ISUZU Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO CRASH. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED, AND WAS TOLD THAT LUGS: NUTS SNAPPED OFF. IF CONSUMER HAD TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE, HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE IT OFF. *AK *ML

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WITH BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELING TO THE FLOOR, ANDTHERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY, RESULTING IN A CRASH. PRIOR PROBLESM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM, BUT DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ABS SYSTEM IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. HAS TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, THE PEDAL GOES STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. *AK

REAR ABS BRAKES OPERATE ERRATICALLY. WOULD CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN APPLIED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD JUMP QUICKLY. BRAKES WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISES AFTER STOPPING. THE PAVEMENT WOULD BE DRY. BEEN TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE ABS ACTUATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND WITHIN MINUTES VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED BY FLAMES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A HARD STOP VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN REMOVE THE TIRE TO REPLACE, THE WHEEL STUD BROKE OFF. THIS IS NUMBER 4 IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR

MY 1998 ISUZU AMIGO HAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SINCE I PURCHASED IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVEN (?) TIMES AND IF ANYTHING, IS WORSE THAN WHEN I PURCHASED IT. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR THE PULLING PROBLEM, THE SERVICE ADVISOR (MELISSA) TOLD ME IT WAS SUPPOSED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT, BECAUSE "THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE STUFF IS IN THE RIGHT HUB". SUBSEQUENT TRIPS YIELDED NO FIX WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT THEY HAD; DONE A FRONT-END ALIGNMENT, BALANCED THE WHEELS, ROTATED THE WHEELS, AND PUT ON NEW TIRES. MY ADVISOR, "ROB" ALONG WITH THE ISUZU MECHANIC, "MARK" HAVE TOLD ME THAT ISUZU KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES BUT THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX SOME OF THEM. THIS WEEK, MY AMIGO IS GOING IN ONCE AGAIN, THIS TIME TO HAVE WHAT I WAS TOLD IS A "SPRING KIT" INSTALLED ON THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. THE VIBRATION PROBLEM IS VERY NOTICEABLE AND OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AS DOES THE WHOLE TRUCK. A GREAT DEAL OF "FEEDBACK" IS ALSO EVIDENT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN PASSING OVER ROUGH ROADS. THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM HERE AND NOBODY AT ISUZU SEEMS ABLE TO FIX THIS TRUCK.

THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHIFTING ROUGH SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1991. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND SOME MINOR REPAIRS/ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE BY THE DEALER. THE SECOND INCIDENT REQUIRED MORE EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIRS SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED BY SOME 2-3K MILES. UPON THE THIRD INCIDENT WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN, I REQUESTED SOMEONE FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO INVESTIGATE. THEY REQUESTED THAT I KEEP A LOG FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF THE CONDITIONS OCCURRING WHILE DRIVING. AFTER THIS PERIOD, THEY FELT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE UNIVERSAL JOINTS. THESE WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. OTHER COMPLAINTS IN THE DRIVE TRAIN INVOLVE THE INABILITY OF THE CRUISE CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SPEED ON SLIGHT INCLINES AND WOULD SUFFER A GREAT REDUCTION IN SPEED ON A MODERATE TO STEEP INCLINE. WITH REGARDS TO THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, A FUEL INJECTOR PLUG EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND ERUPTED IN A FIRE THAT SELF-EXTINGUSHED. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. I PROCEEDED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO USE A GM PART (I FOUND OUT THAT THE DRIVE TRAIN AND ENGINE ARE ACTUALLY MADE IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY GM EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE IS AN ISUZU). THERE WAS A SECOND INCIDENT IDETICAL TO THE FIRST AND THE REPAIRS WERE AGAIN MADE. I HAD THE DEALER CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. THEY WER ONLY ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE THERMOSTAT WAS NOT OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY, BUT COULD NOT SAY THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE INJECTOR FAILURES.