ISUZU Complaints

ON FRIDAY FEB 11,2010 @ 9:30 PM. I WENT TO PICK UP MY MOM AND MY SISTER IN MY MOM"S TRUCK..THESE ARE THE EVENT THAT HAPPEN AS I WAS DRIVING HER TRUCK.. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AN I FELT THE CAR SWERVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, I WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MPH SO I TOOK THE FIRST EXIT I SAW AS SOON AS I TOOK THE EXIT THE CAR MADE A WEIRD NOISE LOUD NOISE SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE SO I GOT OUT THE CAR TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE SO I WHEN BACK IN THE CAR TO MOVE IT AND IT MADE THE LOUD NOISE AGAIN SO I CALLED FOR A TOWING TRUCK TO TOW ME HOME. WHEN THERE GOT THERE THE TOWING TRUCK GUYS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BEFORE TOWING IT AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAMES TO MY MOTHER 2001 ISUZU RODEO FRAME WAS ROTTED AND THE REAR BAR THAT CONNECTS TO THE TIRE TO THE DRIVER SIDE WAS COMPLETELY SNAPPED OF I ASKED THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND HE SAID IT WAS DO TO ROTTING AND HE BELIEVED IT WASN'T FIXABLE HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER REAR SIDE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS READY TO SNAP OF ALSO. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID, WE NEVER HAD A RECALL. THAT WE HAD TO CALL ISUZU COMPANY .. MY MOM NAME IS [XXX] AND THE REASON WE BOUGHT THE CAR IS BECAUSE MY MOM IS HANDICAP..SHE HAS HAD 3 BRAIN SURG.5 ANEURSYMS AND SHE IS PARALYZE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE , YOU TELL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ME AND MY MOM WOULD HAD GOTTEN TO ACCIDENT TAKEN HER TO APPTS, AND HOSPITAL BECAUSE THIS CAR COMPANY DOES NOT CARE TO TAKE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS KNOWN A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM. MY NAME IS [XXX] A CONCERN SON, AND VERY ANGRY ONE AT THAT ...I KNOW THIS IS GOING FALL ON DEF EARS BUT I GUESS OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE GOING TO ATTORNEY IF THIS MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED ASAP BECAUSE MY MOM STILL HAS TO GO TO HER NEUROLOGIST , AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL .. WE ARE STILL DONE WITH MY MOM CONDITION AND WE REALLY DEPENDED ON THIS CAR TO WORK FOR US. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING DOING ABOUT 35MPH, AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE REAR END OF THE RODEO SWERVED ALMOST HITTING A CAR IN THE ONCOMING LANE. CAME TO A STOP AND AGAIN REAR END FELT STRANGE. GOT TO WORK AND LOOKED IT OVER. DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING STILL LITTLE DARK OUT. CALLED MY MECHANIC HE SAID CHECK THE FRAME. SURE ENOUGH THE REAR TRAILING BAR BROKE FREE FROM THE FRAME. MY MECHANIC IS A PROFESSIONAL WELDER HE SAID BRING IT OVER HE WOULD LOOK AT IT. HAD TO TOW IT TO GARAGE WHERE HE RAISED IT ON A RACK. THE WHOLE FRAME HAD ALL KINDS OF ROT IN VARIOUS PLACE. RODEO IS NOW JUNK. ONLY HAS 120,000 MILES ON IT. LOOKS GREAT ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT ITS ONLY SKIN DEEP!!! THE DAY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED I HAD MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS ON THE PA TURNPIKE DOING 55 MPH WITH NO IDEA WE COULD HAVE ALL BEEN KILLED. *TR

STRONG FUEL ODOR INSIDE REAR OF VEHICLE FROM 1997 TO PRESENT. DEALER COULD NEVER LOCATE SOURCE. *TR

GAS PEDAL BECOMES STUCK AND ACCELERATION CONTINUES. ACCELERATOR CABLE FROM PEDAL TO THROTTLE IS BECOMES STUCK OFTEN. I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT TO FREE UP. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WIRE HARNESS DETERIORATED DO TO EXCESSIVE HEAT, ROUTED TO CLOSE TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO SHIFT AND DISABLING BOTH TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHTS. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 78K MILES ON IT AND WIRE COVERING/INSULATION SHOULD NOT BE LITERALLY BURNED AWAY WITH SUCH LOW MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL ROAD (APPROXIMATE SPEED 40MPH). AFTER HITTING AN AVERAGE BUMP IN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. IT THRASHED SIDE TO SIDE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE CRASHING INTO A DITCH AND LANDING ONTO ITS SIDE. I HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. HOWEVER, WHEN THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED HE SHOWED US A LARGE RUSTED OUT PART THAT WAS HANGING DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL (I TOOK PICTURES AS WELL AS THE POLICE). *TR

VEHICLE BECAME VERY UNSTABLE WHILE DRIVING. AFTER HEARING NOISE FROM LEFT REAR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FRAME RAIL. THE MOUNTING BRACKET PULLED AWAY FROM THE RUSTED FRAME, LEAVING A GAPING HOLE IN THE FRAME. VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE REPAIRABLE. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE SHOCK SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME, THE ENTIRE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. *TR

2001 ISUZU RODEO ROTTED FRAME. PURCHASED USED ISUZU RODEO IN LATE 2008. FOUND THAT ENTIRE FRAME WAS ROTTED AND THAT IT HAD ACTUALLY BROKEN IN HALF. BOTH SIDES OF FRAME WERE BROKEN BY REAR TIRE WHERE SUSPENSION ARM ATTACHES. HAD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE METAL AND WELDING WORK DONE TO REATTACH AND MAKE DRIVABLE. REPAIR PERSON SAID IT WAS A TEMPORARY FIX AND WOULD EVENTUALLY LET GO AGAIN DUE EXTENSIVE RUSTING AROUND IT AND ELSEWHERE ON THE FRAME. THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ISUZU AXIOM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHASSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL MADE THE VEHICLE UNDRIVEABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,405.