Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 5,697 complaints for ISUZU
Incident date: Mar 26, 2010
I OWN A 2006 ISUZU I 280 THAT HAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL ON 5-29-07 AND THE NEW PART FAILED ON 3-26-2010. ARE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS SUPPOSED TO FAIL IN 3 YEARS? DO I HAVE ANY LEGAL RIGHT TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED AGAIN AT NO COST TO ME?
Incident date: Feb 20, 2010
MY ISUZU SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. I CANT SEE HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS NOT MY CAR ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THAT.
Incident date: Mar 18, 2010
REAR SUPPORT SYSTEM ROTTED(RUSTED)OFF MAIN FRAME LEAVING REAR WHEEL ON DRIVER SIDE TO MOVE FREELY AND PASSANGER SIDE IS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH.FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED.WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS FLOATING TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD WHERE CARS WERE PARKED AND GOING TO CRASH INTO THEM BUT FORTUNATLY I STOPED THE CAR
Incident date: Mar 25, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1986 ISUZU TROOPER. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE FLOOR BOARD CABLE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SEAT BELT CONNECTOR DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 226,000.
Incident date: Jan 9, 2010
NO PRIOR WARNING UNTIL A LOUD BUMPING NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE & LOST ABILITY TO CONTROL REAR OF THE VEHICLE, NO CRASH DUE TO TRAVELING AT LOW RATE OF SPEED & ABLE TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY. LEFT REAR BOLTS CONNECTING BODY TO FRAME HAD BROKEN AWAY ALLOWING BODY TO MOVE BACK & FORTH ON THE FRAME, UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING. UPON INSPECTION BY MECHANIC WAS TOLD LEFT REAR WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY AW... Read more
Incident date: Jan 9, 2010
NO PRIOR WARNING UNTIL A LOUD BUMPING NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE & LOST ABILITY TO CONTROL REAR OF THE VEHICLE, NO CRASH DUE TO TRAVELING AT LOW RATE OF SPEED & ABLE TO PULL OFF HIGHWAY. LEFT REAR BOLTS CONNECTING BODY TO FRAME HAD BROKEN AWAY ALLOWING BODY TO MOVE BACK & FORTH ON THE FRAME, UNABLE TO CONTROL STEERING. UPON INSPECTION BY MECHANIC WAS TOLD LEFT REAR WAS BROKEN COMPLETELY AW... Read more
Incident date: Jan 3, 2010
MY CAR STALLS IN TRAFFIC DUE TO A DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLE GASKET . I HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED IN TRAFFIC, UNABLE TO RESTART MY VEHICLE. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION ENTIRELY CAUSED BY A MANUFACTORING DEFECT. ISUZU IS AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND HAS REPAIRED MANY FREE OF CHARGE UNDER A SECRET PLAN THAT IS NOT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. I HAD MY CAR DIANOISED AT MIKE RAISOR ISUZU IMPORTS (LAFAYETTE, INDI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 21, 2010
MY 2000 ISUZU RODEO WENT IN TO HAVE SOME WORK DONE ON IT, SIMPLE MAINTENANCE. THE CERTIFIED MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK UNDER THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY INFORMED ME THAT HE REFUSED TO PUT MY CAR UP ON HIS LIFT TO DO WORK ON IT BECAUSE OF THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE FRAME OF THE CAR. HE WAS AFRAID THAT IF HE LIFTED MY CAR IT WOULD FALL APART WHILE ON THE LIFT AND DESTROY HALF OF HIS SHOP. HE THEN ALSO ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2010
FRAME RUSTED THROUGH ,UNINSPECTABLE, MOUNTS ON FRAME ARE VERY WEAK. *TR
Incident date: Mar 11, 2010
I MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. JUST BEFORE I WAS PROCEEDING FORWARD AGAIN, I HEARD AN ODD NOISE AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH LIKE A SEA VESSEL. I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE MY WHEEL WAS SOME HOW COMING LOSE SO I PULLED OVER TO FIND THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARM HAD COMPLETELY ROTTED OF THE FRAME ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 2001 RODEO. I CALLED ISUZU BE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
SPENT 2800 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2X ON 2003 ISUZU AXIOM. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
SPENT 2800 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2X ON 2003 ISUZU AXIOM. *TR
Incident date: Nov 29, 2009
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM - AFTER REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS ABS SYSTEM CONSTANTLY FAILS. UNABLE TO REPAIR AFTER EXPENDITURES OF OVER $1500.00 . DEALERS AND REPAIR SERVICE HAVE NO SOLUTION TO FIX PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Nov 6, 2009
I WAS DRIVING MY1999 ISUZU RODEO WHEN I HAD LOSS OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE PULLED BADLY TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. I LATER FOUND OUT THE REAR CONTROL ARM HAD RUSTED OFF THE FRAME. I ALSO FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLES ALONG WITH THE FRAME RUSTING OUT. I REALLY FEEL THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS AND A RECALL. THIS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 4, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICE THE FRAME HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST. THE CONTACT STATED THEIR IS NOTHING HOLDING THE FRAME TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE RUST ON TH... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
