ISUZU Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON 1-88W BOUND ON 2-1-2008, MY CAR STARTED TO MAKE SQUEAKING NOISE AND VERY HARD TO DRIVE. LUCKILY, 2 BLOCKS FROM RT 31 EXIT, THERE WAS A FIRESTONE AUTO CARE, THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT AXEL BROKE AND IT IS AFFECTING THE DIFFERENTIAL. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO ISUZU DEALER IN ELGIN THE NEXT DAY.THE MECHANIC FROM BIGGER ISUZU CALLED MONDAY, 2-5-07, CLAIMING THAT THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF LACK OF GEAR OIL. COST--$4,800 TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAR MILEAGE WAS 77,000 MILES. I CALLED ISUZU TO COMPLAINED AND THEY SAID, THEY WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. I WENT TO NHTSA, THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING 2003 ISUZU ASCENDER POWER TRAIN-DRIVE DIFFERENTIAL. NHTSA ITEM #10016589 AND SERVICE BULLETIN #0507002. DATE OF BULLETIN 08/01/2005. *TR

FUEL GAUGE BEGAN READING ERRONEOUS. REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT LOCATED INSIDE FUEL TANK BUT STILL ONLY READS 1/8 OF A TANK WHEN FULL. I BELIEVE THE VEHICLE MUST BE REPROGRAMMED BY THE DEALER FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL YEAR. I HAVE TO GO BY THE MILES DRIVEN TO ESTIMATE NEXT FUEL STOP. *TR

TACHOMETER NEEDLE WENT STRAIGHT DOWN AND GAVE INCORRECT READINGS, THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER DID THE SAME THING THEN A WEEK LATER THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE BEGAN TO GIVE INCORRECT READINGS. MY MECHANIC SAYS HE HAS ALREADY HAD ONE 2004 GM VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME THING. *CN

WE PURCHASED A 2004 RODEO FROM HONDA AT THEIR USED CAR SERVICE. THE STICKER HAD ON IT AS IS WARRANTY. UPON RETURNING HOME WE NOTICED THE PAPERWORK WE SIGNED DID NOT HAVE A SIGNATURE ON IT. THEY WERE NOTIFED AND THAT THE PRICE WAS WRONG ALSO, THEY DID NOTHING. A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN WE CHECKED IT, IT WAS O.K. BUT IT FELT DIFFERENT WHEN DRIVEN. THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS LEANING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. I WENT AND SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER AND EXPLAINED IT TO HIM AND HE INFORMED ME TO BRING IT IN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY WOULD PUT IT UP AND LOOK AT IT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS ILL AND CALLED AND WENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ANOTHER MANAGER DID NOT DO THAT, BUT RATHER DROVE IT AND SAID IT FELT FINE. I INSISTED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE STATED HE COULD HEAR NOTHING.A WEEK LATER IT IS RAINING HEAVILY AND THIS CAR IS VERY UNSTABLE FEELING. I CALL THE SALESMAN AND TELL HIM THAT THE STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND AND SOMETHING IS WRONG. THE SALESMAN WAS SHORT WITH ME AND SAID "YOU ARE JUST USED TO DRIVING YOUR BMW". I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS WRONG AND THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. HE TOLD ME "TAKE IT TO ISUZU". THIS WAS WELL WITHIN THE 30 DAYS. LATER ON DRIVING OVER 60 THE CAR STEERING WOULD SHAKE AND IT FELT TERRIBLE AND UNSAFE. I GO TO HONDA AND INSIST SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT NO ONE WILL PUT IT UP AND LOOK AT IT!!. WE GET THE PAPERS OUT AND DISCOVER WHERE CALIPER PINS WERE DONE, AND BACK BRAKES AND PADS DONE. THEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL IN 2005 FOR THE FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRES? THEY NEVER DISCLOSED THIS TO US. WE JUST PUT BACK BRAKES ON AND THEY SAID THEY WERE DISENGRATED? THE SHOCKS GONE, STRUT RE-ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT? 1400 MILES LATER, THEY SAID THEY DID THAT ALREADY? HONDA SAID WE DROVE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON? FOR 1400 MILES? THEY TOLD US THE BRAKES WERE BAD! THAT THEY HAD NEARLY HOLES IN THEM. NO WONDER! DO I HAVE ANY RE-COURSE AGAINST THEM. DOES THIS FALL UNDER CONSUMER FRAUD? *CN

