ISUZU Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU AMIGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER AND WELDER, WHOM BOTH STATED THAT THE DAMAGES WERE BEYOND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

FRAME RUSTED CAUSING REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM TO FALL OFF ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT VEHICLE PURCHASED 8/22/11 WANT TO KNOW WHY THESE VEWHICLES ARE STILL BE ALLOWED TO BE SOLD. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THE RECALL STARTED IN 2010 AND ONLY GOOD FOR 1 YEAR SO I HAVE TO JUNK A OTHERWISE DECENT CAR BECAUSE THE FRAMES ARE JUNK. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE ROADS FOR EVERYONES SAFETY!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

MY TRANSMISSION IS ALSO GIVEN ME ALOT OF PROBLEMS JUST LIKE OTHERS IVE SPOKEN WITH, I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE EXPECTING 2 PUT SOME MONEY IN IT BUT NOT COUNTINUSLY FOR THE SAME MINOR PROBLEMS THE SUV ALSO GOES DEAD AT RED LIGHTS & STOP SIGNS WHY THEY CANT QUIET TELL & IT USES BRAKES LIKES CRAZY SO I WAS TOLD BY THE MEN @ THE SHOP TO WRITE SO THATS WHAT I DID HOPING IT WILL HELP ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS SITUATION! *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY GAS GAUGE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS...AT FIRST I WOULD FILL UP THE TANK OR AT LEAST THINK IT WAS FULL AS THE GAUGE WOULD MOVE ALL THE WAY OVER TO FULL THEN AFTER I WOULD STOP PUMPING AND TURN ON THE CAR THE GAUGE WOULD GO DOWN TO 3/4 TANK AND FLUCTUATE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 3/4 AND FULL OVER SEVERAL DAYS. THEN YESTERDAY I WENT AND FILLED UP AND DECIDED TO NOT USE THE GAUGE AS A MEASURING SYSTEM AND INSTEAD JUST LET THE PUMP GO UNTIL IT CLICKED OFF AS IT DOES WHEN TANK IS FULL SO I DID THIS AND THE GAUGE WENT UP TO FULL THEN BOUNCED BACK TO EMPTY AND NOW MY FUEL LOW LIGHT IS ON AND I CANNOT GET ANY RANGE READING ON MILEAGE FOR GAS OR ANYTHING. ALSO IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ABOUT THAT SAME 3 WEEKS AGO MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING BRIEFLY STARTING OFF AT 65 MPH AT REST THEN IT GRADUALLY MADE ITS WAY BACK DOWN TO ZERO AT REST AND HAS SINCE SEEMED TO BE OK. *TR

OCTOBER 17, 2011, I TOOK MY RODEO TO, HAVE IT SERVICED FOR THE SUSPENSION:REAR RECALL. AFTER SERVICE THE MECHANICS INSPECTION REPORT NOTED THAT: "FRAME CORRODED BADLY, R/F HUB LOOSE, REAR SHOCK HANGING, FRAME ROTTED THRU" AND THAT THE FRONT C/V JOINT HAD RUSTED OFF. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, DID NOT ADVISE ME TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME, AS IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD THE EXHAUST REPAIRED, A NUMBER OF TIMES DUE TO RUST. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD, AND HAS ONLY BEEN USED AS TRANSPORTATION TO WORK(ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING). *TR

I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO INCREASE MY SPEED-I WAS CURRENTLY GOING 55-THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SPEED-DURING RUSH HOUR, BUT I MANAGED, AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE HARD 4 TIMES, TO UN-STICK THE ACCELERATOR. I ENDED UP GOING 80 MPH AND AVOIDED A CRASH BUT THIS ALARMED ME AS THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME AND IT IS AS IF THE VEHICLE HAD A "MIND OF ITS OWN". ESPECIALLY AFTER RECENT DEATHS IN THE CASES WITH TOYOTA. I CONTACTED ISUZU AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. I ASKED IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN IN MY VEHICLE AGAIN OR IF A DEALER WERE NOT ABLE TO FIX IT WHAT WOULD BE THE COURSE OF ACTION, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THAT FINANCIAL DECISION SINCE MY WARRANTY IS UP. I AM SURE THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE THIS SAME TYPE OF MECHANICAL ERROR IN A TOYOTA WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT THEM! *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ISUZU AXIOM. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

AFTER DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF AND ON MY WAY TO WORK DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE A SEMI TRUCK PASSED ME ON THE LEFT THROWING OFF A GUST OF WIND AT WHICH POINT THE FORWARD MOUNTING POINT BRACKET ON THE REAR LEFT TIRE CAME LOSES CAUSING AN ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SWAY IN AND OUT OF THE LANE I WAS DRIVING IN, ALMOST FLIPPING IT OVER, UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND BRING THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE AUTHORIZED ISUZU SERVICE CENTER THEY DETERMINED THIS WAS PART OF RECALL 10V-436 AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. CITING RCDNN-10V436-1257.PDF A LETTER FROM ISUZU TO THE NTSB ISUZU STATES THAT IN EVENT THAT THE TRUCK CANNOT BE REPAIRED THEY WILL PAY THE PRIVATE PARTY PRICE TO THE OWNER, WHEN WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS THAT THEY WILL ONLY PAY FOR WHAT THE COST OF THE REPAIR WOULD HAVE BEEN. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS FORCES THESE VEHICLES BACK ON THE ROAD WHEN RESOLD AS USED LEAVING THE NEW OWNER UNSUSPECTING OF THE DANGER WHEN THEY ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED TO THIS ISSUES HAS MANY ARTICLES LINKED OF PEOPLE GETTING SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED OVER THIS ISSUE. *TR

FRAME ON MY CAR IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND SEPARATED APART. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH AXEL ATTACHMENT TO FRAME WAS FIXED AND SECURED PER RECENT RECALL FROM ISUZU. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND I HAVE SINCE THEN. OTHERWISE MECHANICALLY CAR IS OK. *TR

I STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE CURB AND HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE AND THE REAR END OF MY CAR BEGAN TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH. I PULLED BACK UP TO CURB AND LOOKED UNDER REAR OF CAR. I SAW CRACKED, RUSTED FRAME AND A BROKEN STABILIZER BAR. *TR