ISUZU Complaints

THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IN PARK. AFTER SOME TIME THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND HIT A DRAINAGE POLL. THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. *AK

I HAVE CONTINUALLY REPLACED MAJOR PARTS ON MY VEHICLE SINCE OWNING IT. FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, FUEL PUMP, ETC.*AK

1998 ISUZU RODEO LS. WITHIN A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS, BOTH OF THE SWIVEL TYPE SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLIES HAVE SHOWN A DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE INTERNAL SPRING MECHANISM TO FAIL AND RENDER THE UNITS INOPERABLE. THE MIRROR CASES COME LOOSE TO THE POINT OF NEARLY FALLING OFF THE BASE UNIT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. THE LEFT SIDE WAS REPLACED 3 MONTHS AGO. RECENTLY THE SAME FAILURE HAS HAPPENED TO THE RIGHT SIDE ASSEMBLY. *NLM

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START PROPERLY AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO CRANK THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIME BEFORE STARTING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE FUEL LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND STAY ON MOMENTARY BEFORE IT WENT OUT. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *NLM

FRONT AND REAR SPEED SENSORS FOR TORQUE ON DEMAND HAVE BOTH GONE BAD WITH LESS THAN 35,000 ON THE VEHICLE. *NLM

1998 ISUZU RODEO EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. *MR THE BRAKES WERE INTERMITTENT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOCK UP. A FEW DAYS LATER THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A REAR BRAKE SENSOR AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOLDING ON THE DRIVER DOOR WAS LOOSE, THE LATCH ON THE CONSOLE HAD BROKEN, THE SUNVISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD FALLEN DOWN, AND THE CENTER CAPS ON THE FRONT WHEELS HAD PITTED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A BUY BACK AND OR TRADE IN. *SCC *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABS MODULE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER FELT THE VEHICLE PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. *MR THE ABS MODULE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE 021002. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE RECALL AND THE FAILURE OF THE ABS WERE NOT RELATED AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. *TT *JB

THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON . THE BRAKES SQUEAKED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE BRAAKES BUT THE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. *NLM

FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILING PREMATURELY. I'VE ONLY PUT 60K MILES ON THE TRUCK AND THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF TRUCK (1999 ISUZU AMIGO 4WD V6 AUTOMATIC). *JB

LEASE IS COMPLETE ON JULY 9, 2003. ON JUNE 26, 2003 WITH ONLY 43,947 MILES, WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN A CORNER, THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE RADIATOR TO FAIL, WHICH CAUSED THE FOLLOWING NEEDED REPAIRS: REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKET, MANIFOLD GASKET, RADIATOR, VALVE GRIND GASKET, PCM MODULE AND VARIOUS SMALL TICKET ITEMS SUCH AS THE OIL FILTER AND COOLANT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CALLED FOR WARRANTY INFORMATION AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY A 3 YR, 50,000 MILE WARRANTY WAS AVAILABLE. I THEN CALLED ISUZU CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TOLD ABOUT THE 5 YR, 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. CONTACTED OUR LOCAL ISUZU DEALER WHO STATES THAT ONLY THE HEAD GASKET IS COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY AND THE REMAINING REPAIRS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO EVALUATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS NEGLECTED. UNTIL JUNE 26, 2003, THE ONLY MAINTENACE REQUIRED BY THIS VEHICLE WAS ROUTINE OIL CHANGES AND COMPLETION OF RECALLS, WHICH WE WERE ONLY NOTIFIED ABOUT ONE OF THE THREE RECALLS. ALL THREE RECALLS WERE COMPLETED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY VARIOUS MECHANICS, THAT ALL THE DAMAGE TO THIS ENGINE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET. IF THE HEAD GASKET HAD NOT FAILED, NONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR ISUZU DEALERSHIP WHO COMFIRMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 1999 ISUZU RODEO. IF THE WARRENTY COVERS THE HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT, IT SHOULD ALSO COVER THE REPAIR AND/OR REPLACEMENT OF ALL SYSTEMS DAMAGED BY THIS FAILURE. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRAQNTY. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING TOWED FROM OUR LOCAL MECHANIC TO A LICENSED ISUZU DEALER FOR REPAIRS, WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE VEHICLE UNTIL JULY 3, 2003 AT THE EARLIEST. *AK