ISUZU Complaints

TO START WITH WE GOT AN EXAUST LEAK.THEN ON HIGHWAY LOST POWER PULLED OVER NOTICED ENGINE ON FIRE. TRUCK STILL STARTS BUT WE WILL NOT MOVE IT.GAS IS LEAKING ON EXAUST MANIFOLD. SMOKE IS COMING OF ENGINE WHEN STARTED. GOT TOWED TO A A SHOP. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO, AND STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SLAMMED THE BRAKES SUDDENLY, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DO THE SAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE DAMAGE IN THE FRONT. UPON IMPAQCT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS CONCERNING THE AIRBAGS BEFORE AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT. THE CONTACT COULD PROVIDE PICTURE IF NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,371 MILES. *AK

3 MONTHS AGO MY FUEL SENDER WENT BAD ON MY 2002 ISUZU AXIOM. IT CAN NOT TELL THE CORRECT FUEL LEVEL. I WENT TO ALLDATA WEBSITE TO REVIEW IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS AND THERE WAS ONE FOR FUEL PUMPS (SB05-02-S002). THE BULLETIN DESCRIBED HOW SILICON-CONTAMINATED FUEL IN TEXAS AND ISUZU WAS SUPPOSE TO REPLACE ALL FUEL PUMPS WHETHER THEY NEEDED IT OR NOT AT NO CHARGE TO US. YOU SEE, THE FUEL SENDER IS ATTACHED TO THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. ACCORDING SB05-02-S002, THIS FUEL PUMP PROBLEM IS POTENTIALLY A SOURCE OF FIRE DUE TO A FUEL PUMP LEAK. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND NATIONAL ISUZU HEADQUARTERS AND THEY BOTH TOLD ME BASED ON THE VIN # OF MY VEHICLE, I DID NOT NEED MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THIS AND THAT IS WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU FOR HELP. *JB

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. 1 QT. EVERY 600 MILES OR SO. 5 QTS BETWEEN OIL CHANGES (3000 MILES!) *JB

VERY DISSATISFIED WITH VEHICLE. IT''S HAS MANY PROBLEMS FROM START. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND GOING INTO GEARS THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. CAR SHIMMY'S WITH NO AVAILABLE FIX. VEHICLE HAS STRONG SUSPENSION VIBRATION AND BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED AS SPEED INCREASES. THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON. THE BRAKE PEDAL NEVER SEEMS TO GO TO THE FLOOR, IT JUST GETS SPONGING AND YOU FEEL THE ABS PULSATING THRU THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE DOESNT SLOW DOWN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. FUEL SENDING UNIT IS OPERATING ERRATICALLY. GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY NEARLY ALL THE TIME REGARDLESS OF LEVEL OF FUEL. AFTER FILLING TANK GAUGE WILL RISE TO 1/2 THEN AS YOU DRIVE A FEW MILES IT WILL DROP AND READ EMPTY. PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY MOUNTS HAVE COME LOOSE WHICH CAUSES AIR BAG ASSEMBLY TO MOVE AROUND BEHIND DASH. THIS RATTLE IS VERY BOTHERSOME. PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX PROBLEM, BUT THE RATTLE WAS BACK SOON AFTER. THE BOLTS CAME LOOSE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR. WHEEL STUDS ON 1998 ISUZU RODEO STRIP OFF. GLOVE BOX IN 1998 ISUZU RODEO STICKS AND HARD TO OPEN.

MY 1999 ISUZU RODEO WITHOUT WARNING RAN OUT OF OIL. I HAD OIL CHANGED IN CAR AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER THE MOTOR BLEW. THERE WAS NOT A DROP OF OIL IN IT.FROM A FEW SITES I LEARNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON. IS THERE A SOLUTION? I NEED A MOTOR.IS THERE A CLASS ACTION SUIT?

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE AND STATED THAT EVERY TIME HE CLOSES THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OR IS PUMPING GAS HE GETS A STATIC SHOCK. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC SHOCK WAS JUST NORMAL AND THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE CAUSE OF THE SHOCK HAD TO DO WITH THE FABRIC ON THE VEHICLE'S SEATS. HE ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE IN STORAGE FOR ABOUT 5.5 YEARS, BUT HAD EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE BEFORE STORING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 MILES AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,600 MILES.

POWER STEERING HOSE STARTED HAVE MASSIVE LEAK ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND IT WAS REPLACED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE POWER STEERING FLUID HAD SPRAYED ALL OVER EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD, WHICH INCLUDED SOAKING THE ALTERNATOR, WHICH IN TURN MADE THE ALTERNATOR START TO SURGE AT TIME, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO IN TO BACK UP MODE, AND WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT ON ITS OWN AFTER COMING TO STOP. ALSO EVERY WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD WAS LIGHT UP, CHECK ENGINE, BATTERY, O2, AUTO CRUISE, LOW FUEL, AND CHECK TRANS. WHICH WAS ODD CAUSE I HAD FULL TANK OF GAS, THE BATTERY WAS SHOWING TO BE WITH IN RANGE ON THE VOLTAGE GAUGE, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS OFF......AND THE TRUCK WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING STRANGE, DROVE FINE. *JB

CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE IT STRUCK THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE COLLISION WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE OVER $4000.00 IN DAMAGE TO THE ISUZU BUT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

MY 2002 RODEO THAT WAS PURCHASED MAY 13, 2003 HAS JUST BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AS THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT AT 32,600 MILES. DEALERSHIP CALLED & SAID THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AS I WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. I TOLD HIM - YES I AM & THAT I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM THEM BRAND NEW. I HAD JUST HAD MY 30,000 MILE CHECK UP DONE ON OCTOBER 30, 2006. AT 30,000 MILES HAD TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. PREVIOUSLY HAVE HAD VEHICLE IN THE SHOP FOR SENSOR PROBLEMS & OTHERS THAT I CANNOT THINK OF RIGHT NOW. *JB