ISUZU Complaints

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND IT SLID INTO A DITCH. REAR LEFT RIM BROKE IN PIECES, AND FRONT LEFT RIM CRACKED. VEHICLE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. DEALER NO HELP AT ALL. *AK

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES CONSUMER CAN FEEL ABS KICKING IN. THEN WILL HEAR A POPPING NOISE, AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, BUT VEHICLE WON'T STOP. CONSUMER HAS TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. *AK

BRAKING DISTANCE IS TOO LONG. WHEN APPLYING BRAKE ABS WILL START, BUT IT TAKES TOO LONG TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER SAID AS LONG AS ABS LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON, SYSTEM IS WORKING . CONSUMER TEST DROVE A 2000 MODEL, BRAKING DISTANCE WAS MUCH SHORTER. *AK

MY SON WAS TRAVELLING ON SR 417 ON HIS WAY BACK TO COLLEGE. THE ISUZU BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTY AND HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. PIECES OF THE TIRE BEGAN TO FLY OVER THE HOOD AND WINDSHIELD AND THE VEHICLE CUT SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT, CUTTING ACROSS TWO LANES. IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE INSURANCE APPRAISER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND TIRE, IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC BLOWOUT. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/75R15 )

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WERE SOME CASES WHERE TRUCK HAD A DELAYED STOP AND HAS CAUSED SEVERAL COLLISIONS THAT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE. *AK

ON 11/24/00, MY WIFE AND I WERE S/B ON I-15 FROM LAS VEGAS TO CALIFORNIA AT APPROX. 70MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS APPROX. 31 DAYS OLD AND PURCHASED NEW. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THERE WAS APPROX. 800 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WE HEARD A "POP" SOUND COME FROM THE UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND TOWARDS THE PASSENGER REAR. SUDDENLY THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WE ROLLED 3/4 TIMES AND DOWN TWO DITCHES. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE TREADS OF THE TIRE SEPARATE. TREADS WERE UNBROKEN AND STILL A COMPLETE CIRCLE. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF CUTS OR PUNCTURES ON THE INSIDE OF THE TREAD EXCEPT ON ONE SIDE IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD CUT TREADS OFF WITH A RAZOR BLADE THAT WAS HOW CLEAN THE SEPERATION WAS. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER BOOKED THE ALLOY WHEEL WITH SIDEWALLS ALONG TREADS INTO EVIDENCE. THE OFFICER SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHP'S EXPERTS EXAMINE THE TIRE FOR THE CAUSE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED ON A NEW TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: 16 INCH)

WHEN ROTATING TIRES, LUG NUTS STICK, BOLTS BROKE EASILY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LUG NUTS-HUB DAMAGED-NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK

BACK WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY DURING A RAIN STORMS. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK CORRECTLY IF WASHER IS BEING USED. MANUFACTURER IS NOT LOOKING INTO IT AS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

MY "NEW" TRUCK HAS A PROBLEM WITH IDLING VERY HIGH (2000RPM IN DRIVE/2400-2700 IN NEUTRAL) TO WHERE IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE FIRST 16MOS. OF OWNERSHIP. TOOK TRUCK TO O.C. JEEP/ISUZU IN MAR., 2000 - THEY "REPROGRAMMED PCM" (THE COMPUTER). 10/26/00 TOOK TRUCK TO MCKENNA ISUZU IN HUNT. BCH, CA FOR SAME PROBLEM - THEY "CLEANED TERMINALS & REPLACED" FRIED "CABLE TO BATTERY". 11/16/00 RETURNED TO MCKENNA W/SAME PROBLEM (HIGH-IDLE) - THEY "REPROGRAMMED PCM COMPUTER". THE IDLING PROBLEM CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH WHEN BRAKE IS NOT HELD FIRMLY, CAR DOES 35MPH(+) W/OUT GAS PEDAL ENGAGED, CAUSES DOWN-SHIFTING OF AUTO-TRANSM. TO BE VERY ROUGH. FEELS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN ACTING UP.

ON NINE SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED CAUSING FIVE COLLISIONS AND SLIDING THRU A CROSS WALK AT A SCHOOL INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES WILL PUMP & A SLOW GRATUATED STOP. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 10 TIMES..BUT NO HELP.*AK