ISUZU Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISES & ITS GETTING WORSE WHEN SHIFTING; THE FRONT ROLL BAR GRILLE FELL OFF 3 TIMES; THE 4 FUEL INJECTORS BLEW; THE TRUNK DO NOT OPEN, EVEN WITH KEY; THE FUEL GUAGE FAILS TO REGISTER PROPERLY; THE ROOF IS RUSTY CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INSIDE VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *YC

POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW CAUSED THE IC VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO FAIL DUE TO A BAD ALTERNATOR. HOWEVER, REPLACMENTS WERE DONE. PROBLEM REOCCURED. *YC

INVOICES LIST PARTS REPLACED AS: PURGE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE, SOLENOID VALVE, PURGE CANISTER, CONVERTOR PURGE SOLENOID, PURGE CANISTER. REPORTED TO ISUZU AND DEALER. NEITHER THINK FAILURE 5 TIMES IS A PROBLEM. WANT US TO JUST 'WAIT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN'. QUOTE FROM ISUZU WHEN TRYING TO RESOLVE PROBLEM: "THE AREA/ZONE MANAGER DOESN'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED RIGHT NOW. LET'S JUST SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. AS LONG AS THE DEALER IS FIXING IT UNDER WARRANTY, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM".

VEHICLE HAS STRONG SUSPENSION VIBRATION SINCE BRAND NEW. VIBRATION IS PRESENT AT SPEEDS OF 25MPH & ABOVE, & BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED AS SPEED INCREASES. HAVE HAD TIRES BALANCED TWICE BY 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS. ORIGINAL DEALER ALSO TRIED SWAPPING TIRES & WHEELS WITH ANOTHER NEW RODEO. GOODYEAR STORE REBALANCED & ROTATED TIRES ON 3 OCCASIONS. NOTHING HAS HELPED. VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY FRONT RESTRAINTS UNLATCHED AUTOMATICALLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

IMMEDIATLY AFTER PURCHASING THE TROOPER IN 1995 WE NOTICED WE HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES TO STOP WHEN GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER REPEATED TRIPS AND COMPLAINTS TO COCHRAN PONTIAC IN MONROEVILLE, WE WERE TOLD EACH TIME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THEY FINALLY REPLACED THE BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER HOSE IN 4/97 AND AGAIN IN 6/97. THIS HELPED MINIMALLY. WE TOOK THE CAR TO BE INSPECTED 6/99 AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM AT ONLY 34200 MILES. WE WERE TOLD BY THE MECHANICS AT THIS INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION THAT THE CONDITION OF THE BRAKES WERE UNSAFE AND THE SYSTEM DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH FOR A CAR OF THIS SIZE. ISUZU'S INDIFFERENCE TO OUR PROBLEM HAS PROMPTED THIS COMPLAINT.

THE FAILED COMPONENTS ARE THE PLASTIC BUTTONS MOUNTED ON THE DASH WINDSHIELD AND LIGHT CONTROLS. ALL THE BUTTONS ARE CRACKED AND SOME OF THEM HAVE FALLEN OFF AND CANNOT BE REATTACHED. ONCE A BUTTON FALLS OFF YOU CANNOT USE TURN ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. I CAN NOT BUY THE BUTTONS WITHOUT BUYING THE ENTIRE SWITCH ASSEMBLY.

ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM; WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT BACK AND FORTH WHILE TRYING TO PRESS DOWN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO TEMPORARILY LOSE BRAKING UNTIL THE PULSATION IN PEDAL STOPPED. ALSO NOTICE DA LOUD GRINDING SOUND WHEN THIS OCCURRED DEALER NOTIFED AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

BRAKES HAVE FAILED AT SIX OTHER TIMES, THE LAST BEING 10/22/99. I HAD TO CROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO AVOID A COLLISION. ALL THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WANT TO DO IS TELL ME TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE OR THAT THEY CAN'T FIX IT WITHOUT IT HAPPENING TO THEM WITHOUT ADMITTING RESPONSIBILITY. THEY STATED, "TO TAKE THE BRAKES APART AND LOOK AT THEM WOULD BE AN ADMISSION OF QUILT".

WOULD BE DRIVING & STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT INTO LOW GEAR ON ITS OWN INTO SAFE MODE. THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON PRIOR TO DOWN SHIFTING. THE ENGINE CAN BE HEARD SHIFTING DOWN. VEHICLE HARDLY MOVED. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES CONCERNING PROBLEM. MECHANIC CAN LOCATE CAUSE OR FIX PROBLEM. WOULD HAVE TO TURN VEHICLE OFF & WAIT BEFORE RESTARTING IT AGAIN. *AK