ISUZU Complaints

I HAVE A 99 ISUZU RODEO WITH ABOUT 37,500 MILES. ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO (EARLY JANUARY 2003), I STARTED UP THE RODEO AND HEARD A VERY LOUD SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, WHICH CONTINUED EVEN WHEN I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND REMOVED THE KEYS. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE SOUND WAS TO UNPLUG THE ABS FUSE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE ABS CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED (ABOUT A $500 REPAIR.) FROM MY INTERNET RESEARCH, THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH MID- TO LATE-90S RODEOS.

SUNFOOF - CLAMP HAS BROKEN OFF. SEATBELTS- DRIVER SIDE LATCHES AND COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING, PASSANGER SIDE LOCKS WHEN PUTTING ON AND WHILE IN A SITTING POSITION WITH OUT CAR MOVING. STEERING & CONTROL- CAR VIBRATES, DRIVES ROUGH, PULLS AND CONSUMES A LOT OF GAS WHEN AT HWY MILES. GAS GAUGE- NOT ACCURATE, GIVES FALSE READINGS DURING DRIVES. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM- SEVERAL SWITCHES NOT WORKING OR HAVE STOPED WORKING SUCH AS THE DOME LIGHT STAYING ON WHEN IN THE MIDDLE POSITION AND THE BULB IS NOT BLOWN, INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN AC/HEAT SWITCHES ARE CHANGED ALONG WITH THE STEREO LIGHT THAT NO LONGER WORKS BUT OTHER BUTTONS DO. ENGINE/TRANSMISION- LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF DURING DRIVES, STARTED BLINKING AFTER CAR WAS STARTED WHILE CAR WAS MOVING, CAME ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND HASN'T GONE OFF YET. COOLING & ENGINE- LOSING RADIATOR FLUIDS, OVERHEATING AFTER 2 DAYS OF REFILING SYSTEM. HAVE HAD A TUNE UP, OIL CHANGE AND SYSTEMS CHECK AND NOTHING WAS FOUND? MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH ISUZU ASAP! SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS I CAN LIVE WITH BUT SOME COULD BE VARY DANGEROUS AND I WANT THEM FIXED FOR MY SAFTY AND AS WELL AS OTHERS.

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING HAVING PROBLEM WITH FUEL RAILS. DEALER INSTALL THE WRONG HOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

ENGINE SEIZURE, SPUN BEARINGS DUE TO NO OIL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT ISUZU SUGGESTS CHANGING OIL AT 7500 MILE INTERVALS, BUT ALSO CONSIDERS 1QT OIL USAGE PER 1000 MILES IS "ACCEPTABLE" USAGE FOR THE 3.2L V6 205HP ENGINE. TRUCK HOLDS 6 QUARTS OF OIL, AND I HAD OIL CHANGED BY REPUTABLE OIL CHANGE PLACES EVERY 5000 MILES. REPORTS OF 1QT OIL USAGE PER 800 MILES FAIRLY COMMON ON INTERNET AUTO BULLETIN BOARDS. DO THE MATH.

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS ACTIVATES ON DRY PAVEMENT DURING NORMAL BRAKING, UNABLE TO SAFELY STOP VEHICLE. DEALER REPORTS ABS MODULE REPLACED IN JUNE 1998 BUT PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. ALSO, ABS WARNING SYSTEM LIGHT STAYS ON INTERMITENTLY.

NAR 02/10/2003. THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CONSOLE SHIFTER. EVERYTIME HE TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION THE KEY HUNG UP BEFORE IT REACHED THE OFF THE POSITION. IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES BEFORE THE KEY REACHED THE OFF POSITION. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL VALVE CRACKED AND STARTED TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN BRAKING IF A SLIGHT BUMP IS HIT. UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE SAFELY WHEN SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON PERIODICALLY.

CONSUMER STATED WHIEL DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF CAUSING THE CONSUMERTO PULL OVER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING IN RESULT OF HITTING CURVE WITH VEHICLE TIRES WITHOUT ANY INDICATION STEERING RODS HAD BROKEN AND STEERING STRIP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS