ISUZU Complaints

I TOOK MY 2007 ISUZU I-290 TRUCK INTO DEALER BACK IN DEC. OF 2010 BECAUSE THE REDUCE POWER LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 15 MILES/HR. WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING THE ENGINE WOULD JUST KILL. STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH APPROX 68,000 MILES, I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS, ALL THEY DID WAS CHANGE THE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR. 5 MONTHS LATER, I STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. DIAGNOSTIC READINGS CAME BACK THAT SENSORS NEEDED CHANGING. I REPLACED BOTH SENSORS BUT IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AND EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE KILLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN LATE AUG./EARLY SEPT. 2011 AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE SHAVINGS IN THE ENGINE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, AT MY EXPENSE. I TRIED CALLING THE ISUZU MOTORS OWNERS RELATIONS LINE AND AFTER BEING ON HOLD FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER, ALL THEY WOULD DO IS REFER ME TO A DEALER IN MY AREA. ALSO, I FILED A CLAIM WITH THE AUTO BBB WHO REJECTED MY CLAIM BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE. WHICH IS CONFUSING BECAUSE THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WAS STILL ACTIVE WHEN I WENT IN OCT. OF 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 3YRS OLD. I HAD A NEW ENGINE PUT IN AND JUST PICKED UP THE TRUCK ON SATURDAY APRIL 28, 2012. ON APRIL 30TH, WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THE POWER REDUCED TO 15 MILES AGAIN AND THEN THE TRUCK STALLED. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER CALLED AND SAID THAT THEY ARE GETTING AT LEAST 15 DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC CODES BUT THEY ALL SEEM TO POINT TO THE CAMSHAFT CRANKS. SAME PROBLEM, NEW ENGINE!!!! *JS

FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH GM SUV'S LIKE ENVOY, TRAILBLAZER, BUICK AND POSSIBLY MORE. OUR DEALER INSISTS THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS VEHICLE IS PRETTY MUCH 99% GM EXCEPT FOR THE NAME. *JS

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON.. TEST INDICATES IT IS THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT. AC/HEATER FAN WILL NOT WORK ON HIGH SPEED.. *JS

FIRST AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS OF PUTTING UNIT ON DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM. IT WAS DETERMINED - WILL FIRST THE COMPUTER COULD NOT READ MY CODES; THEN MY MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS FROM THE FUEL SENSOR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. REPLACED FUEL PUMP FOR 450.00 AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON AND FUEL GAUGE IS INOPERABLE. I CAN NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO MY ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. CAR DRIVE GOOD HOWEVER HAVING THESES ISSUES; NEXT MECHANIC TRIES TO LOCATE 06 CAR BOOK. LOCALLY HERE THEY ARE NOT SOLD AND IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE 06 ISUZU ASCENDER CAR BOOK. THEN WITH DEALERSHIP GUIDANCE THEY DETERMINED ITS ELECTRICAL. MY COMPUTER IS MISFIRING INCORRECT DATA TO SYSTEMS. DEALERSHIP NOR MECHANIC CAN FIND PARTS BECAUSE PARTS ARE VERY HARD TO FIND AS THIS UNIT IS NO LONGER MADE. IT IS NOW APRIL 2012 AND I AM STILL WITHOUT CAR AND STILL MECHANIC IS STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE SUFFICIENT PARTS TO FIXED THE ISSUES. THIS IS EXHAUSTING. THE CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. THIS IS JUST A NIGHTMARE... *TR

CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE ROAD AT 20MPH WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ONTO A CURB WHERE ONCE STOPPED THEY WERE ABLE TO DRIVE IT INTO A PARKING LOT BUT ONLY IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. ONCE INSPECTED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR PART OF THE FRAME WAS SO BADLY RUSTED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TRAILING ARM AND MOUNT BROKE OFF THE FRAME CAUSING THE REAR AXLE TO SHIFT BACK IN FORTH UNCONTROLLABLY. WHEN TAKEN TO A FRAME REPAIR SHOP AND STATE CERTIFIED WELDER THE FRAME AND MOUNTS WERE DEEMED BEYOND REPAIRABLE AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE REAR FRAME WAS RUSTING OUT SO BAD THAT IT WAS THAT IT WAS NO LONGER STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THAT ISUZU RECALLED THE 98-2002 RODEOS IN WHICH WERE STATIONED IN THE NATIONS SALT BELT. MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE ALSO HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE AMIGO'S. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS THESE VEHICLES IN THE SALT BELT ARE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

HELLO, I BOUGHT MY ISUZU RODEO SUV IN FEB. OF 2000. I PAID $27,000 WITH A TRADE IN. I NOTICED THE FIRST YEAR THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE GOING ON 50-55 MILES AN HOUR, SO TOOK IT BACK TO THE WHERE I BOUGHT IT, THEY FIXED IT BUT IT WAS STILL HAPPENING. SO, YEARS WENT BY A FEW OTHER PROBLEMS OCCURRED SPENT MONEY ON THE CAR TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT ONE THING I NOTICED THAT THE BOTTOM AND BODY OF THE CAR STARTED TO ROT, NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS. HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STARTING THE CAR, IT STALLS, WHILE I AM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT DECIDES TO STALL, MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT. WE COULD OF GOTTEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS CAR, SO UNSAFE. THE CAR ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT ONLY 12 YRS OLD, I HAVE MAINTAINED THE CAR IN GOOD CONDITION, JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. SO, DRIVING A FEW WEEKS AGO, I HEARD THIS LOUD SNAP AND ALSO TO MENTION MY 17 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN HER CAR SEAT IN THE BACK. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS, SO THAN I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVING THE WAY IT WAS, MY HUSBAND LOOKED DOWN AND HE SAID THAT RIGHT SWAY BAR IS BROKEN. SO, TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID YOU WILL NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON REPAIRING IT AND OTHER PARTS THAT ARE ROTTING. SO, THIS REALLY MAKES YOU THINK HOW SAFE MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE CAR. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THIS CAR AT ALL EVER SINCE, I AM SO SCARED. SO, FINANCIAL I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR ALL OF THE PARTS ON THIS CAR,I HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND A CAR THAT IS DEPENDABLE AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY ESPECIALLY MY CHILD. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE THAT ARE INVENTING THESE CAR'S SHOULD THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE WISER ON HOW TO MAKE A CAR. THANK YOU!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU AMIGO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE TRACTION BAR FRACTURED FROM THE FRAME AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT CORROSION AND RUST CAUSED THE TRACTION BAR TO FRACTURE FROM THE FRAME. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE TRACTION BAR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

I HAD MY TRUCK SERVICED AND WAS TOLD BY GARAGE THAT MY SIDEWALL ON ALL 4 OF MY TIRES ARE SPLITTING. I TOLD HIM THEY ONLY HAD A LITTLE OVER 20000 MILES ON THEM AND THE TRUCK WAS ALWAYS GARAGED THAT THEY COULD NOT BE SPLITTING. HE SHOWED ME AND THE SIDEWALL IS INDEED SPLITTING. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING WITH THESE TIRES RESULTING IN CRASHES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAD FALLEN TO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 107,684. UPDATED 06/05/12*LJ NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 10V436000. UPDATED 06/06/2012*JS

VEHICLE FRAME ON 2001 ISUZU RODEO IS BADLY RUSTED. HAVE MAINTAINED CAR WELL AND WAS LAST INSPECTED IN AUGUST, 2011, WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. IN APRIL, 2012, VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP FOR BRAKE WORK WHEN THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS BADLY RUSTED. HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A WELDING SHOP AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED. *TR