ISUZU Complaints

TRUCK'S BRAKES SEEM TO FAIL WHEN TRAVLING AT SLOW SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL LOCK UP AND MAKE A REVING SOUND AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP . CONTACTED ISUZU MOTOR AFTER THE SECOND INSTANT AND THE RECALL WAS PREFORMED ON BRAKES BUT WAS TOLD THERE IS NO PROBLEM . I DO NOT FELL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.*AK

99 ISUZU RODEO WITH 65000 MILES ON IT. LOOKS LIKE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. LOCAL DEALERSHIP FULLY AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL ON IT. ESTIMATE $500-600 TO REPAIR. WIFE WITH 1 YEAR OLD IN VEHICLE MOST OF THE TIME. THINK MANUFACTURER SHOULD REPLACE. SEVERAL OTHER FRIENDS HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM. CALLED NUMBER TO ISUZU AND HAD NO HELP WHATSOEVER. LOOKS LIKE THEY KNOW OF PROBLEM TOO, BUT WON'T STAND UP AND DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK

ENGINE IDLING INCREASED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE/DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE RACING OF THE ENGINE GETS WORSE AND AN SMELLS OF OIL BURNING THE LONGER THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. *TC

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINEDTHAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

TRANSMISSION ACCUMMULATOR VALVE LEAKING. COULD CAUSE FIRE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS SPRAYING ON EXHAUST. CAN'T FIND PARTS TO FIX. NEED SNAPRING AND COVER. LOOKED ON THREE DIFFERENT WEBSITES AND THERE IS ABOUT 2,500 REPORTS ON THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. THE YEARS OF PROBLEM RANGE FROM 1997-2003. *AK

AT LEAST SIX (6) TIMES THE ANTI-LOCK AND BRAKE LIGHTS STAYS ON. IT GIVES A FALSE INDICATION THAT THERE IS A BRAKE PROBLEM, WHEN IN FACT THE BRAKES ARE FINE. IN EVERY CASE THE PROBLEM IS THE SPEED SENSOR MUST BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT SHORTED OUT. IT BECOMES A VERY COSTLY BILL TO REPLACE THIS SENSOR EVERY OTHER YEAR. *JB

THE REAR WINDOW POPPED AND EXPLODE ON ITS OWN, POSSIBLY INJURING THE BACK PASSENGER. TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS TWICE, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

FUEL GAUGE IS MALFUNCTIONING AND DOES NOT READ AMOUNT OF GAS ACCURATELY, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. *AK

MY ISUZU AMIGO (1999 4WD) STOPPED DEAD IN TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH AND ALMOST HIT IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, WOULD NOT MOVE, AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED ON A FLATBED TRUCK. I WAS INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIZED BY THIS INCIDENT, AND VERY NEARLY KILLED BY THE SEMI-TRUCK DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. AFTER CONTACTING MULTIPLE PERSONS FROM ISUZU MOTORS, THEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED IN MOST OF THE ENGINES THEY HAD PUT IN THIS VEHICLE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF I WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER, THEY WOULD FIX IT, REGARDLESS OF WARRENTY, BUT SINCE I WAS THE SECOND OWNER, THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME AT ALL. SINCE THIS WAS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, NOT TO MENTION SUCH A SAFETY ISSUE, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE HELPFUL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON A MI FREEWAY, OUR CAR ENGINE QUIT. FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT IN TRAFFIC AND WE WERE ABLE TO COAST UP AN OFF RAMP. AAA TRAILERED THE 1999 TROOPER TO A FORMER ISUZU DEALERSHIP WHO, THREE DAYS LATER, ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE "FROZE UP" AND THAT WE WOULD NEED AN ENTIRELY NEW ENGINE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE WAS OIL IN THE CRANKCASE AND THAT NO WARNING LIGHTS WENT ON UNTIL AFTER THE ENGINE DIED. WE ARE PAYING TO TRAILER THE CAR TO KS TO HAVE IT CHECKED BY THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR AND, PRESUMABLY, THE REGIONAL ISUZU REPRESENTATIVE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY; UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD/MILEAGE. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION FOR THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE BUT, A CALL TO ISUZU OF AMERICA, ONLY HAD THEM SAY THEY'VE FULFILLED THEIR OBLIGATION. HAD THE CAR DIED IN TRAFFIC, THEIR BEEN NO EXIT RAMP OR SHOULDER, OR MY WIFE STRANDED ALONE IN A DESOLATE PLACE, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OTHER THAN JUST THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES WE NOW HAVE. FYI, THE INITIAL ESTIMATE IS $7,500 TO REPLACE WITH A USED ENGINE PROVIDED A GOOD USED ENGINE CAN EVEN BE LOCATED. *JB