ISUZU Complaints

I OWN A 1999 ISUZU RODEO LS, 6CYL, AUTO VEHICLE WITH 24,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY MY INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AND WHEN ENGAGING WIPERS AT FULL CAPACITY UPON TURNING THEM OFF THE WIPERS WILL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I HAD MY DEALER RUSSEL MAZDA TROUBLESHOOT; THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A "SHORT" IN AN ALARM CONTROL RELAY BUT DIDN'T INDICATE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE SHORT- I SUSPECT MY WIPERS ARE NO LONGER RELIABLE AND COULD GO OUT AT ANY TIME WHICH COULD HAVE FATAL CONSEQUENCES IN A BAD RAINSTORM. MY VEHICLE WENT OUT OF WARRANTY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002 AND THE DEALER QUOTED $306 TO REPLACE THE MALFUNCTIONING RELAY; I DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH THE ISUZU CORPORATE PERSONNEL AND WITH THE LOCAL DEALER WHO IN TURN CONTACTED THE ISUZU AREA REP WHO SAID IT'S OUT OF WARRANT AND HE COULDN'T PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. I'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHER RECALLS ON MY ISUZU AND FEEL THIS COULD BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT MIGHT ULTIMATELY IMPACT OTHER VEHICLES AND RESULT IN ACCIDENTS,I.E., THIS WIPER RELAY SHORT PROBLEM MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR A SAFETY RECALL.

RODEO HAS 60,000 MILES, AT ABOUT 40,000 GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING. AT 30,000 ABS UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED NOW ABS LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME. ALSO, THE KEY HAS TO BE TURNED OVER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STARTING. CLICKING NOISE IS ALL YOU GET OTHERWISE. DEALER SAYS ALL REPAIRS ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND VERY COSTLY.

TURNING INTO PARKING LOT, BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE - DID NOT LOCK, DID NOT SKID, DID NOT STOP, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE GOING INTO THE BUILDING.

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND PUT INTO GEAR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *NLM. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED IT WOULD NOT RESPOND IN ANY GEAR. THE CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. *NLM. *AK

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS 1995 ISUZU RODEO ON A WET ROAD. HE WAS NOT SPEEDING AND WAS NOT DRIVING BEYOND THE ROAD CONDITION. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HE WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKES SUBSEQUENTLY LOCKED UP. THE CAR STARTED SKIDDING AND THE VEHICLE SLID INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF HWY 603. HE WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVERS DOOR BY A NORTHBOUND VEHICLE AND WAS SENT INTO A SPIN, PARTIALLY AIRBORNE AND THROWN INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE. AS A RESULT, A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE STRUCK HIM. THE RESULTING THREE-CAR ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE SOUTHBOUND DRIVER AND PREMATURE DELIVERY OF HER 8-MONTH-OLD SON AND INJURIES TO THE NORTHBOUND VEHICLES DRIVER. MY SON WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *NLM

1999 ISUZU RODEO HAS PROBLEMS STOPPING. TAKES A LONG TIME TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TWO DAYS OUT OF THE SHOP. BURNS ONE QUART OF OIL IN A WEEKS TIME.

FAULTY ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT IDLE ERRATIC, REVVING UP AND DOWN STALLING AND DIEING FOR NO REASON

ISUZU RODEO CAMPAIGN NOTICE 02I-002. THIS IS A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN DEALING WITH ABS, COIL INTEGRATED MODULE REPLACEMENT. THE EXPLANATION IS THAT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON A BUMPY ROAD SURFACE OR WHEN ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS MORE SLIPPERY THAN THE OTHER, YOU MAY ENCOUNTER EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. THIS COULD LEAD TO A CRASH. IN MY CASE, THIS LED TO A MINOR CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY ISUZU RODEO VEHICLE. I RECEIVED THIS CAMPAIGN NOTICE AFTER THE INCIDENT. WHEN I CONTACTED ISUZU TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DAMAGE I RECEIVED I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE HELD LIABLE SINCE THIS IS ONLY AN "SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN" AND NOT A SAFETY RECALL. THIS SEEMS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT IS IMPLIED AND I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ISUZU IN THEIR HANDLING OF THIS MATTER AND TO DOCUMENT THAT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DEFECT.

THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE MANUFACTURE STATED THEY WERE NOT GOING TO ASSIST BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PROPERLY TAKEN OF, AFTER THE CONSUMER PROVIDED THE MANUFACTURE WITH THE NECESSARY PAPER WORK, THEY STILL DECLINED ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *JB