REAR SWAYBAR DETACHED FROM FRAME DUE TO FRAME RUST. NO PRIOR INDICATION, AS FRAME RUSTED FROM INSIDE OUT. DETACHED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE FROM ROAD. *TR
Incident date: Feb 25, 2010
WENT FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER AND WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS RUSTED ALONG WITH OTHER RELATED RUSTING REPAIRS. WENT TO AN AUTOBODY SHOP TO SEE IF THE CAR COULD BE REPAIRED. WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR IS BEYOND REPAIR. THE FRAME IS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR AND THE GAS TANK IS ONE BUMP AWAY FROM FALLING OFF. *TR
Incident date: Feb 21, 2010
AT HIGHWAY SPEED (75MPH) A BOOM NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE JUST AFTER CONTACTING THE WARNING STRIP ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWERVE AND FISHTAIL THEN FLIPPED END OVER END 3-4 TIMES APPROX. ONE - TWO HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THE HIGHWAY. INJURED BUT EXPERIENCED DRIVER WAS SUSPICIOUS OF A POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OR STEERING FAILURE AND CONCERNED THAT AIR-BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 21, 2010
AT HIGHWAY SPEED (75MPH) A BOOM NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE JUST AFTER CONTACTING THE WARNING STRIP ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWERVE AND FISHTAIL THEN FLIPPED END OVER END 3-4 TIMES APPROX. ONE - TWO HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THE HIGHWAY. INJURED BUT EXPERIENCED DRIVER WAS SUSPICIOUS OF A POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OR STEERING FAILURE AND CONCERNED THAT AIR-BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 16, 2010
WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT APPROX.20 MPH VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SWERVED LEFT WITH ACCELERATION THEN SWERVED RIGHT WITH DECELERATION AND ALMOST ROLLED OVER. UPON INVESTIGATION THE LEFT TRAILING ARM WAS FOUND TO BE UNATTACHED TO THE FRAME DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MULTIPLE AREAS OF SEVERE FRAME ROT AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT REPAIRABLE. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Dec 22, 2009
DECEMBER 22ND MY SON WAS DRIVING THE FAMILY ISUZU ASCENDER, (BASICALLY AN UPSCALE RE-BADGED CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER) WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING ALL THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. FORTUNATELY HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE, ALBEIT HE WAS SEVERELY STUNNED, DAZED, AND HIGHLY CONFUSED FROM THE ABRUPT EXPLOSION, AND VIOLENT FORCEFUL PROJECTION OF THE BAGS. WE CONTACTED OUR INSURANCE CARRIER AMERIPRIS... Read more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
99 ISUZU TROOPER 3.5 ENGINE BURNS OIL EXCESSIVELY. I AM ORIGINAL OWNER AND REGULARLY SERVICED PER OWNERS MANUAL. AT 50K MILES, ENGINE OIL LIGHT TURNED ON 2,500 MILES AFTER OIL CHANGE AND WAS OVER 4 QTS LOW. ENGINE NOW AT 60K MI AND BURNING APPROX. 1 QT PER 600-700 MILES. SEEMS TO BE COMMON ENGINE DEFECT KNOWN BY MECHANICS AND OWNERS, BUT ISUZU UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. THOUGH MONITORING C... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2010
FRAME IS ROTTED ON 1996 ISUZU RODEO COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH , ONLY 98,000 MILES. *TR
Incident date: Feb 17, 2010
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2002 ISUZU AXIOM WITH 100,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS STILL COVERED BY A POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I AM READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER 2002 AXIOM OWNERS ABOUT HOW THE AXIOM FRAME CAN RUST, ALONG WITH THE REAR TRACTION CONTROL BAR, AND THE REAR TRACTION CONTROL BAR CAN BREAK LOOSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOCK UP AND SPIN AROUND IN A CIRCLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DAN... Read more
Incident date: Sep 3, 2009
THE RODEO WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES AND STARTED TO FEEL STRANGE SHORTLY BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE DESTINATION. A FAMILY MEMBER TOOK IT FOR A RIDE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. WHILE DRIVING, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE RODEO HOPPED. HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF TO THE SHOULDER IN TIME TO AVOID A REAR END COLLISION BY A TRACTOR TRAILER BEHIND HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND WE HAVE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 13, 2010
2000 ISUZU RODEO FRAME IS ROTTING TO BITS. SUPPORT THAT HOLDS AXEL INTO FRAME TOTALLY ROTTED OFF AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. IF IT CUT LOOSE ON THE HIGHWAY I WOULD HAVE LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE CAR. REGULAR GARAGE IS UNABLE TO FIX IT SAFELY SO ITS AT A WELDING FACILITY TO BE LOOKED AT BUT THEY MADE NO PROMISES TO WHETHER IT CAN BE FIXED. *TR
Incident date: Feb 2, 2010
