ISUZU Complaints

FUEL GAUGE IS INTERMITTENT AFTER FILLING GAS TANK WITH FUEL. FUEL GAUGE IS COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE AFTER 5-10 MILES OF DRIVING AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK. THIS IS ALSO CAUSING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS AND IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN IF YOUR WIFE IS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE DAILY WITHOUT KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF GAS SHE HAS. DEALERSHIP HERE WILL NOT SELL THE SENDING UNIT BY ITSELF, ONLY THE COMPLETE FUEL PUMP AT A COST OF OVER $300.00. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

WE HAVE OWNED OUR AXIOM FOR 3 MONTHS, AFTER APPROX 1000 MILES WE NOTICED THAT WHEN STARTING THE CAR OCCASIONALLY RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE STARTED IT WOULD BUCK, BACK FIRE,SMOKE AND HAVE NO POWER AT ALL FOR APPROX THE FIRST 1-2 MINUTES OF RUNNING. WE DID'NT THINK TO MUCH OF AS IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD NOT BEEN BROKEN IN AS OF YET. THEN IT STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN AND WOULD EVEN STALL BEFORE WE GOT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.WE BROUGHT IT IN FOR THE 1ST OIL CHANGE AT 4000 MILES AND HAD THEM CHECK IT AND THE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO CODE ON THE COMPUTER SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN BAD GAS (I DON'T THINK SO) ALSO WHEN THIS OCCURS GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION ACTS UP AFTER IT CLEARS UP LIKE IT SURGES FORWARD AND BACK. I'M WRITING THIS TODAY BECAUSE ON 8/19/04 I WENT TO DINNER AND LEAVING I HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GO HOME. WHEN I PULLED OUT THE CAR BUCKED,BACKFIRED AND CLOSE TO NO POWER AT ALL, I WAS ALMOST "T" BONED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND ANOTHER CAR. THE CAR STRAIGHTENED IT SELF OUT JUST IN TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THERE WAY. MY WIFE SAID IT DID IT TO HER WHEN SHE TRIED TO PASS A CAR BUT THAT SHE PUT THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IT PICKED UP AND RAN OK AFTER THAT. I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINT TO HAVE SUSPENSION CHECKED AND I HOPE THEY WILL LOOK AT THIS TO. 2ND THING IS A REAR SUSPENSION PROBLEM. WHEN THE CAR HAS 2 ADULTS, 2 CHILDREN AND 3 SUIT CASES IN THE REAR AND TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY. WHEN THE ROAD SURFACE CHANGES LIKE GOING ON TO A BRIDGE THE REAR END WILL BOUNCE AND BOUNCE SEVERAL TIME UNTIL IT STOPS, I ALSO HAD THIS CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STRUTS SO THERES NOTHING THEY CAN DO. NOW I HAVE TO WATCH MY SPEED WHEN I SEE THE ROAD SURFACE CHANGE BECAUSE IT HAS BOUNCED VERY, VERY BADLY. THIS TO WILL BE CHECKED AGAIN WHEN I BRING IT BACK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SOLENOID SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT/ BACK UP LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, WHEN MAKING A TURN THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER STATED THESE PROBLEMS STARTED ONE YEAR AGO. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02I002000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER HAD REPAIRS DONE ON NOVEMBER 29, 2003. AT THIS PRESENT TIME THE ABS LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING, AND THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

MORE AND MORE PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL THEN STARTED TO MAKE A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNINING SLIGHTLY, FOUND A LOOSE BOLT ON STEERING SHAFT "KNUCKLE" VERY DANGEROUS AND ISUZU SHOULD HAVE A MORE SAFE WAY OF SECURING THIS. THIS SHOULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER. BUT THE NOISE WAS NOT DUPLICATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

1999 TROOPER WITH 3.5L ENGINE. AFTER 60,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT AT REGULAR OIL CHANGE INTERVALS, @3000 MILES, THAT THE ENGINE WAS BURING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, I DROVE FROM ST.LOUIS TO KANSAS CITY, ABOUT 240 MILES ONE WAY. ON THE RETURN TRIP, 60 MILES FROM HOME, THE TROOPER SIEZED UP. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO LOW OIL LIGHT, IT JUST QUIT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER IN ST.CHARLES AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT HAD HARDLY ANY OIL IN THE CRANKCASE AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AFTER LISTENING TO THE PRICE FOR AN ENGINE FROM THE DEALER $9500 AND REBUILT ENGINES THAT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE BLOCKS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, I WITH THE AID OF A MECHANIC FOUND A TROOPER THAT HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND REPLACED THE OLD ENGINE WITH ONE THAT HAD AROUND 72K MILES ON IT. IT BURNS THE SAME AMOUNT OF OIL!!!!!!! I CHECK IT WEEKLY AND ADD TO IT ABOUT THE SAME. ISUZU NEEDS TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP. I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND NOW I COULDN'T GET RID OF THIS THING FOR 1/25TH OF WHAT I PAID FOR IT, EXCEPT TO SOMEONE LOOKING FOR PARTS FOR THEIR SOON TO BE BROKEN DOWN 1999 TROOPER.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OR STOPIN AT A LIGH VEHICLE ACCELERATED. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK