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: Oct 7, 2002
ENGINE PROBLEMS;LOSING POWER AND MAKING POPPING NOISES, WHEN VEHICLE IS TRAVELING FROM START TO 75 MPH VEHICLE STOPS, AND ENGINE SHUTS DOWN EVERYTHING, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON WONT TURN OFF, ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN STAYS ON,PROBLEMS STARTED ON OR ABOUT OCT 2002 AND HAVE NOT STOPPED,TRIED TO CONTACT DEALER, DEALER NO LONGER EXISTS.HELP.*AK
Incident date: Oct 7, 2002
ENGINE PROBLEMS;LOSING POWER AND MAKING POPPING NOISES, WHEN VEHICLE IS TRAVELING FROM START TO 75 MPH VEHICLE STOPS, AND ENGINE SHUTS DOWN EVERYTHING, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON WONT TURN OFF, ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN STAYS ON,PROBLEMS STARTED ON OR ABOUT OCT 2002 AND HAVE NOT STOPPED,TRIED TO CONTACT DEALER, DEALER NO LONGER EXISTS.HELP.*AK
Incident date: Jun 1, 2003
THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THERE SEEM TO BE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT INDICATOR - THE CAR CAN BE IN "DRIVE", YET THE INDICATOR WILL HAVE "NEUTRAL" DISPLAYED. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK WHILE SHIFTING. THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS A VIBRATING SOUND NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT......THE DEALER CLAIMS THE SUSPENSION IS FINE. IN ADDITTION, THE... Read more
ISUZU
RODEO
(1999) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
Jul 24, 2003
Incident date: Jun 1, 2003
THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THERE SEEM TO BE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT INDICATOR - THE CAR CAN BE IN "DRIVE", YET THE INDICATOR WILL HAVE "NEUTRAL" DISPLAYED. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK WHILE SHIFTING. THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS A VIBRATING SOUND NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT......THE DEALER CLAIMS THE SUSPENSION IS FINE. IN ADDITTION, THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2003
THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THERE SEEM TO BE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT INDICATOR - THE CAR CAN BE IN "DRIVE", YET THE INDICATOR WILL HAVE "NEUTRAL" DISPLAYED. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK WHILE SHIFTING. THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS A VIBRATING SOUND NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT......THE DEALER CLAIMS THE SUSPENSION IS FINE. IN ADDITTION, THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2003
THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THERE SEEM TO BE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT INDICATOR - THE CAR CAN BE IN "DRIVE", YET THE INDICATOR WILL HAVE "NEUTRAL" DISPLAYED. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK WHILE SHIFTING. THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS A VIBRATING SOUND NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT......THE DEALER CLAIMS THE SUSPENSION IS FINE. IN ADDITTION, THE... Read more
Incident date: Jul 23, 2003
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL. *AK
ISUZU
RODEO SPORT
(2001) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Jul 22, 2003
Incident date: Jul 20, 2003
WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND DOES NOT STOP IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE. ONE INCIDENT THE CONSUMER HAD TO ROLL ONTO A GRASSY MEDIAN TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.
ISUZU
RODEO SPORT
(2001) — STEERING:COLUMN
Jul 22, 2003
THE STEERING COLUMN IS MAKING A "CLANKING" NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHICH TIGHTENED A FEW SCREWS AND GAVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE OWNER. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE DEALER WILL KEEP TIGHTENING THE SCREWS AND SOMETHING WILL POP OR BREAK. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.
