1999 ISUZU TROOPER Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED GAS WAS SPILLING OUT OF THE TOP OF GAS TANK. THE TANK WAS FULL OR HALF FULL, BUT WHEN STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN THE FUEL SPILLED OUT OF THE TOP OF THE TANK. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE, BUT IF HE WANTED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THE DEALER WOULD FIX IT FOR HIM. HE HAS NOT DONE SO AT THIS TIME.*AK UPDATED 11/16/2005 - THE FUEL TANK BECAME RUSTED AT THE FUEL PUMP WHICH CAUSE FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE FUEL TANK ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE TANK, FUEL PUMP AND HOSES REPLACED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS: I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, HAD IT TOWED, TOOK 3 DAYS TO GET CAR BACK, PUT IN THE SECOND ALTERNATOR, IT QUIT ALSO, AGAIN IN TRAFFIC HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. *JB TRANSMISSION: WAS DRIVING THE IN TRAFFIC, TRIED TO DRIVE, AND THE CAR JUST SAT THERE, WOULDN'T GO, HAD TRANSMISSION PUT IN, TWO WEEKS LATER TRANSMISSION WENT OUT HAD ANOTHER TRANSMISSION PUT IN. 1999 TROOPER-APPARENTLY THESE HAVE GM TRANSMISSIONS..

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 ISUZU TROOPER. ON 8-04 SHE TOOK VEHICLE FOR 60,000 MILE MAINTENANCE AND VEHICLE BLEW UP IN 7-05. SHE SAID THE CAUSE WAS A PCV VALVE THAT DID NOT WORK AND ALLOWED THE OIL TO DRAIN INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE ENGINE. SHE HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REBUILT, AND THE MECHANIC THAT DID THE WORK TOLD HER THIS. SHE FELT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE PCV VALVE. THE WARRANTY STATED THAT THE DEALER COVERED THE PARTS FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER, LABOR PERFORMED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REPAIR FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES, AND VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED UNDER BOTH PROTECTIONS. THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST. THE DEALER LAUGHED AT THE CONTACT AND TOLD HER THE TROOPER WAS KNOWN FOR ENGINE FAILURE.*AK *NM

I HAVE A 99 ISUZU TROOPER THAT BURNS A LOT OF OIL. I SERVICE IT PROPERLY AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT. ALTHOUGH IT NOW HAS 64000 MILES ON IT AND IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY I THINK I NEED TO REPORT THIS. I HAVE TALKED TO MY DEALER AND I AM TAKING IT IN FOR SOME WORK THAT WILL AS THEY SAY CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. ARE THERE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE USES TOO MUCH OIL. THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 ISUZI TROOPER. THE CONSUMER GOES THROUGH OIL, OIL AND OIL. THIS IS WHAT THE CONSUMER SPECIFICALLY STATES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CALLED.*AK

1999 ISUZU TROOPERII ENGINE FAILED. *MR NO OIL WAS THE ENGINE AND HAD SEIZED UP WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS FOUND TO BE PREVALENT IN 1998-200 ISUZU TROOPERS. THE CLAIMS WERE DENIED IN REFERENCE TO THE OIL ISSUES. THE CONSUMERS CLAIM WAS DENIED. *SC

1999 ISUZU TROOPER RUNS OUT OF OIL. MY 1999 TROOPER THAT I BOUGHT NEW IN FEBRUARY OF 2000 AND HAVE MAINTAINED THROUGH REGULAR OIL AND FILTER CHANGES EVERY 3000 MILES SUDDENLY WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO OIL IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER HAD A LOW OIL PROBLEM OR NEVER SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF LEAKING. ON MAY 30TH OF THIS YEAR AS I WAS DRIVING UP MY DRIVEWAY LEAVING MY HOUSE IN THE MORNING THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON AND THEN WENT OFF WHEN I REACHED LEVEL GROUND. I HAD RECENTLY HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT 72K AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74.5K SO I STOPPED TO CHECK THE STICK. WHEN I PULLED THE STICK IT WAS DRY! AFTER DUMPING 4 QUARTS OF OIL INTO THE VEHICLE THE OIL FINALLY REGISTERED ON THE STICK! I POURED ANOTHER QUART IN TO MAKE IT 5 QUARTS AND COULDN'T BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF OVER HEATING AND NO SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. I CALLED ISUZU TO ASK THEM WHY THE OIL LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS BONE DRY OF OIL. THEY STATED THAT THE LIGHT IS A OIL PRESSURE LIGHT AND NOT A OIL GAUGE. I DROVE THE TRUCK FOR ONE WEEK AND CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER MYSELF JUST TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THE OIL AND FILTER. SINCE THEN I HAVE LOGGED ANOTHER 3K ON THE TRUCK AND HAVE FOUND THE VEHICLE BURNS 1 QUART PER 500 MILES. AFTER REVIEWING THE NHTSA WEBSITE I FOUND OUT THAT I AM NOT ALONE. APPARENTLY ISUZU DOES KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM AND ELECTS NOT TO INFORM ANY OF IT'S CUSTOMERS. ISUZU SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR NOT INFORMING ALL ISUZU TROOPER OWNERS THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 70K THAT THE 99 TROOPER COULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF OIL RESULTING IN ENGINE DESTRUCTION. THE MANUFACTURER IS ALSO NEGLIGENT FOR NOT HAVING A WARNING SYSTEM (LIKE A $2 LIGHT) ON THE DASH THAT TELLS YOU WHEN YOUR OIL IS LOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SELL OR TRADE THIS VEHICLE, HOWEVER IN GOOD CONSCIENCE I DON'T THINK SOME UNSUSPECTING PERSON SHOULD GET SADDLED WITH THIS UNFORTUNATE CONDITION. (DT)

