ISUZU Complaints

2000 ISUZU RODEO (PURCHSED AS NEW) -BREAKS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN FIRST 2 YEARS. -OIL NEEDS TO BE ADDED EVERY MONTH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR ISUZUS. DOES NOT BURN OR LEAK. -STEREO/6 CD CHANGER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BROKE. DEALER SAID IT WAS FAULTY. -WINDSHEILD WIPERS BROKE - ELECTRICAL SWITCH FAULTY -CAR STALLED 2 X WITHOUT ANY WARNING. ONE WHILE DRIVING 40MPH AND THE OTHER AT A STOP LIGHT. DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO A BAD EGR VALVE ($450) -CAR PINGS CONSTANTLY. DEALER FIRST RECOMMENDED TO USE HIGH GRADE GAS- THEN ABOUT A YEAR LATER SAID TO USE LOW GRADE GAS B/C THE HIGH GRADE GAS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE EGR VALVE PROBLEM! -TRANSMISSION MODE CONTROL SWITCH BROKE. PUT IN DRIVE AND DASHBOARD SAID IT WAS STILL IN PARK, CAUSED CAR TO GRIND AND BUCK FORWARD. ($460) DEALER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN IZUSU RODEO'S. *PH

CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING ,NO WARNING. DEALER STATES THAT MODULAR NEEDS REPLACING. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES VEHICLE GOES INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH. *AK

ABOUT A YEAR AGO CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE# 02I002000 CONCERNING ABS. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE ABS. DEALER MADE THE RECALL REPAIRS, AND NOW THE ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING ON INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

I HAVE A 2002 ISUZU RODEO. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT IN THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED TWICE, AND HAS HAD TO HAVE THE SAME EXACT PARTS REPLACED BOTH TIMES. BOTH FAILURES HAVE OCCURED IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS.*AK

FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT IS FAULTY. GAS GAUGE DOES NOT CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE FUEL LEVEL IN THE TANK. THE ONLINE ISUZU FORUM I PARTICIPATE IN HAS SHOWN THAT THIS PROBLEM IS CHRONIC SINCE ABOUT 1996 IN BOTH THE TROOPER AND RODEO MODEL VEHICLES.*AK

2000 ISUZU RODEO BRAKING PROBLEMS. THE RODEO'S ABS IS DEPLOYED RANDOMLY. BRAKES LOCK UP AND CAR WILL NOT STOP IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. THERE IS A METALIC GRINDING SOUND. WHEN BRAKES ARE INSPECTED AT DEALERSHIP, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO WORN PARTS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED PEDAL IS HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE WILL CONTINUOUSLY STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP CANNOT LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSTANT STALLING AND/OR HIGH REVVING OF ENGINE. STALLING USUALLY OCCURS WHEN COMMING OUT OF GEAR AND IDLE GOES DOWN TO 500RPMS OR LOWER AND STALLS OUT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGED ECU PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED AND ISUZU NEVER DID.*AK