MY TRUCK WAS DRIVING PERFECT, AND WITH NO WARNING ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD HEARD NOISE COMING FROM REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. MY STEERING WHEEL, AND REAR END BECAME LOOSE. I LOST CONTROL, BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER SAFELY. AT THAT POINT MY TRUCK WAS UNDRIVEABLE. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, AND AFTER A DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR LEFT CONTROL BAR HAD BR... Read more
Incident date: Jan 11, 2009
I BOUGHT A 2004 RODEO IN JULY 2008 WITH 50,000KMS ON DID A FURTHER 10, 000 KMS AND FOUND IT STARTED TO BURN OIL TOOK IT TO EAGERS HOLDEN NEWSTEAD WHERE I BOUGHT IT THEY KEPT SAYING WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES TOOK IT BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO GET FIXED THE LAST TIME SAID I DONT WANT IT BACK UNTIL ITS FIXED THEN THEY SAY THE MOTOR NEED REPLACING 2 WEEKS AFTER THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD COVE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 1, 2010
ENGINE IS EXHIBITING ABNORMALLY HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. ONE QUART PER 500 MILES. IMMINENT ENGINE FAILURE IF PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED. *TR
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINK COMPONENT SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME DUE TO FRAME CORROSION (PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE). LOST CONTROL OF THE 2000 ISUZU RODEO AS THE VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR FORCING THE CAR OFF THE ROAD RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE NEARLY HITTING A PHONE POLE. *TR
Incident date: Feb 8, 2010
NOTICED MY STEERING WHEEL WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT THIS PAST MONDAY. I THOUGHT ONE OF MY TIRES WAS LOW. I CHECKED AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. I CONTINUED GOING ABOUT MY ERRANDS THINKING THE ALIGNMENT MUST BE OFF. I STARTED HEARING CREAKING SOUNDS AND BUMPS WHEN I CAME TO STOPS. WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT SOMETHING SNAPPED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. I CALLED AAA AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT OBSERVED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED.... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jan 15, 2006
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE IS BROKEN DOWN. THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS FROM 0 MPH TO 120MPH AND NEVER SHOWS THE CORRECT SPEED. AIRBAG SIGN FLICKERS AND TURNS ON AND OFF AT TIMES. THE GEAR STICK JAMS ON ONE MODE AND CAR STARTS STALLING. DEALERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT AS A LEMON CAR THAT IS EATING AWAY OUR MONEY. AND WANTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2006
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE IS BROKEN DOWN. THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS FROM 0 MPH TO 120MPH AND NEVER SHOWS THE CORRECT SPEED. AIRBAG SIGN FLICKERS AND TURNS ON AND OFF AT TIMES. THE GEAR STICK JAMS ON ONE MODE AND CAR STARTS STALLING. DEALERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT AS A LEMON CAR THAT IS EATING AWAY OUR MONEY. AND WANTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2006
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE IS BROKEN DOWN. THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS FROM 0 MPH TO 120MPH AND NEVER SHOWS THE CORRECT SPEED. AIRBAG SIGN FLICKERS AND TURNS ON AND OFF AT TIMES. THE GEAR STICK JAMS ON ONE MODE AND CAR STARTS STALLING. DEALERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT AS A LEMON CAR THAT IS EATING AWAY OUR MONEY. AND WANTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Dec 18, 2009
THE CONTROL ARM ON THE LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BROKE OFF FROM THE FRAME WHILE I WAS DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP AT APPROXIMATELY 3 M/P/H. THIS WAS ON A MACADAM ROAD AND I KNEW THE SPEED BUMP WAS THERE. I ENDED UP GETTING THE VEHICLE TOWED. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY. EVENTUALLY, AFTER ANALYSIS, THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOLD ME THE ENTIRE FRAME IS ROTTED BEYOND REPAIR. FURTHER, THEY STATED TH... Read more
Incident date: Nov 10, 2009
RETURNING HOME FROM WORK, STOPPED AT INTERSECTION, WHEN MY TURN TO GO I PULLED OUT ON ROAD AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE FELT LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. STEERING WAS VERY STRANGE AND FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS ALL OVER ROAD. I WAS ONLY GOING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH MAXIMUM AS I WAS GOING FROM STOP LIGHT TO STOP LIGHT. WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM INITIAL STOP LIGHT I HEARD A CRACK AND LOUD SCRAPING SOUND. I WEN... Read more
Incident date: Dec 2, 2009
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. RECENTLY MY WIFE WENT TO SCHOOL TO PICK UP OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL, ON HER WAY HOME SHE SAID SHE FELT LIKE SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE. AFTER PULLING OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND INVESTIGATING THE CAR AND SAW THE TIRES INFLATED, SHE CALLED ME WORK TO INFORM ME SHE UNSURE IF SHE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE HOME AND FELT THERE WAS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE CAR. SINCE S... Read more
