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE 4-DOOR MODELS, BUT NOT THE 2-DOOR MODELS. *JB UPDATED 07/03/12 THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW WHY THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALLOWED TO LIMIT ITS FIX OF VEHICLE'S REGARDING THE RECALL. UPDATED CONSUMER LETTER 06/29/12*JB UPDATED 05/25/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO SPORT. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR WHEELS BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARM WAS FRACTURED AND THE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THE ISUZU SPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLL ROAD @ APPROX. 55 MPH, THE REAR SUSPENSION SNAPPED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED AT APPROX 20 MPH AND EXIT THE TOLL ROAD. UPON PARKING, I WAS ABLE TO EXAMINE THE REAR AND SAW THAT THE COMPLETE REAR SUSPENSION WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE DRIVERS SIDE SNAPPED OFF. AFTER HAVING TWO MECHANICS LOOK OVER THE VEHICLE, WE ARE BEING TOLD IT IS NOT REPAIRABLE. WE ALSO JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED APPROX 3 MONTHS AGO AND ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT STEP SHOULD BE. AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATION ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A RECALL AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AND NOW THE RECALL TIME PERIOD HAS LAPSED. *TR

CRACKED FUEL DELIVERY HOSE, SERIOUS LEAKAGE OF GAS OVER DANGEROUSLY HOT EXHAUST PIPES. *TR

REAR SUSPENSION MOUNT FELL OFF DUE TO RUSTED FRAME. ISUZU OWNER SUPPORT: USING MISDIRECTION AND STRONG ARM TACTICS TO DELAY AND AVOID RESOLUTION OF NHTSA SAFETY RECALL. UNETHICAL PRACTICE. FILING SMALL CLAIMS SUIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO SPORT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SWAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND A NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A BRACKET HANGING FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000. UPDATED 11/03/11*LJ UDDATED 03/08/12

THE RECALL ON THE ISUZU RODEOS DOES NOT COVER FRAME ROT, JUST THE "REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINK BRACKET AREA" WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS, MY CAR HAS FRAME ROT FROM THE FRONT TIRES ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, YOU CAN POKE YOUR FINGER THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND IT CRUMBLES LIKE BREAD. WHAT'S THE POINT OF FIXING THE BRACKET IF THE ENTIRE FRAME IS FALLING OFF IN PIECES? DOES THAT MAKE IT ANY SAFER? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AN UNKNOWN NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. WHILE PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STABILIZER BAR WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OFF OF THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,414.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT RIGHT FRAME WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.