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2002 Isuzu Rodeo complaints

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 2002 record →

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Mar 5, 2002AL

OWNER TURNED ON REAR DEFROSTER, AND WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE. WHEN DRIVER RETURNED REAR HATCHBACK WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. DEALER INDICATED THAT TINT ON WINDOW MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. *AK

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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