Incident date: Jul 21, 2003
SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH 1999 ISUZU RODEO'S WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES STOP DURING USE. THIS IS DUE TO A KNOWN CIRCUIT BOARD PROBLEM IN OTHER ISUZU TRUCKS LIKE THE HOMBRE.THE HOMBRE HAS BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT THE RODEO. WHY?*AK
Incident date: Jul 19, 2003
1999 RODEO SHIFTS HARD INTO ALL GEARS AND FUSES KEEP BLOWING THAT CONTROLS THE DIRECTIONALS, REVERSE LIGHTS, A/C AND CRUISE CONTROL. 5 ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR PROBLEM AND NO SUCCESS. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ISUZU HAS NOT RESPONDED TO 2 LETTERS I HAVE MAILED, 1 LETTER WAS MAILED CONTAINING ALL DOCUMENTATION OF FAILURES AND THAT LETTER WAS RETURNED TO ME, ALSO MANY PHONE MESSAGES H... Read more
Incident date: Jul 19, 2003
1999 RODEO SHIFTS HARD INTO ALL GEARS AND FUSES KEEP BLOWING THAT CONTROLS THE DIRECTIONALS, REVERSE LIGHTS, A/C AND CRUISE CONTROL. 5 ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR PROBLEM AND NO SUCCESS. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ISUZU HAS NOT RESPONDED TO 2 LETTERS I HAVE MAILED, 1 LETTER WAS MAILED CONTAINING ALL DOCUMENTATION OF FAILURES AND THAT LETTER WAS RETURNED TO ME, ALSO MANY PHONE MESSAGES H... Read more
Incident date: Jul 19, 2003
1999 RODEO SHIFTS HARD INTO ALL GEARS AND FUSES KEEP BLOWING THAT CONTROLS THE DIRECTIONALS, REVERSE LIGHTS, A/C AND CRUISE CONTROL. 5 ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR PROBLEM AND NO SUCCESS. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ISUZU HAS NOT RESPONDED TO 2 LETTERS I HAVE MAILED, 1 LETTER WAS MAILED CONTAINING ALL DOCUMENTATION OF FAILURES AND THAT LETTER WAS RETURNED TO ME, ALSO MANY PHONE MESSAGES H... Read more
Incident date: Jul 19, 2003
1999 RODEO SHIFTS HARD INTO ALL GEARS AND FUSES KEEP BLOWING THAT CONTROLS THE DIRECTIONALS, REVERSE LIGHTS, A/C AND CRUISE CONTROL. 5 ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR PROBLEM AND NO SUCCESS. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ISUZU HAS NOT RESPONDED TO 2 LETTERS I HAVE MAILED, 1 LETTER WAS MAILED CONTAINING ALL DOCUMENTATION OF FAILURES AND THAT LETTER WAS RETURNED TO ME, ALSO MANY PHONE MESSAGES H... Read more
Incident date: Jul 21, 2003
REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. SEARS, TRAIL HANDLER, SIZE#P235/75/R15, DOT#3DHLLBE488. *AK
Incident date: Jan 1, 2003
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE MALFUNCTIONING -- THEY DON'T COME ON SOMETIMES AND STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, TOO.*AK
Incident date: Jul 12, 2003
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *AK THE NOISE WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD USUALLY SOUND FOR 2-5 SECONDS. THIS WOULD OCCUR WHILE IN MOTION AND SOMETIME WHEN STATIONARY. THE DEALER HEARD THE SOUND(S) BUT DID NOT HELP. *SCC *JB
Incident date: Jun 25, 2003
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE PARKED. A WITNESS STATED THAT FIRE BEGAN UNDER DASH. FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINED THAT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT IN ELECTRICAL WIRING.*AK
Fire
Incident date: Jul 16, 2003
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN AND WILL NOT RESTART. *AK
Incident date: Jun 19, 2003
WHEN BRAKING, THERE IS A KIND OF RUMBLE AND THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT WORKING. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THEY KEEP STATING THAT THOUGH THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG OR FIX ANYTHING, IT MAY BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE RUMBLING IN THE BRAKES OCCURS WHEN DRIVING AND STOPPING AT NORMAL SPEEDS. I WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED AS I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR.*AK
ISUZU
RODEO
(1998) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Jul 15, 2003
Incident date: Apr 16, 1999
1998 ISUZU RODEO EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. *MR THE BRAKES WERE INTERMITTENT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOCK UP. A FEW DAYS LATER THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A REAR BRAKE SENSOR AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOLDING ON THE DRIVER DOOR WAS LOOSE, THE LATCH ON THE CONSOLE HAD BROKEN, THE SUNVISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD FALLEN DOWN, AND THE CENTER CAPS O... Read more
Incident date: Apr 16, 1999
1998 ISUZU RODEO EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. *MR THE BRAKES WERE INTERMITTENT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOCK UP. A FEW DAYS LATER THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A REAR BRAKE SENSOR AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOLDING ON THE DRIVER DOOR WAS LOOSE, THE LATCH ON THE CONSOLE HAD BROKEN, THE SUNVISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD FALLEN DOWN, AND THE CENTER CAPS O... Read more
Incident date: Apr 16, 1999
1998 ISUZU RODEO EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. *MR THE BRAKES WERE INTERMITTENT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOCK UP. A FEW DAYS LATER THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A REAR BRAKE SENSOR AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOLDING ON THE DRIVER DOOR WAS LOOSE, THE LATCH ON THE CONSOLE HAD BROKEN, THE SUNVISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD FALLEN DOWN, AND THE CENTER CAPS O... Read more
