1999 ISUZU TROOPER Complaints

I HAVE A 99 TROOPER WITH 70K MILES ON IT. THE ENGINE STARTS TO BURN OIL AND NOW IT BURNS 5 QUARTS OF OIL WITHIN 3 MONTHS. NO WARNING LIGHT. I HEARD THE TICKING SOUND. WHEN I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE, I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS BONE DRY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENS. LAST TIME IT RUNS OUT OF OIL IN 4 MONTHS. I DO OIL CHANGE ON A REGULAR 30K MILES BASIS AND I DO OTHER MAINTENANCE TOO. I FEEL I AM RISKING LOSING THE ENGINE ANY TIME IF I DON'T CHECK THE DIPSTICK EVERY WEEK. THIS IS AWFUL. ISUZU SHOULD RECALL THIS MODEL OR AT LEAST DO SOMETHING. IT IS SO UNFAIR FOR CAR OWNERS LIKE ME.

I BOUGHT A 1999 ISUZU TROOPER IN FEBRUARY WITH ALMOST 45,000 MILES. MY WIFE AND I HAD OUR BABIES IN FEBRAUARY AND THIS WAS TO BE HER CAR. ON JULY 3 THE ENGINE BLEW. THE CAR AT THIS POINT HAD 47,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAD A 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST $7,000 TO $8,000 TO GET A NEW MOTOR. I HAVE SINCE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT QUITE A FEW TROOPER'S HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, WHEREBY THE ENGINE EITHER LOSES ALL OF IT'S OIL VERY QUICKLY OR USES IT AT A RATE IT SHOULD NOT. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 ISUZU TROOPER THAT HAS A CHRONIC OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. I HAD THE DEALER REPLACE PISTON RINGS AT 22,000 MILES BUT IT DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE PROBLEM. NO, I AM NOTICING A NUMBER OF TROOPER OWNS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OR EVEN WITH ENGINES THAT HAVE SEIZED FROM A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PROBLEM. I SPOKE TO THE LOCAL ISUZU SERVICE REP IN NEW JERSEY AND HE FINALLY OWNED UP TO THE FACT THAT MY PARTICULAR YEAR HAS A KNOW ENGINE DEFECT THAT WILL CAUSE IT TO BURN OIL. I BURN IT AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 700 MILES TO A QUART OF OIL. THE REP HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE ENGINE BUT WITH THE REPLACEMENT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE I WOULD GET BETTER THAN 1000 MILES PER QUART OF OIL. *LA

1999 ISUZU TROOPER PURCHASED NEW. BEGAN EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AROUND 50K MILES. REGULARLY TOOK A QT OF OIL EVERY 1K MILES. OIL AND FILTER CHANGED EVERY 3K. DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL OIL USE FOR THIS ENGINE. AT 128K ENGINE FAILS 4 HRS FROM HOME (SEPT 2003). NEAREST DEALER IS CALLED AND SAYS IT HAS THROWN A PISTON DUE TO LACK OF OIL. WE PAY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. ENGINE IS REPLACED AT OUR COST. WE HAVE ENGINE DISMANTLED BY ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THE FAILURE WAS A SPUN ROD BEARING. NO EVIDENCE OF LACK OF OIL. THIS IS A TERRIBLE ENGINE AND WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE DRIVING AN ISUZU WITH THIS ENGINE GET RID OF IT ASAP.*AK