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND SOON AFTER THAT THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. I THEN NOTICED THAT MY GAS GAUGE DROPPED FROM QUARTER TANK TO EMPTY. I TOOK THE CAR TO MERCHANTS AUTO SERVICE AND HAD THE COMPUTER CHECKED FOR CODES AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NUMBER 463. THIS CODE REFERS TO THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR ON THE FUEL PUMP LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK. I RESEARCHED TSB'S ON THIS SITE AND FOUND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I FEEL ISUZU SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND SINCE IT FALLS UNDER EMISSIONS CATEGORY. *TR

I TOOK MY '99 ISUZU TROOPER TO GET AN OIL CHANGE, AND 3 WEEKS LATER THE OIL LIGHT TURNED ON. I WENT TO THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND AFTER CHECKING THE OIL, THEY NOTICED THAT THERE ARE LESS THAN A LITER IN THE ENGINE. THEY FILLED IT AND ADDED A CONDITIONER TELLING ME THAT THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. A FEW MONTHS LATER, DRIVING BACK FROM A TRIP, THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. MOMENTS LATER I LOST POWER (RPMS) AND PULLED THE CAR OVER. THE MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT MY CAR TOLD ME (AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A CONSUMER REPORT WEBSITE) THAT '99 TROOPERS OFTEN HAVE "UNEXPLAINED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE RESULTING IN THE ENGINE SEIZING." THE CAR NOW NEEDS A NEW ENGINE (APPROX 4000-9000 DOLLARS) OR A NEW CAR. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE OR DEFECT. *TR

MY MOTHER AND STEPFATHER GAVE ME THEIR 2000 ISUZU RODEO THIS SUMMER. ABOUT 6 OR 7 MONTHS PRIOR TO THEM GIVING ME THE VEHICLE ITS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE THE VEHICLE WOULD GET TO A TANK OF GAS THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD START TO WAVE BACK AND FORTH FROM FULL TO EMPTY WITH THE GAS LIGHT FLASHING. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGINS TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER SPORADICALLY. I'VE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM/TRAIT ON A 2000-2001 ISUZU RODEO. IT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY FUEL SENDING UNIT WHICH IS MOUNTED INSIDE THE GAS TANK WITH THE FUEL PUMP. I THINK LOSS OF A CARS POWER CAN BE A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK AS THE CAR CAN BEGIN TO STALL WHILE PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE FUEL GAUGE IS ALSO A SAFETY RISK WHEN IT STARTS TO FLUCTUATE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MUCH GAS REMAINS. THIS COULD RESULT IN RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY OR ANY OTHER HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. I FIND IT SHOCKING THAT THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED AND POSES A HUGE SAFETY RISK FOR THE OWNERS AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. NOT TO MENTION I WAS TOLD THE PART IS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS IN LABOR TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *TR

REPLACEMENT OF MUFFLER AND HEADER PIPE, THAT CAME LOOSE CAUSING A RATTLE AND EXHAUST LEAK IN CAB,SERVICE CENTER SAID HE REPLACES 4 OR 5 A WEEK ON 1996 CHEVROLET S-10'S AND ISUZU SMALL TRUCKS. THIS REPLACEMENT COST ME $400.00. *TR

I HAVE 2000 ISUZU RODEO, AND WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP!! THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE EVERY YEAR SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN OCTOBER 2000. THE BRAKES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ADJUSTED ALMOST MONTHLY. THE MECHANIC AT "EXPERT TIRE" ON MCNIEL ST, WICHITA FALLS TX. HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH OTHER ISUZU RODEOS AND HAVE DIRECTED US TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. THE MECHANIC AT EXPERT TIRE BELIEVES THAT ABS SYSTEM HAS A RECALL BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED NOR IS IT LISTED ON THE ISUZU RODEO RECALL WEB SITE. *TR

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. GMC ENVOY, CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, BUICK RAINIER, OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA, SAAB 9-7X, ISUZU ASCENDER THEY ARE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME VEHICLE THAT HAS JUST BEEN REBADGED. I PERSONALLY DRIVE A 2004 ISUZU ASCENDER, AND I CAN'T GET GM , CHEVY, OR ISUZU TO FIX IT WITHOUT CHARGING ME $475. MY TACHOMETER ALWAYS READS WRONG. MY SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES READS WRONG AND MY GAS GAUGE DOES NOT GIVE ME THE CORRECT READING. THIS CAN BE REAL DANGEROUS. THE SPEEDOMETER ISSUE IS MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN YOU GUYS THINK. *TR