ISUZU Complaints

IN FEBRUARY 2003, I BROUGHT MY 2000 ISUZU INTO A MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE THE INTAKE GASKET, UPPER AND LOWER REPLACED, AFTER OWNING MY VEHICLE FOR ONLY SIX MONTHS. AT THAT TIME MY ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND STAYED ON. AFTER HAVING THE INTAKE GASKET REPAIRED THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A WIRING PROBLEM AND IT WOULD COST MORE TO FIX IT OR I COULD JUST IGNORE IT. NOW, SIX MONTHS LATER, I HAVE A BLOWN ENGINE. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE HAD USED FOUR QUARTS OF OIL IN LESS THAN 3000 MILES. I NEVER RECEIVED A WARNING INDICATING MY OIL WAS LOW. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN BURNING THE OIL, NO LEAKING IT, BECAUSE IT WAS APPARENT BY THE APPEARANCE OF THE MUFFLER. *LA

WHEN MY 1999 ISUZU RODEO REACHED ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS OLD, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD CHANGE TOWARD EMPTY AT A MORE RAPID PACE THAN WHEN IT WAS NEW. JUST BEFORE MY WARRANTY WAS UP, THE TANK WOULD READ EMPTY AND WOULD STILL HAVE ALMOST 10 GALLONS LEFT. I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE 1998 MODELS BUT NOT THE 1999 AND THAT THIS WAS COMMON ISSUE BUT NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE. 1 MONTH AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE GAUGE QUIT ALTOGETHER. I SPOKE WITH A DIFFERENT DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP ME SINCE MY VEHICLE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *LA

THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON 4 TIMES THIS YEAR. THEY BRAKES ARE USUALLY GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY BRAKES STOP THEN JUMPS FORWARD. JUST HAD THE DEALER REPAIR THE ABS SYSTEM 2 WEEKS AGO NOW THE BRAKES ARE SQUEALING AND GOING TO THE FLOOR. JUST BARELY STOPS. HAVE READ OVER A HUNDRED REVIEWS ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEMS AND ALSO THE GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 3 YEARS. *LA

DRIVE SHAFT ON VEHICLE IS OUT OF ROUND CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHIMMY. *MR THERE WAS A RUMBLING AND OR SHIMMY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT ANY SPEED. THE CONSUMER HAD GONE TO A SERVICE DEALER WHERE THEY CHANGED THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT AND STATED THAT MOST OF THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN ELIMINATED HOWEVER, THE SYMPTOM STILL EXISTED DUE TO THE WHEELS BEING OUT OF ROUND. THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE ALSO OUT OF ROUND. *SCC *JB

PROBLEMS WITH 1999 ISUZU RODEO BRAKE EQUIPMENT.*MR CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE REAR PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE ROTORS CUT. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AS A RESULT OF A SHORT IN THE ABS MODULE WHICH WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE ABS MODULE AND WANTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PREVIOUS REPAIR. CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO CONTACT ISUZU. CONSUMER DID RECEIVE A PORTION OF HIS REFUND. *PH *JB

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS TRANSMISSION SLIPS TO A LOWER GEAR. CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP. *AK THE GEAR SHIFT DIDN'T GO INTO GEAR ON OCCASIONS. THE ONLY WAY TO CHECK THE GEAR IS BY THE SPEEDOMETER. DEALER STATED THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE UNIT IN STOCK AND THERE WERE NONE IN THE U.S. *PH *NLM

MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON AND STAY ON AND THEN IT DON'T DO IT FOR A WHILE AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO REPAIR A NUMBER OF TIMES AND IT DO NOT DO IT BUT WHEN IT IS ON AND YOU ARE DRIVING IT DRIVE REAL GOOD BUT WHEN YOU STOP IT DOES NOT WANT TO PULL OF LIKE IT IS IN A STRAIN AND WHEN I PUT IT DOWN IN LOW GEAR AND PULL OFF IT DRIVES GOOD AND I SHIFT UNTIL I GET IT BACK IN DRIVE AND IT IS FIND UNTIL YOU STOP A GAIN. AND THERE WAS ONE OCCASION I STOP AND IT REAR UP TO TAKE OFF BY ITSELF AND WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK IT STILL DID THE SAME THING I HAD TO CUT IT OFF TO GET CONTROL OF IT AND THEN HE STARTED UP AGAIN AND HAS NOT AS YET DID A GAIN. THE LIGHT WILL COME ON WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND THEN THEN THERE ARE LONG PERIOD OF TIME IT WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL AND DRIVE VERY GOOD. *LA

LUG STUD BROKE WHILE CHANGING TIRE. SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS FUEL SYSTEM GAUGE DEFECTIVE. *LA

1998 TROOPERS HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING FAULTY INTAKE GASKETS, WHICH THEY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN REPLACING IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THERE IS A SAFETY FACTOR TO THIS ISSUE, MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE AT LOWER RPM'S CAUSING LOSE OF CONTROL, AFTER CHANGING TO UPDATED GASKETS THE CAR NO LONGER STALLS. *LA

A LOUD NOISE IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE, SOUNDS LIKE A RATTLE WHEN IDLE-UP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SOUND IS THE RESULT OF FAULTY HYDRAULIC LIFTERS AND THAT THE LIFTERS ARE TO SMALL IN THE 95 MODELS. I ALSO HEAR RODEOS THAT SOUND THE SAME WAY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE YOU HAD ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND IS IT BEING INVESTAGATED? I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEB SITE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AS LUGS STRIPPING DURING TIRE ROTATIONS. I ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE SOME. I TRULY FEEL THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE DEFAULTS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY VEHICLE I WOULD NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER ISUZU AND I HAVE NOT BEEN HAPPY SINCE I PURCHASED IT. *LA