Incident date: Nov 10, 2009
RETURNING HOME FROM WORK, STOPPED AT INTERSECTION, WHEN MY TURN TO GO I PULLED OUT ON ROAD AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE FELT LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. STEERING WAS VERY STRANGE AND FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS ALL OVER ROAD. I WAS ONLY GOING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH MAXIMUM AS I WAS GOING FROM STOP LIGHT TO STOP LIGHT. WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM INITIAL STOP LIGHT I HEARD A CRACK AND LOUD SCRAPING SOUND. I WEN... Read more
ISUZU
RODEO SPORT
(2002) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 31, 2010
Incident date: Nov 15, 2009
GAS PEDAL ON 2002 ISUZU RODEO, STUCK TO THE FLOOR WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BUT I AM AFRAID TO "FLOOR" THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN. THERE WAS NO WAY TO RELEASE THE PEDAL, IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY FLOOR MATS OR OTHER OBSTRUCTION, IT WAS MECHANICAL. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE VERY HARD AND SHUT OFF ENGINE AND THEN COAST TO A STOP. THIS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, BUT AS I SAID I NEVER FLOO... Read more
Incident date: Jun 14, 2004
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ISUZU ASCENDER. THE CONTACT STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING 25 MPH COMING TO A STOP SIGN ,SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ALMOST HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND INFORM THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS FAILURE HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER... Read more
Incident date: Jan 24, 2010
NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE PULLING OUT FROM STOP ON GRADE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND INSPECTED , MECHANIC SAID THAT THE REAR FRAME ON BOTH SIDES IS RUSTED ALMOST INTO ALLOWING MOVEMENT OF FRAME. *TR
Incident date: Oct 2, 2009
1) WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 ISUZU RODEO ON 10/2/09, THE LEFT REAR AXLE ARM BROKE OFF THE FRAME CAUSING THE CAR TO STOP AND THE TIRE VAULTED TO THE FRONT OF THE WHEEL WELL. FORTUNATELY, I WAS MOVING AT ONLY 15 MPH. 2) THIS WAS THE ONLY OCCURRENCE. 3) THE AUTO HAD TO BE JUNKED AS I FOUND OUT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE AUTO HAD 47,550 MILES. *TR
Incident date: Jan 18, 2010
1997 ISUZU RODEO FRAME IS RUSTING. THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE IT HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. IT HAS NOT FAILED YET, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT IS FLEXING BADLY IN THESE SPOTS. *TR
ISUZU
RODEO
(1998) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Jan 19, 2010
Incident date: Jul 10, 2009
I BOUGHT A 1998 2WD ISUZU RODEO FROM A PRIVATE PARTY SIX MONTHS AGO. SINCE I BOUGHT IT, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCE (EVERY DAY, MAINLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD) THAT RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES AND CONTINUOUS ILLUMINATION OF THE ABS WARNING LAMP. MY GARAGE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS ISSUE IS DUE TO THE ABS COIL INTEGRATED MODULE THAT NEEDS TO B... Read more
Incident date: Jul 10, 2009
I BOUGHT A 1998 2WD ISUZU RODEO FROM A PRIVATE PARTY SIX MONTHS AGO. SINCE I BOUGHT IT, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCE (EVERY DAY, MAINLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD) THAT RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES AND CONTINUOUS ILLUMINATION OF THE ABS WARNING LAMP. MY GARAGE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS ISSUE IS DUE TO THE ABS COIL INTEGRATED MODULE THAT NEEDS TO B... Read more
Incident date: Jan 11, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THAT THE MAIN FRAME EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST CORROSION. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO A SAFETY HAZARD. THERE WERE CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISKS INVOLVED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 11, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THAT THE MAIN FRAME EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST CORROSION. THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN DUE TO A SAFETY HAZARD. THERE WERE CONCERNS OF THE SAFETY RISKS INVOLVED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 9, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ISUZU RODEO. THE STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS BLOWN 3 TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE MANIFOLD HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND TIME UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND NOW THE MANIFOLD HAS BLOWN WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AGAIN AND THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2010
2001 ISUZU RODEO REAR SUSPENSION ON PASSENGER SIDE LET GO DUE TO A ROTTED FRAME. CALLED ISUZU CORPORATE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN APRIL OF 2002, AND WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT FOR 32,000 THE SHELF LIFE WOULD BE MORE THAN 7.6 YEARS. *TR