ISUZU Complaints

DON'T THINK SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PART SHOULD FAIL THAT SOON.(3 YEARS OLD). NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2001 AT ABOUT 9 AM I PULLED INTO THE MOBIL GAS STATION IN CASCADES SHOPPING CENTER, STERLING, VA TO REFUEL. MY TANK WAS ON "E". I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, POPPED THE GAS CAP DOOR OPEN FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, EXITED THE CAR AND WALKED AROUND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO REFUEL. I BEGAN TO TURN THE GAS CAP WITH MY RIGHT HAND. AS I DID SO, I HEARD A "HISSING" SOUND AND THEN FLAMES IMMEDIATELY SHOT OUT OF THE TANK. THE BRIGHT ORANGE FLAMES BURNED STEADILY APROXIMATELY 18 INCHES FROM THE VEHICLE FUEL NECK. PEOPLE AT THE STATION BEGAN TO RUN AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED MY 18 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER FROM THE VEHICLE AND RAN AWAY WITH HER IN MY ARMS. A BYSTANDER PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A NEARBY EXTINGUISHER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AFTER THE FIRE WAS OUT. THEY PRONOUNCED THE FIRE OUT AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. I HAVE SEVERAL WITNESSES WHO SAID THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. THIS COULD BE A POSSIBLE STATIC FIRE.*AK

THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE PARKED IN A PARKING LOT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TURN SIGNAL AND FENDER, SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE STILL AT THE DEALER BEING REPAIRED CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT (GENERAL GRABBER ST TIRES P245-70R16). NLM

THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE IN MOTION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THERE HAS BEEN NO WARNING PRIOR TO ANY OF THESE FAILURES. IN EACH CASE, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND THE SERVICING DEALER (HALL ISUZU IN NEWPORT NEWS, VA) HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE. ALTHOUGH THE SERVICING DEALER DOESN'T APPEAR CONCERNED, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND THAT EVENTUALLY THIS DEFECT WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. WHILE I AM NOT A MECHANIC, THE SUDDEN NATURE OF THE FAILURES SEEM TO INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 75MPH ON HIGHWAY AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE BECAUSE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, AND FLIPPED MULTIPLE TIMES. *AK DRIVER DIED FROM HEAD INJURIES, I PERSON WAS INJURED, TIRES WERE BRIDGESTONE DESERT DUELLER, SIZE P235/75R15, DOT WK13356. *SLC

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE RODEO ON A CLEAR NIGHT WITH CLEAN ROADS. SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE ABS KICKED IN. SHE HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHICH INDICATED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE ON. SHE LET UP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKES AND GOT THE SAME THING. SHE COULD NOT GET STOPPED AND RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR. *AK

BACK MIDDLE SEAT BELT BECAME UNBUCKLED, CHILD SAFETY SEAT WITH CHILD WAS TOSSED TO SIDE AND FLIPPED OVER. *AK

AT 40,000 MILES COOLANT FUMES COMMENCED TO COME INTO VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, AND MADE VARIOUS REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER FIRST COMPLAINED OF AN ANTI-FREEZE SMELL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CAB, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, HOWEVER DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG, CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO REPLACED HEAD GASKET, AFTER REPAIR CONSUMER COULD STILL SMELL ANTIFREEZE, IN OCTOBER DEALER FOUND A HOLE IN THE HEATER HOSE AND REPLACED IT, SMELL WAS STILL PRESENT SO CONSUMER HAD ENGINE STEAM CLEANED WHICH STILL DID NOT GET RID OF ODOR, THE ODORS WERE CAUSING CONSUMER'S FACE TO GET NUMB AND CAUSED HIM TO GET SLEEPY, FINALLY 2 ORINGS WERE FOUND LEAKING IN THE PLASTIC NECK OF THE CORE. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK WHEN AT IDLE, DEALER REPLACED 2 HOSE CLAMPS FOR COOLANT LINES. CRUISE CONTROL CUTS OUT AND ENGINE RACES WHEN GOING UPHILL. *SLC

ABS FAILED TWICE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, CONSUMER ENDED UP HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR BUMPS, THE BRAKES GIVE OUT. *SLC

DEALER IS REFUSING TO REPAIR A RECALL CONCERNING REAR AXLE FAILURE. *AK RECALL NUMBER 00V058. *SLC