I HAVE A 99 ISUZU TROOPER S, AND HAVE OWNED IT LESS THAN ONE YEAR. I BOUGHT IT WITH ABOUT 51.500 MILES. IT NOW HAS 8000 MILES ON. I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN AND I USE THIS VEHICLE FOR MINIMAL PURPOSES. GETTING MAIL, GROCERIES, ETC. SMALL ERRANDS OF THE SORT. I WAS ON THE WAY OVER TO MY IN-LAWS AND NOTICED A TICKING SOUND AND THEN THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED. THEY LIVE ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY. MY FATHER-IN-LAW CHECKED THE OIL AND THEN ADDED FOUR QUARTS BEFORE IT EVEN REGISTERED. NEITHER MYSELF NOR MY HUSBAND HAVE EVER NOTICED AN OIL STAIN OR ANY EVIDENCE OF OIL LOSS. AFTER HE ADDED THE OIL, THE KNOCKING SUBSIDED AND IT SEEMED FINE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS I USED IT AROUND TOWN. THEN ON MY WAY OUT OF TOWN, IN ABOUT 20 MI, I HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND, BUT THE TEMPERATURE WAS FINE AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON. I DECIDED TO STOP ANYWAY AND TO CALL A TOW TRUCK IN FEAR OF ANY FURTHER DAMAGE THAT DRIVING MAY CAUSE. THE SERVICE STATION THAT LOOKED AT IT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE IS SHOT. THE ISUZU COMPANY HAS A POWERTRAIN LIMITED WARRANTY FOR A PERIOD OF 60 MO/60000, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY LOCAL ISUZU DEALERSHIP THAT THE "IN-SERVICE" DATE IS 03-03-99, AND THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL UNDER THE 60KMI AND ONLY FOUR MONTHS OVER THE 60 MONTHS, THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP. I ALSO CONTACTED THE ISUZU OWNER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AND RECEIVED THE SAME RESPONSE. IN MY FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS, I HAVE FOUND NUMOROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS . IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THIS MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING OIL PROBLEM OCCURS IN THE 98 AND 99 MODELS. I'M CURRENTLY AT A STAND STILL ON WHAT PATH TO TAKE. MY VEHICLE IS AT THE LOCAL SERVICE GARAGE, UNFIXED . I HAVE CONTACTED THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WITH A COMPLAINT. I AM WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. MEANWHILE, COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.*AK

BOUGHT USED 1999 ISUZU TROOPER WITH 48,000 MILES. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC BECAUSE IT HAD A PROBLEM STARTING. DISCOVERED ENGINE LEAKED MORE THAN 1 QUART OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. ISUZU REPLACED ENGINE JUST BEFORE 60,000 MILES, BUT STILL HAS PROBLEM STARTING. MECHANIC DETERMINED 3 OR 6 FUEL INJECTORS ARE BAD, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TROOPER STALLS AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND ENGINE WILL REV WHILE IDLING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED VEHICLE LOST POWER AND COASTED TO A STOP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

VEHICLE BURNED UP TO FOUR QUARTS OF OIL IN BETWEEN ROUTINE OIL CHANGES. *PH THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER SINCE THE MILEAGE WAS BEYOND LIMITATION OF ANY WARRANTY, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *JB

1999 ISUZU TROOPER.. OIL CONSUMPTION LEADING TO SEVERE MOTOR DAMAGE. ( OVER A QUART PER 1,000 MILES) HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OF THE SAME INCIDENTS WITH OTHERS DRIVING ISUZU PRODUCTS HAVING THE SAME OUTCOME AS I. A COMPLETE MOTOR OVERHAUL WITH 64,000 MILES ON THIS TROOPER. OTHER INSTANCES WITH FEWER MILES. ISUZU IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, ONLY MANUFACTURED THIS PARTICULAR MODEL FOR TWO YEARS. ISUZU WAS NOTIFIED AND THEN IN RETURN LET MY MECHANIC KNEW WHERE TO BEGIN REPAIRS AND TO WHAT EXTENT THEY WOULD BE. I LIVE IN A VERY RUAL COMMUNITY IN MAINE AND I KNOW OF AT LEAST THREE OTHER INSTANCES WITH THE SAME OUTCOME. MORE IMPORTANTLY ISUZU DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS. *JB

THE FRONT WINDOWS ON OUR IZUSU TROOPER (1999) BOTH DRIVER & PASSENGER HAVE JUST FALLEN INTO THE DOOR. BOTH OF THEM IN TWO YEARS WHILE DRIVING DOWN STREET. NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT AS THE LITTLE TABS ATTACHED TO THE WINDOW INSIDE JUST BREAK AND THE WINDOW FALLS.