MY ORGINAL COMPLAINT #10104322 WAS SUBMITTED 11/04. SINCE THEN I HAVE PAID ISUZU AND FOX MOTOR IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI ABOUT $7500 FOR A NEW ENGINE. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS ISUZU OF AMERICA WOULD NOT LISTEN TO ME AND EVEN HUNG UP ON ME. FOX MOTORS WAS GREAT. THEY ADVISED THE REASON MY ENGINE FROZE UP IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. THE EGR PIPE GETS CLOGGED WITH "SLUDGE" RESULTING IN NO OIL GETTING FROM THE BOTTOM TO TOP HALF OF THE ENGINE. THEY ADVISED TO HAVE EGR PIPE CLEANED AND PCV VALVE REPLACED EVERY 15,000 MILES OR ONE YEAR. I'D LIKE TO SUE ISUZU OF AMERICA AS I'M OUT A TOTAL OF $8,500 DUE TO, WHAT I'M BEING ADVISED, IS A DESIGN FAILURE IN THE EARLY 3.5L V6 ENGINES. IT'S OBVIOUS MANY OTHERS HAVE INCURRED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I HOPE THIS SUGGESTION BY A "GREAT" ISUZU MECHANIC IS HELPFUL TO OTHERS. FYI, I OWN TWO OTHER ISUZUS (UNLUCKY ME!).

I TOOK MY '99 ISUZU TROOPER FOR ITS REGULAR OIL CHANGE AT ALMOST 3000 MILES TO JIFFY LUBE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, CO ON THE 10TH OF MAY 2005. WHILE IN THE BAY OF JIFFY LUBE THE WORKERS' REPLACED THE AIR FILTER, OIL FILTER AND TOPPED OFF ALL OTHER FLUIDS. WHEN ASKED TO TURN VEHICLE ON, I TURNED THE KEY AND THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK SOUND AND I IMMEDIATELY TURNED ENGINE OFF AND ASKED WORKERS' WHAT WAS THAT NOISE AND THEY RESPONDED BY SAYING THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEY PROCEEDED TO PUT MORE OIL IN THE ENGINE, APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 3/4'S OF A QUART AND TOLD ME TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHARGES FOR THE OIL CHANGE, WHICH I DID. MY VEHICLE WAS MOVED OUTSIDE AND LEFT WITH THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I STARTED IT, THERE WAS A MILD TO MODERATE RAPPING NOISE. I PROCEEDED WITH MY ACTIVITY AND ON MY WAY HOME I STOPPED AT ANOTHER JIFFY LUBE BECAUSE THE NOISE SEEMED TO BE GETTING LOADER AND THEY CHECKED IT AND SAID THAT THE OIL WAS FULL AND THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE RAPPING. I DROVE HOME AND PARKED IT OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE IT TO TOWN AGAIN AND THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. ON THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO DRIVE IT TO TOWN AND AFTER STARTING IT AND DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE THE ENGINE LITE CAME ON AND WHITE SMOKE POURED OUT OF THE EXHAUST AND FILLED THE CAB. I TURNED AROUND AND TOOK IT HOME IMMEDIATELY AND IT HAS BEEN PARKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS AND TODAY A MECHANIC FROM JIFFY LUBE CAME OUT AND EXAMINED THE ENGINE AND ALL THE PARTS INVOLVED IN THE OIL CHANGE AND THOSE PARTS ARE FINE EXCEPT THAT THE RADIATOR FUILD IS EXTREMELY LOW AND IT HAS USE 1 QUART OF OIL ALREADY. THERE ARE NO LEAKING SPOTS ANYWHERE ON THE VEHICLE. HE STATES THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE HEAD IS BLOWN AND THE METAL PARTS IN THAT AREA ARE DAMAGED AND THAT THE ENGINE HAS TO BE TAKEN APART. IT HAS ONLY 77,000 MILES ON IT AND UNTIL THIS TIME THERE HAS BEEN NO KNOWN PROBLEMS.

I OWN A '99 ISUZU TROOPER. SINCE ABOUT 70K MILES (ABOUT A YEAR AGO), IT HAS BEEN BURNING OIL AT A REALLY HIGH RATE. I HAVE MET PERSONALLY TWO OTHER TROOPER OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET NEW ENGINES OUT OF ISUZU, BUT SINCE I WAS OVER THE WARRANTY, I DON'T QUALIFY. NOW I HAVE READ MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA SITE AND WONDER WHY ISUZU HAS NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS? I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE MY ENGINE, NOR CAN I IN GOOD CONSCIOUS TRADE IT IN AND MAKE IT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM. I AM BURNING 3 QUARTS OF OIL FOR EVERY 300 - 500 MILES! I AM AFRAID TO TAKE IT ON ANY TRIPS TO VISIT FAMILY! I FEEL I AM BEING PUNISHED FOR OWNING THIS VEHICLE AND KEEPING IT IN GOOD REPAIR!