ISUZU Complaints

NO PRIOR WARNING UNTIL A LOUD BUMPING NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE & LOST ABILITY TO CONTROL REAR OF THE VEHICLE, NO CRASH DUE TO TRAVELING AT LOW RATE OF SPEED & ABLE TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY. LEFT REAR BOLTS CONNECTING BODY TO FRAME HAD BROKEN AWAY ALLOWING BODY TO MOVE BACK & FORTH ON THE FRAME, UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING. UPON INSPECTION BY MECHANIC WAS TOLD LEFT REAR WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY AWAY, THE RIGHT REAR WAS ALSO READY TO BREAK & THE AREA AROUND GAS TANK WAS ALSO VERY FATIGUED. VEHICLE UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, METAL EXTREMELY FATIGUED FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE, VEHCILE HAD TO BE JUNKED! BODY OF VEHICLE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, BUT FRAME LIKE THAT OF A VEHICLE 30 OR MORE YEARS OLD!

MY CAR STALLS IN TRAFFIC DUE TO A DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLE GASKET . I HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED IN TRAFFIC, UNABLE TO RESTART MY VEHICLE. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION ENTIRELY CAUSED BY A MANUFACTORING DEFECT. ISUZU IS AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND HAS REPAIRED MANY FREE OF CHARGE UNDER A SECRET PLAN THAT IS NOT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. I HAD MY CAR DIANOISED AT MIKE RAISOR ISUZU IMPORTS (LAFAYETTE, INDIANA) AND WAS INFORMED THAT EVEN THOUGH I OWNED THIS CAR FROM 2005 AT 51000 MILES ISUZU WILL APPLY THIS SERVICE BULLITION REPAIR.

MY 2000 ISUZU RODEO WENT IN TO HAVE SOME WORK DONE ON IT, SIMPLE MAINTENANCE. THE CERTIFIED MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK UNDER THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY INFORMED ME THAT HE REFUSED TO PUT MY CAR UP ON HIS LIFT TO DO WORK ON IT BECAUSE OF THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE FRAME OF THE CAR. HE WAS AFRAID THAT IF HE LIFTED MY CAR IT WOULD FALL APART WHILE ON THE LIFT AND DESTROY HALF OF HIS SHOP. HE THEN ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY UNFIT TO BE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. AFTER HEARING THIS I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM FOR ISUZU RODEO AND HONDA PASSPORTS BUILT BETWEEN 1997-2001.

I MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. JUST BEFORE I WAS PROCEEDING FORWARD AGAIN, I HEARD AN ODD NOISE AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH LIKE A SEA VESSEL. I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE MY WHEEL WAS SOME HOW COMING LOSE SO I PULLED OVER TO FIND THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARM HAD COMPLETELY ROTTED OF THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 2001 RODEO. I CALLED ISUZU BECAUSE A NINE YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE THINGS ROTTING OFF. ISUZU TOLD ME THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT...PERIOD. I CAN'T HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE ALL THE FRAMES FROM 2001 RODEO'S ARE ROTTED AND ISUZU ISN'T MAKING ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. LUCKILY, I WASN'T GOING VERY FAST AND NO ONE WAS HURT. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD BE DEAD FOR SURE. THIS VEHICLE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ON OUR COUNTRIES ROADS AND HIGHWAYS! *TR

SPENT 2800 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2X ON 2003 ISUZU AXIOM. *TR

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM - AFTER REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS ABS SYSTEM CONSTANTLY FAILS. UNABLE TO REPAIR AFTER EXPENDITURES OF OVER $1500.00 . DEALERS AND REPAIR SERVICE HAVE NO SOLUTION TO FIX PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY1999 ISUZU RODEO WHEN I HAD LOSS OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE PULLED BADLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. I LATER FOUND OUT THE REAR CONTROL ARM HAD RUSTED OFF THE FRAME. I ALSO FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES ALONG WITH THE FRAME RUSTING OUT. I REALLY FEEL THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS AND A RECALL. THIS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICE THE FRAME HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST. THE CONTACT STATED THEIR IS NOTHING HOLDING THE FRAME TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE RUST ON THE FRAME AND THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY SO THEIR WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. A LOCAL MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME WAS UN-REPAIRABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

REAR SWAYBAR DETACHED FROM FRAME DUE TO FRAME RUST. NO PRIOR INDICATION, AS FRAME RUSTED FROM INSIDE OUT. DETACHED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE FROM ROAD. *TR

WENT FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER AND WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS RUSTED ALONG WITH OTHER RELATED RUSTING REPAIRS. WENT TO AN AUTOBODY SHOP TO SEE IF THE CAR COULD BE REPAIRED. WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR IS BEYOND REPAIR. THE FRAME IS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR AND THE GAS TANK IS ONE BUMP AWAY FROM FALLING OFF. *TR