ISUZU Complaints

REPEATED OCCURRENCES OF ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM TAKING OVER CONTROL OF BRAKES WHILE BRAKING AT LOW SPEED. PROBLEM IS MOST PRONOUNCED WHEN ROADS ARE WET OR WHEN TRAVELING OVER BUMPY SURFACE WITH MODERATE BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS TWO MONTHS AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WHILE DRIVING ON WET ROADS. VEHICLE APPROACHED INTERSECTION WITH RAILROAD CROSSING. MODERATE BRAKING PRESSURE CAUSED ANTILOCK BRAKES TO TAKE OVER JUST AS VEHICLE WAS BUMPING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. LUCKILY, NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS AT INTERSECTION AT THE TIME. VEHICLE ENDED UP COMPLETELY INSIDE INTERSECTION. DRIVER BACKED UP TO BEHIND PAINTED LINES AND WAS VERY STARTLED AS TO ACTION OF BRAKING SYSTEM. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ON WET ROAD AT SMOOTH INTERSECTION. ASSUMED OIL ON ROADWAY WAS CAUSE OF ANTILOCK BRAKE ENGAGEMENT AND DRIVER REPORTED INABILITY TO STOP VEHICLE FOR UNUSUALLY LONG PERIOD AT LOW SPEED. THIRD INCIDENT WAS WHILE PULLING TRAILER WITH 2000 LB LOAD. WHILE PULLING UP TO RESIDENCE, RIGHT FRONT TIRE ROLLED INTO GUTTER WITH WATER. ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED AND VEHICLE "SLID" FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET. VEHICLE WAS ONLY TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH. LAST OCCURRANCE INVOLVED WET PAVEMENT AND RESULTED IN ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGING AT LOW VEHICLE SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH) WHILE SLOWING FOR INTERSECTION. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. DRIVER TRIED TO AVOID ACCIDENT BY CHANGING LANE TO RIGHT BUT WAS STRUCK BY VEHICLE ON RIGHT AND WAS PUSHED BACK INTO ORIGINAL LANE. COLLISION OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO ISUZU DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKE CHECK. DEALER REPORTED TIRES INFLATED TO 33 LBS INSTEAD OF 26/28 ACCORDING TO RATING ON DOOR. TIRES RATED AT 35 LBS MAX. DEALER ACTED UNAWARE OF ANY REPORTS OF ANTILOCK BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER CUSTOMERS, I.E. ACTED "STUPID" ESPECIALLY WHEN TOLD THAT BRAKE FAILURE RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. CAN DUPLICATE FAILURE REPEATEDLY. REQUEST TELEPHONE CONVERSATION. *AK

ENGINE REVS TO 3250 RPM AND IS UNCONTROLLABLE. THAT MEANS THE THING IN 5TH GEAR RACES TO ABOUT 80 MPH! ENGINE WOULD NOT IDEL DOWN REGARDLESS OF INPUTS BY DRIVER. VERY DANGERIOUS. HAPPENED INTERMITTANLY UNTIL WIRING CONNECTION FAILED, AT WHICH TIME DEALER WAS ABLE TO CLEAN CONNECTION. TOOK 5 MONTHS AND MANY TRIPS TO THE DEALER FOR CAUSE TO BE IDENTIFIED. DOUBT IF OTHER THAN ROUNTINE DIAGNOSTIC WAS ATTEMPTED AS DEALER WAS UNABLE TO "RECREATE" THE EVENT UNTIL ENGINE WAS 3250 RPM FULLTIME . I FEEL THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONTITION AND SHOULD CAUSE ACTION BY MFG. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT TORE LOOSE FROM THE FLOORBOARD WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL BACK WHILE PULLING OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER ANY BUMPS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. ALSO, IN WET CONDITIONS VEHICLE WANDERED WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY USING EXCESSIVE OIL, WITH BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE, O-RINGS REPLACED TWICE,HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY, UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. YH

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED 55+, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES VIBRATION, DEALER FOUND COLLAPSED BODY MOUNTS AND AFTER REPLACEMENT PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION STILL CONTINUES. *MJS

STEERING COLUMN CAME OFF AND VEHICLE WENT TO RIGHT, CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS WAS UNSAFE. *AK

WHEN THIS VEHICLE REACHES ABOUT 40 MPH FRONT END BEGINS TO VIBRATE UP/UNTIL 70 MPH. VIBRATION IS VERY STRONG, AND CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, DRIVER MADE ABRUPT TURN TO AVOID COLLISION, SUV LADDEN WITH X-MAS BAGGAGE, BEGAN TO FISH TAIL. DRIVER SPUN WHEEL OTHER DIRECTION AND SUV STARTED ROLLING OVER. DURING THE ROLLOVER THERE WAS A COLLISION WITH A GUARDRAIL, DURING THE ROLLOVER THE DRIVER SIDE ROOF COLLAPSED ON TOP OF DRIVER, KILLING HER BY HEAD TRAUMA. NO OTHER AUTOS WERE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN SURVIVED. *AK

WHILE PULLILNG INTO A PARKING SPACE AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, CAUSING CONSUMER TO RUN INTO STORE FRONT. *AK