Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →
WHILE MAKING A STOP VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED BRAKING PROBLEMS FROM THE VERY BEINNING OF WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT NEW, DEALER INSIST THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *SLC
VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, UP TO 12 TIMES IN ONE DAY. *AK THE DEALER BLAMES THE PROBLEM ON BAD GAS BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STALLING TO A POINT IT WAS UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS. *YH
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL FEELS NORMAL, YET BRAKING DISTANCE IS VERY EXTENDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO COULD NOT REMEDY SITUATION. *AK BRAKES WERE BEEN UNRELIABLE FROM THE BEGINNING. *YH
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEVERE VBIRATION FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT 52 OR MORE MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, VARIOUS PARTS WERE CHANGED AND REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT PROBLEM STILL KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE REAR WINDOW POPPED AND SHATTERED, WITHOUT ANY REASON. *AK
IN JULY 2000 CONSUMER HEARD A PINGING NOISE, AND DEALER DISCOVERED THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND MUFFLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN MAR 2001, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A PINGING SOUND, AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM FLOOR BOARD NEAR DRIVERS FEET.. IT WAS A SMOLDERING FIRE THAT BURNED A WHOLE IN FLOORBOARD. DEALER FOUND CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD GOTTEN SO HOT IT STARTED A FIRE. *AK
ROAD CONDITIONS SLIGHTLY WET DUE TO SLIGHT RAIN SHOWER.NO DEFECT LISTED. *AK
BRAKES DID NOT GRAB RIGHT OFF IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE PUT A STICK IN THE SPOKES OF A TIRE AND THEN THE BRAKES GRAB ALL OF A SUDDEN. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ABS MODULE, THE MASTER CYLINDER, AND THE BRAKE FLUID COMPLETELY FLUSHED.*AK
GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES (P245/70R16) SQUEAK WHILE MAKING TURNS AT 10MPH OR MORE, GOODYEAR SUGGESTED THAT INCREASING THE TIRE PRESSURE WOULD HELP, HOWEVER THE SQUEAK IS STILL PRESENT AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *SLC
AFTER REPLACING THE BODY MOUNTS, BALANCING AND ROTATING THE TIRES TWICE, REPLACING ALL 4 TIRES, AND 3 ALINGMENTS, THE VEHICLE STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND HAD FRONT END AND REAR END VIBRATIONS. WE PREVAILED AT BBB ARBITRATION AND IN DEC. 2000 THE MFG. REPURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHIL VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATES WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION AFTER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON BUMPY ROAD AND BRAKING, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH A HORRIBLE NOISE, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE ABS, THE BRAKES TOTALLY FAIL WHEN THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *SLC
MY CAR HAS STALLED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES. WAS SERVICED BUT STILL STALLING IN THE MIDST OF DRIVING. WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING MAKES LOUD UNFAMILLAR NOISES. *AK
ON 11/24/00, MY WIFE AND I WERE S/B ON I-15 FROM LAS VEGAS TO CALIFORNIA AT APPROX. 70MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS APPROX. 31 DAYS OLD AND PURCHASED NEW. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THERE WAS APPROX. 800 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WE HEARD A "POP" SOUND COME FROM THE UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND TOWARDS THE PASSENGER REAR. SUDDENLY THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WE ROLLED 3/4 TIMES AND DOWN TWO DITCHES. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE TREADS OF THE TIRE SEPARATE. TREADS WERE UNBROKEN AND STILL A COMPLETE CIRCLE. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF CUTS OR PUNCTURES ON THE INSIDE OF THE TREAD EXCEPT ON ONE SIDE IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD CUT TREADS OFF WITH A RAZOR BLADE THAT WAS HOW CLEAN THE SEPERATION WAS. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER BOOKED THE ALLOY WHEEL WITH SIDEWALLS ALONG TREADS INTO EVIDENCE. THE OFFICER SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO CHP'S EXPERTS EXAMINE THE TIRE FOR THE CAUSE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED ON A NEW TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRESIZE: 16 INCH)
PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATOR RIGIDITY-REPAIRED ONCE- NOW SAME PROBLEM-PER MANUFACTURER "IMPOSSIBLE" TO HAPPEN-UNTIL COMPUTER SHOWS CODE THEY WILL NOT REPAIR. *AK
CAR WILL NOT BRAKE WHEN GOES OVER RAIL ROAD TRACK OR BUMPS, EVEN AT LOW SPEED. *AK
THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED TWICE. ONCE UNDER DRY CONDITIONS AND ONCE UNDER WET CONDITIONS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT IS DESCRIBED HERE. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN DURING A STORM, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS I CROSSED A ROUGH PATCH OF PAVEMENT. AT THIS TIME I FELT THE BRAKE SYSTEM SKIP OR FAIL BRIEFLY UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO REAPPLY PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL. I HAVE NOTED OTHER RODEO OWNER COMPLAINTS ABOUT ABS PROBLEMS ON THE NET AND HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU. I HAVE NOT NOTIFIED THE DEALER YET BUT PLAN TO ON MY NEXT SERVICE CALL. *AK
ABS WILL COME ON WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED WHEN GOING OVER A LARGE ENOUGH BUMP TO HAVE BOTH REAR TIRES OFF THE GROUND. IT IS VERY UNSETTLING AS LOSS OF BRAKE POWER OCCURS UNTIL ALL THE TIRES HAVE SETTLED ON THE ROAD AGAIN. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP, AND JUST BEFORE ACCELERATING, IT JUMPED. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES ; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
MY WIFE AND I WENT ON VACATION AND WAS EXITING ON THE THE FREEWAY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AFTER A SECOND OR TWO IT POPPED BACK UP AND THE BRAKES ENGAGED WITH A LOUD METAL GRINDING/HITTING SOUND. IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING AND ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF US THE RODEO HOPPED A LITTLE BIT. LATER THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER AND THE FLUID LEVEL WAS AT THE MAX LINE. BUT I DID NOTICE CRUD IN THE BRAKE FLUID WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WOULD GET IN THE FLUID EXECT FROM THE SYSTEM. THE CAP TO THE BRAKE FLUID HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN OFF TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPEDED BEFORE AND WE TOOK THE RODEO TO THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT IT FROM AND THE MECHANIC TOOK THE RODEO FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NO PROBLEM OCCURED AND NOTHING WAS CHECKED WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE MECHANIC DIDN'T CHECK THE BRAKE LINES, MASTER CYLINDER, ETC. *AK
SHOCKS NO GAS CHARGE IN FRONT RIGHT, WEAK IN RF. LR. RR. WEAK CAUSES EXTREME BODY ROLL SUV. BOTTUMS OUT OVER SMALL BUMPS DEALER CONTACTED LOOKED FOR LEAKS NONE DID NOT PULL OFF SHOCK TO CHECK I AM IN PROCESS OF FINDING AFTER MARKET REPLACEMENT, THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF NOT CORRECTED.*AK
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ACTUATOR FAILED. *MJS
IF VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ON A BUMPY ROAD BRAKES WILL FAIL. *AK
THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN 2ND GEAR WITHOUT ANY GAS PEDAL PRESSURE, VEHICLE SPUN 180 DEGREES IMPACTING THE CURB DAMAGING THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEELS, SUSPENSION AND BODY. NLM
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