ISUZU Complaints

REAR AXLE LOCK NUT AND PAN CAKE WASHER FAILED AND AXLE SLID OUT WITH WHEEL STILL ATTACHED. THIS IS THE 2ND OCCURANCE IN 2 YEARS. FIRST TIME VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 10 MPH, SECOND TIME 55 MPH.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35-40MPH, THE HATCHBACK WOULD POP OPEN FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN 10 TIMES. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. AT TIMES ONE CAN HEAR THE MOTOR RUNNING TO UNLOCK LATCH. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC SAID NO PROBLEM TO FIND. HATCHBACK DID NOT POP OPEN AT DEALER. *AK

BUTTON TO LOCK DOOR DRIVER'S SIDE; UPON ENTERING TRUCK IF PUSHING THE BUTTON DOWN ON INSIDE TO LOCK DOOR WHEN EXITING THE TRUCK. CONSUMER DOES NOT LIFT THE BUTTON, BUT INSTEAD USES THE DOOR KNOB TO OPEN DOOR. SPRING IN THE DOOR IS BROKEN WHICH CAUSES THE DOOR TO LOCK, MAKING IT UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR BY LOCK OR HANDLE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VALVE COVER GASKET FAILURE. ISUZU SEEMS TO HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FAILURE OF THE VALVE COVER GASKET AND THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.(NEW JERSEY POLICE ACCIDENT REPORT).

ANY TIME WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES AND A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THAT ISUZU KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT THERE IS NO SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. *AK

BRACKETS THAT HOLD SUN SHADE TO SUN ROOF FELL OFF HITTING CONSUMER AND OBSTRUCTING VIEW MOMENTARILY.

AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING ALL NIGHT, EARLY MORNING IT BURSTED INTO FLAMES, NEAR THE BATTERY. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE FIRE MARSHALL IT APPEARED TO BE A SHORT CIRCUIT NEAR THE BATTERY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, ATTEMPTING TO ENTER GARAGE WHEN HEATER CORE BLEW UP, CAUSING HOT WATER AND STEAM TO BLOW INSIDE VEHICLE AND ON TOP OF CONSUMER, RESULTING IN BURNS AND INJURIES. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN.HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED TWO YEARS PRIOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TAILGATE WINDOW SHATTERED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK