ISUZU Complaints

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, GOES UP AND DOWN. DAUGHTER DRIVES THE CAR, PUTTING HER AT RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL ON HIGHWAY WHILE ALONE.*AK

LEFT REAR TIRE TREADS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE ROLLS OVER, LEAVES HIGHWAY, KILLING BELTED DRIVER. THE TIRE WAS THE FORMER SPARE TIRE AND LIGHTLY USED. IT WAS 6 YEARS OLD AND MAY HAVE DEGRADED OVER TIME PURSUANT TO INFORMATION IN COMMENT TO DOCKET 03-15400 FILED WITH NHTSA ON 11-5-04 BY SEAN KANE OF SAFETY RESEARCH.*AK

DEAR SIR/MADAM: I OWN A 1997 ISUZU RODEO AND THE TIRES I HAVE ON THIS VEHICLE ARE THE BF GOODRICH LONTRAIL T/A . THE PROBLEM IS THAT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCE TWO BLOWOUTS AND AM AFRAID THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS WITH THIS BRAND OF TIRE. BOTH TIRES WERE RELATIVELY NEW, APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS OLD AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THE TIRES WOULD EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS BACK IN MAY 2004 THE TIRE BLEW OUT (LEFT FRONT) AND THE TREADS LITERALLY FELL APART. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS ON THE MORNING OF 19 NOV 2004, AGAIN I HAD A BLOW OUT (RIGHT REAR) AND THE SIDEWALLS FELL APART. I CONTACTED BF GOODRICH ABOUT THIS SINCE AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT MICHELIN TIRES WHO NOW OWN BF GOODRICH, THEY IN TURN HAD ME CONTACT SEARS AND HAVE ONE OF THEIR TECHNICIANS INPECT THE TIRE. THE SEARS TECH TOLD ME THAT IT WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARD, WHICH I SAID WAS IMPOSIBLE SINCE I WAS ON A VERY CLEAN ROAD (JULIA TUTTLE CAUSEWAY) IN MIAMI AND I DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANY OBSTRUCTION OR FOREIGN OBJECT. WHEN YOU INSPECT THE TIRE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE TIRE BLEW OUT, AND NOT DUE TO ANY ROAD HAZARD. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT IN BOTH CASES I WAS NOT TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE. CAN YOU PLEASE INFORM ME IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY OTHER REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS BRAND OF TIRE AND IF SO WHAT IS MICHELIN DOING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT ME EITHER BY PHONE OR E-MAIL. MY WORK NUMBER IS (305) 437-2976, CELL (305) 905-7161. E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] WORK E-MAIL: [email protected] .MIL . *AK

I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN OCTOBER 2004. NOTICED IT WAS USING SOME OIL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE ON A 900 MILES TRIP AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. I KEPT TRACK OF ITS OIL LEVEL AND ON THE FINAL 200 MILES OF DRIVING IT USED ABOUT A 1/2 QUART OF OIL. THE TRUCK HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT AND IS IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER SITES AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON FLAW WITH THE 3.5 LITER MOTOR. I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO WRITE TO THE NHTSA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM TO POSSIBLY HAVE THIS REMEDIED. PLEASE LET OTHERS KNOW.*AK

I PUCHASED MY 2000 ISUZU TROOPER IN FEBRUARY 2004 WITH 36,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE. SINCE THEN I HAVE CHANGED MY OWN OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES RELIGIOUSLY. I HAVE EITHER CHANGED AT MY WORK (A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP) OR AT MY OWN HOME.*AK THE LAST TIME I CHANGED MY OIL WAS 2 MONTHS AGO (9/25/04) AT 47900 MILES AND ON (11/24/04) WITH 49800 MILES THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED AT ME WHEN I CAME TO A STOP ABOUT A BLOCK FROM MY HOME THEN WENT OUT. ONCE I GOT HOME I CHECKED THE OIL AND IT DID NOT REGISTER ON THE DIPSTICK AT ALL. I STARTED TO POUR IN OIL IT TOOK ALL OF 4 QUARTS OF OIL TO FILL IT FULL. THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE BEING I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP RECORD OF IT AS I WAS ADVISED BY A REPAIR SHOP MONTHS AGO WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I BELIEVE BY NOW I AM OVER THE 60 MONTH WARRANTY PER ISUZU BUT I WILL CHECK ON THAT (11/26/04), BUT I ALSO HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH HERITAGE THAT I PURCHASED WITH THE TROOPER. I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW THAT MAY GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DIME. BUT I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY THE MANUFACTURER AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE "OIL CONSUMPTION 2000 ISUZU TROOPER" AND HAVE FUN, IT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY ALL DAY. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE AND VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. *AK

FUEL SENSOR FAILED. ONE WIRE WORE OUT ON THE FUEL SENSOR. THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED COSTING $660. THE ISUZU AMIGO WAS ONLY 31/2 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH A DEER JUMPED OUT INTO THE STREET CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND BRAKES FAILED. VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE DEER, DRAGGING IT ABOUT 1500 FEET. NO REPORT OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

ENGINE STARTED NORMALLY, THEN AS DRIVING ALONG, MOMENTARY POWER SURGE AND PARTIAL STALL, ACCOMPANIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY ENGINE MISFIRE, AND COOLANT EXITING EXHAUST. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. FACTORY WARRANTY UP TO 60,000 EXPIRED FROM A TIME BASIS A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND DEALER WILL ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEAD WARPAGE DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT OR IMPROPER HEAD GASKET INSTALLATION AT FACTORY. REPLACEMENT COST FOR NEW ENGINE IS APPROXIMATELY $6700. CURRENTLY STARTING A LEGAL CLAIM AGAINST ISUZU. *AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN THE CONSUMER STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN SHE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE VEHICLE TO CHANGE GEARS. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL FORWARD, IT JUST SAT THERE. THIS HAPPENED ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE GET HOT. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE CONSUMER STRANDED A LOT. *AK THERE WAS RATTLING AND THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG, A LEAK AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, A LEAK IN THE REAR MAIN AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SEAL AND INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SC