ISUZU Complaints

CAR STALLING WHILE KEY IS IN IGNITION. CURRENT RECALL 02V120000 ON IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO STTED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. CONSUMER CONCERNED BECAUSE VERY UNSAFE FOR VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING ON ROADWAYS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONTAL AND SIDE COLLISIONS. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING ENGINE STALLS THEN SHUTS OFF. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ALSO, HAD TO UNPLUG FUSE DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS DRAINNIG THE BATTERY. BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE.*AK

WHEN CAR WAS FIRST PURCHASED, BRAKES WOULD OCCASIONALLY STICK RESTRICTING CAR TO 35 MPH ON HIGHWAY. DEALER SUGGESTED LETTING BRAKES "WEAR" IN. PROBLEM CONTINUED OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS, WE LEARNED TO PULL THE BRAKE PEDAL UP TO RELEASE WHEN STUCK. IN MARCH OF 2002 THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS JUST A SHORTED WIRE AND FIXED IT. ON 7/10/02 WIFE APPLIED BRAKES WHILE ENTERING ON RAMP TO HIGHWAY, CAR WENT INTO A 540 DEG SPIN, NO ACCIDENT OCCURED. THE NEXT MORNING, ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND ABS UNIT CONTINUALLY MADE NOISE EVEN WHEN KEY WAS REMOVED FROM IGNITION. DEALER WAS CALLED I TOLD THEM "MY WIFES RODEO IS MAKING A RUNNING NOISE LIKE A FAN WITH THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION" DEALER (SANDY IN SVC)SAID INSTANTLY "OH, THATS THE ABS UNIT, I USUALLY RECOMMEND PULLING THE ABS FUSE OR IT MAY DRAIN THE BATTERY". THE NEXT DAY I CALLED TO TALK TO SVC MGR (JOHN MICHAEL), I SAID "WIFES RODEO WAS MAKING A NOISE, LIKE A FAN RUNNING, WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION" JOHN QUICKLY INTERJECTED "AND THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON". IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT ISUZU SEEMS TO BE IGNORING AT THE COST OF CONSUMERS, POSSIBLY THE COST OF SOMEONES SAFETY. WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $250-$500 REPAIR BILL (3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY). I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT APPEARS NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED ON RODEOS ABS FAILURES.*AK

CANNOT TAKE THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION. NOT AN EVERYTIME INCIDENT. SOMETIMES THE LOCK ASSEMBLY STOPS AT ACCESSORY WHERE IT WON'T GO FURTHER; SOMETIMES IT GOES TO LOCK AND STILL CANNOT REMOVE KEY. DEALER SAYS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEALER ADJUSTED SHIFT LINKAGE. THEN, REMOVED AND REPLACED SHIFTER INTERLOCK CABLE. THEN, REPLACED IGNITION TUMBLEER AND REKEYED TO MATCH EXISTING DOOR LOCKS. UNABLE TO GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION. DEALER HAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER DEALER.*AK

WHILE INSPECTING VEHICLE DISCOVERED THAT AXLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS MISSING FROM GROOVE THAT HOLDS AXLE ONTO WHEEL. VERY CONCERNED THAT WHEEL COULD COME OFF WHILE DRIVING.*AK CONSUMER STATES AXLE WAS LOOSE AND WORKS BACK AND FORTH CONSEQUENTLY BOOT HAD TORN AND CV JOINT HAD BEEN DESTROYED. *YH

THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE WINTER OF 1998 WHEN I FIRST MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA TO COLDER NEBRASKA AND NOW IN KENTUCKY. IT ONLY HAPPENS IN WINTER TIME AFTER A COLD START (NEVER GOT COLD ENOUGH IN CALIFORNIA). THE BRAKES ARE FROZEN FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THE ENGINE WARMS UP AND THEN FINALLY GIVE SLOWLY. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE LEARNED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE BY LETTING THE CAR WARM IDLE. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW INSTANCES AS IN THIS LAST WINTER WHERE I WAS IN A HURRY AND FORGOT TO LET IT WARM UP WITH THE RESULT OF GOING DOWNHILL AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BREAK AT WILL. I HAVE CHECKED WITH VARIOUS MECHANICS AND NONE HAD HEARD OF SUCH A CONDITION. AS I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DROP OFF THE CAR SO FAR LONG ENOUGH TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, I REALLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. IF THERE HAS BEEN A DIAGNOSIS, SINCE I HAVE SEEN ANOTHER IDENTICAL COMPLAINT FROM SOMEONE FROM ALASKA ON THIS SITE, PLEASE ADVISE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65-68 MPH THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND EMITS A HUMMING NOISE UPON LIGHT ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN TEST DROVE THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AS WELL AS TWO OTHER 2001 ISUZU'S AND THE SAME NOISE WAS PRESENT, THE TECHNICIAN BELIEVED THE NOISE WAS NORMAL IN COMPARISION TO THE OTHERS AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION PROBLEM. NLM

7 WEEK OLD LANDSCAPE TRUCK JUST FILLED AT GAS STATION. AFTER LEAVING GAS STATION, DRIVER HEARD DRAGGING SOUND. WHEN DRIVER PULLED OVER AND STOPPED, HE SAW BACK OF TRUCK ON FIRE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT 3 OF 4 FUEL TANK-TO-FRAME BOLTS FELL OUT ALLOWING FUEL TANK TO DRAG ON GROUND. AFTERMARKET LANDSCAPE BED INSTALLED. FUEL TANK NOT REMOVED FOR INSTALLATION OF BED. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURER NOT PROPERLY INSTALLING FUEL TANK.*AK