1995 Isuzu Rodeo complaints

LUGS: NUTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, SO, OWNER HAD TO BREAK STUDS OFF.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVED THEM IS WITH AN AIR WRENCH. *SLC

TWO BACK DOORS LOCKED UP WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE NOR FROM OUTSIDE. IT LOOKED LIKE LOCK SYSTEM FAILED. *AK

REAR DOORS FAIL TO OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. DOORS WOULD BE UNLOCKED, AND USING HANDLE WILL NOT OPEN THEM.*AK ISUZU WOULD NOT ASSIST CONSUMER IN REPAIRS. *SLC

I TOOK MY ISUZU RODEO TO HAVE THE ROCKER ARM NOISE FIXED. AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR HAVING ALREADY DONE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOTOR AND NO THE RIGHT.....THE IDLE NEVER HAS BEEN THE SAME..CAR HAS BEEN IN ON 5 TIMES NOW FOR A TOTAL OF 13 DAYS. THEY CANT FIGURE IT OUT. TOLD ME UNTIL THE IDLE IS UP ALL THE TIME THEY CANT FIX IT...THEY JUST DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS. *AK

WHEEL STUBS WERE DEFECTIVE FROM DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO CHANGE WHEELS FOR ROTATION OF TIRES, AND WHEELS WOULDN'T COME OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

MY SON WAS TRAVELLING ON SR 417 ON HIS WAY BACK TO COLLEGE. THE ISUZU BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTY AND HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN. PIECES OF THE TIRE BEGAN TO FLY OVER THE HOOD AND WINDSHIELD AND THE VEHICLE CUT SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT, CUTTING ACROSS TWO LANES. IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE INSURANCE APPRAISER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND TIRE, IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC BLOWOUT. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/75R15 )

MYSELF AND 4 OTHERS WERE NORTHBOUND ON I-35 NEAR OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CORE, AND THE STEEL BELTED CORDS SEPARATED. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WE WERE NOT SPEEDING, AND THE TEMPERATURES WERE NOT EXTREME. THE TREAD DEPTH WAS 11/32 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WHICH IS LIKE NEW. THE TIRE FAILURE RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE, EXTREME PHYSICAL INJURIES AND DEATH. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VD66YFN TIRE SIZE: 30X9.5R15 )

LONG BEFORE THE TROUBLE WITH BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, I CALLED THE COMPANY TO REPORT MY TIRES RIDING AND SOUNDING BAD. THEY WERE SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY AS BEING OUT OF ROUND AND THE FIRESTONE ON AUSTIN PEAY IN MEMPHIS TN REFUSE TO HELP AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE MY TRUCK THERE. I OFFER TO PAY THE DIFFERENT IN COST BECAUSE I DID NOT REPORT IT SOONER. PLEASE HELP ME IN GETTING NEW TIRES. THIS IS THE SOLE VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY. I AM A BELIEVER OF BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE AND I FOR ONE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON THEM. THEY ARE CORRECTING THE ERROR IN TIRE MAKING AND REPLACING ALL TIRES AND I THINK THAT IS GREAT. PLEASE CONTACT ME: CLEOPHUS B LANE, 4019 S LAKEWOOD DR, MEMPHIS TN 38128. I HAD MY TIRES CHECKED OUT SUNDAY AND THEY ARE EFFECTED AND THE THREADS WILL BE COMING OFF SOON. THERE IS A LINE OF CRACKS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE AND IF THE THREADS ARE COMING OFF. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245170R16 )

THE TIRES ARE CLEARLY CRACKING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRES, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT THE TIRES UNDER WARRANTY AND FIRESTONE WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 )

IT TAKES A WHILE TO CLICK OVER BEFORE VEHICLE WILL START. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAID WIRES WERE REALLY BAD, AND CORRODED. DEALER REBUILT STARTER. CURRENTLY, CONSUMER FEELS THE PROBLEM MAY BE REOCCURRING BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES BEFORE STARTER WILL CLICK IN. *AK

VIBRATION IN FRONT TIRES NOT RESOLVED AFTER TWO TRIPS TO DEALER FOR REBALANCING. TIRES NOT INCLUDED IN THE VOLUNTARY RECALL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH MY FAMILY ON THESE TIRES, AND WANT THEM REPLACED WITH A COMOPETITORS BRAND( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/R1 )

HYDRALIC SYSTEM PROBLEM KNOW TO LOCAL DEALERS, BUT REPAIR PROCEDURES NOT KNOW TO MANUFACTOER,SYSTEM CONTINUES TO FAIL AFTER REPAIRED APX ONE DAY OUT OF SHOP

I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET THAT A LOT OF ISUZU'S HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. ISUZU HAS IGNORED THE PROBLEM AND SHIFTED THE BLAME TO OTHERS WITH A RIDICULOUS TORQUE LIMIT. *NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

ROLLOVER ON SIDE IMPACT. *AK

THE PROBLEM WITH THE STUDS IS CONTINUOUS, ANY TIME I HAVE TO HAVE MY TIRES ROTATED OR BALANCED, OR FRONT END ALIGNED THE SERVICE PERSON ALWAYS INFORMS ME THAT THE LUGS HAVE BROKEN OFF WITH THE STUD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY AND AN INCONVIENCE. THE PROBLEM WITH THE HORN IS WHENEVER THE CAR IS WASHED OR IT RAINS THE HORN START SOUNDING AND I HAVE TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO STOP IT . THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY FRONT END DAMAGE TO CAUSE THIS PROBLEM, IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY AND ANOTHER MOTORIST INFORMED ME THAT MY HORN WAS SOUNDING. *AK

THE WHEEL STUD BOLTS BREAK WHENEVER TIRES ARE ROTATED AND MOUNTED BECAUSE IT IS DEFECTIVE. YH

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY USING EXCESSIVE OIL, WITH BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE, O-RINGS REPLACED TWICE,HOWEVER DID NOT REMEDY, UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. YH

