ISUZU Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH ON HWY 64 FROM VA BEACH TO NORFOLK, VA, MY RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT ANY SIGN OF PROBLEM EXCEPT WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MY PICK-UP WAS TOWED TO A TEXACO GAS STATION FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT THAT COST ME $100.00. I TOOK MY FIRESTONE TIRE TO A FIRESTONE STATION, INDIAN RIVER ROAD, VA BEACH, THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE ME A NEW REPLACEMENT TIRE AND GIVE ME A PRO-RATE ON MY (TREAD SEPARATED) TIRE. I WAS ASSISTED BY SMART TRAFFIC CENTER (PHONE 757424-9903) OPERATOR IS MR RICK CLARK 73, TICKET N0. 33478, COST ME $20.00. I BOUGHT MY REPLACEMENT TIRE FROM MONTGOMERY WARD JUL 1996, I PUT IN 56,712MILES ON THAT TIRE. I AM ONLY MAKING THIS REPORT FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND BECAUSE IT IS FIRESTONE TIRE. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE, SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO HAVE IT FOR INSPECTION, LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU.*AK

VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM OF JUMPING OUT OF PARK AND ROLLING BACKWARDS SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE. ON JULY 24TH, 2001, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION IS TO BE REPLACED AUGUST 20TH. *SLC

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1991, TROOPER, P235/75R15 SIZE. TREAD ON LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK CONSUMER STATES VIBRATION STARTED AT 40 MPH AND THE FAILURE WAS SUDDEN, BRIDGESTONE DESERT DUELER TIRE. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE BRAKE PRESSURED DECLINED, UPON RELEASE AND RE-APPLICATION PRESSURE RETURNED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL FROZE EACH TIME, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP PROPERLY. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO PROBLEM EXISTED WITH BRAKES IN 1999. AFTER MOVING TO ANOTHER STATE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER BRAKES WERE NOT GRABBING LIKE THEY SHOULD. MECHANIC REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM OF NON STOPPING STILL EXISTS.*AK

THE BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. UNPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT READ THE HUBS HAD DETERIORATED AND WERE FLAKING TO A DEGREE THAT THE DISC WERE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED, THE DEALER REFUNDED THE COST OF NEW DRUMS. *YH

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SHOP AND CHECKED OUT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BUT TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND WITNESSES SAID THE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK, THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND WITHIN SECONDS THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

I AM SCARED EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY VEHICLE. I HAVE 3 KIDS AND THIS IS THE FAMILY VEHICLE THAT WE BOUGHT FOR A DEPENDABLE SAFE CAR. EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES I WONDER IF THE RODEO WILL STOP. I HAVE DROVE THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AND NOT STOPED AT STOP SIGNS. I HAVE LOST BRAKES ON THE WET ROADS AND LITTERALY BEEN SCARED TO DRIVE MY RODEO. I HAVE SHOWN THE ISUZU CENTRAL MANAGER THAT THE RODEO DOES NOT STOP AT A CERTIAN STOP SIGN AND HE STILL TELLS ME THAT IT IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I OWE AS MUCH AS THE CAR IS WORTH AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT UP ANOTHER DOWN PAYMENT. *AK

THE RIGHTSIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO ROAD HAZARD, CLEAR ROADWAY, AND THE DRIVER DID NOT STRIKE ANY OBSTACLES. THERE ARE NO OBJECTS IN THE TIRE TREAD. UPON GOING FLAT, THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE FROM THE CENTER LANE AND STOPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS DID CAUSE MAJOR SIDEWALL DAMAGE DUE TO THE SHORT RIDE ON THE DEFLATED TIRE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE ARE BRAND NEW WITH LESS THAN 3,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND SENT ME TO THE TIRE DEALER. BRIDGESTONE TIRE DEALER SAID THAT DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALL, HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE FAILURE, THEREFORE, NO WARRANTY COULD BE ENFORCED. BRIDGESTONE IS THE SISTER OF FIRESTONE WHICH HAS BEEN HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH TIRES ON SUV'S. THIS MAY BE RELATED???? HAD THIS BEEN A FRONT TIRE, A MAJOR ACCIDENT MAY HAVE RESULTED. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND RELIABILITY OF THE TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/70R16)