TRANSMISSION STARTED HAVING FLUID LEAKS, AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NO GEAR. *AK

THE ENGINE WHEN AT IDLE STARTS TO MAKE A LOUD RAPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE NOISE SOUNDS LIKE FAULTY LIFTERS WITHIN AN ENGINE. THE NOISE WILL CONTINUE FROM IDLE ALL THE WAY TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. AFTER 20 MINUTES OF OPERATION THE NOISE WILL GO AWAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE , THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED AND FAILED WITHIN A WEEK , THEN REPLACED AND FAILED WITHIN A DAY, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ON THE CLUTCH WENT OUT AND THEN THE TANSMISSION BLEW THIS ALL HAS OCCURRED WITHIN ONE MONTH? *AK

POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW CAUSED THE IC VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO FAIL DUE TO A BAD ALTERNATOR. HOWEVER, REPLACMENTS WERE DONE. PROBLEM REOCCURED. *YC

SUSPENSION MALFUNTION.

NO TRUCK( DOT NUMBER: 3 TIRE SIZE: 16 )

WHILE DRIVING THE LOCKS STARTED TO ACTIVATE WHEN NO ONE WAS TOUCHING THEM.WHEN THE DOORS STARTED TO ACTIVATE ALONE, ONE COULD NOT ENTER OR EXIT. CONSUMER AND FAMILY HAD TO EXIT THROUGH HATCHBACK.MANUFACTOR WAS CONTACTED, AND SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP CONSUMER BECAUSE OF HIS LOCATION. *AK

FRONT END PULLS TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT, AND THERE IS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

SERVICE WAS PERFORMED TO MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS, YET FAILURE OCCURS.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

ALL 12 WHEEL LUGS/NUTS ON FRONT WHEELS FAILED ACCORDING TO DEALER. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM TIRE SHOPS INDICATES THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH ISUZU VEHICLES. ISUZU REFUSES TO HONOR WARRANTY STATING WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CAUSE IS "USE OF AIR WRENCHES TO TIGHTEN LUGS". THE LUG NUTS/BOLTS ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN, MANURE, OR ASSEMBLY SINCE OTHER CARS DO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM

WITH ALL THESE DEFECTS THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ON THE RODE ..NOT UP TO SAFETY STANDARDS FOR OCCUPANTS OR INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH...

MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN YOUR SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER SB96-01-L005, BULLETIN SEQUENCE NUMBER 23. I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM LAST SUMMER (8/98) THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL SEEPING INTO THE SPARK PLUG TUBES. IS THIS SOMETHING THE MANUFACTURER HAS TO REPAIR ON THE VEHICLE?

I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR ALTERNATOR/ REGULATOR/STARTER THAT I WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE RECEIVED SOMETIMES IN 1997. SHOULD THE DEALERSHIP DO IT NOW AND PAY FOR THE MONEY I SPENT TO FIX THE ALTERNATOR/REGULATOR/ STARTER? *AK

DURING TIRE ROTATION STUDS/LUG NUTS BECAME STRIPPED WHEN REMOVING LUG NUTS. ONE OF THE STUDS BROKE LOOSE FROM ITS SEATING INSIDE THE HUB DURING REMOVAL OF LUG NUT PREVENTING WHEEL REMOVAL OR LUG NUT RETIGHTENING. ALL 12 FRONT STUDS AND LUG NUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS THEY WERE ALL STRIPPED. ALL 12 REAR LUG NUTS AND STUDS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS THEY ARE ALSO STRIPPING DURING WHEEL REMOVAL. THE STRIPPING OF THESE LUG NUTS/STUDS IS CAUSING METAL FATIGUE ON THE STUDS AND THEY POSE A SERIOUS SAFTEY HAZARD DUE TO POSSIBLE BREAKAGE WHILE VEHICAL IS IN MOTION.

TIE ROD END BROKE WHICH WAS THE POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND ROLL OVER.

WHEEL STUDS AND NUTS CAN BE STRIPPED DURING NORMAL WHEEL INSPECTION AND TIRE REPLACEMENT.

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE DOOR LOCK TO STAY LOCKED AND WILL NOT UNLOCK .DEALER HAD TO DISMANTLE THE DOOR. BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSED DEFECT. *AK

SUSPENSION OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING TIRE WEAR.

EVERY TIME WHEELS NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR SERVICE, A NUMBER OG LUGS:NUTS:STUDS BREAK.

ALL 24 LUGS: NUTS BROKE OFF WHILE ROTATING THE TIRES. THIS CONDITION HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE. *AK

AT ANY SPEED AND WHENEVER THE CONSUMER WOULD DRIVE OVER A BUMP THE VEHILCE WILL CUT OFF, AND THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME OFF AND ON. *AK

STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN FAILED. YH

VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK

ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED/NOISY.

NEITHER REAR PASSENGER DOOR (POWER LOCKS) WILL OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND STATED THAT THE HANDLES NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUSTING. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, GIVING THE DRIVER NO PRIOR WARNING . THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS AFTER THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

FRONT WHEELS STUDS ARE WEARING OUT FOR UNKNOWN REASON; CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE STUDS: LUGS ON BOTH SIDES OF FRONT WHEELS. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE STUDS ARE WORN DUE TO THE AIR GUN USED TO PUT THE LUGS ON. *AK

VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED WHEN THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RUN. DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR AND GEAR. *AK *ML

REFUSES ALL WARRANTY COVERAGE DESPITE COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE HEAD.

FAULTY THERMOSTAT FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

LUGS:REPLACED EIGHT LUGS:NUT SAND STUDS.

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED FUEL PUMP TO MALFUNCTION.