Incident date: Apr 16, 1999
1998 ISUZU RODEO EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. *MR THE BRAKES WERE INTERMITTENT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND LOCK UP. A FEW DAYS LATER THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A REAR BRAKE SENSOR AND WAS REPLACED. THE MOLDING ON THE DRIVER DOOR WAS LOOSE, THE LATCH ON THE CONSOLE HAD BROKEN, THE SUNVISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD FALLEN DOWN, AND THE CENTER CAPS O... Read more
ISUZU
RODEO
(1998) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Jul 14, 2003
WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND BRAKES ARE APPILED THERE IS A LOUD NOISE. THE BRAKE PADS ARE NOT WORN.*AK
ISUZU
TROOPER II
(1990) — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
Jul 13, 2003
Incident date: Jul 12, 2003
BLOW OUT OF A FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN A SET OF REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE TIRE WAS INSTALLED ON A 1990 ISUZU TROOPER.*AK
Crash
Incident date: Jul 1, 2003
I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE MY COMPLAINT ON THE ISUZU COMPANY. I HAVE (HAD) A 1999 ISUZU RODEO LX WITH 78,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED REGULARLY OIL CHANGES ETC.EVER SINCE I HIT 40,000 MILES MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF, MY GAS GAUGE WENT OUT SAYING I AM ALWAYS ON EMPTY (500.00 TO FIX) AND NOW AT ONLY 78,000 MILES MY ENGINE HAS BLOWN!!!!! $4,500.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. MY... Read more
ISUZU
RODEO
(2000) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Jul 10, 2003
Incident date: Jul 9, 2003
I ALSO OWN A 2002 RODEO AND MY ABS HAS FAILED TWICE NOW. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER WARRENTY, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PATTERN IN THIS MODEL.*AK
Incident date: Jul 8, 2003
I WAS DRIVIING DOWN A FREEWAY OFFRAMP AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY FAILED. I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND ALL THE HAPPENED WAS THAT THEY MADE A BOUNCING NOISE BUT DID NOT ENGAGE. I HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHERE I THEN GOT HIT AND PUSHED INTO A GUARDRAIL.*AK
Crash
Fire
Incident date: Jan 2, 2003
THE MANUFACTURER SEALED POWER STEERING HOSE CLAMP/CONTAINER HAD COME OFF (SEAL WAS NOT BROKEN) EMPTYING THE STEERING FLUID CONTAINER IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS WHICH CAUSED ME TO HAVE NO CONTROL OVER STEERRING THE VEHICLE THUS CAUSING A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BODY AND FRAME OF MY AMIGO. I PERSONALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE DEFECTIVE CLAMP, HOSE, AND A COMPLETELY EMPTY ... Read more
Crash
ISUZU
RODEO
(1999) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Jul 9, 2003
Incident date: Jan 20, 2003
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABS MODULE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER FELT THE VEHICLE PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. *MR THE ABS MODULE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE 021002. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE RECALL AND THE FAILURE OF THE ABS WERE NOT RELATED AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. *TT *JB
Incident date: Jul 11, 2002
UNWANTED ACCELERATION - THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING AND CONTINE TO ACCELARATE OR HOLD STEADY SPEED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. WHILE TRYING TO STOP IT WILL CONTINUE TO REV AND THEN SUDDENLY REV DOWN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY LURCH DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE ON THE... Read more
Incident date: Jul 6, 2003
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED IN FRONT OF OWNER'S HOME - IN FIRST GEAR WITH PARKING BREAK ENGAGED AND WHEELS TURNED TOWARD THE ROAD. THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD AND, ALTHOUGH PARKING BREAK WAS APPLIED, VEHICLE'S WHEELS WERE ROTATING, AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS "DRIVING ITSELF". VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE PARKED 6+ FEET IN FRONT OF IT. WHEN IT HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE IT ... Read more
Crash
ISUZU
RODEO
(1998) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Jul 8, 2003
Incident date: Jul 6, 2003
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED IN FRONT OF OWNER'S HOME - IN FIRST GEAR WITH PARKING BREAK ENGAGED AND WHEELS TURNED TOWARD THE ROAD. THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD AND, ALTHOUGH PARKING BREAK WAS APPLIED, VEHICLE'S WHEELS WERE ROTATING, AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS "DRIVING ITSELF". VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE PARKED 6+ FEET IN FRONT OF IT. WHEN IT HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE IT ... Read more
Crash
ISUZU
RODEO
(2002) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
Jul 6, 2003
Incident date: Jul 3, 2003
I OWN A 2002 ISUZU RODEO. THE ABS SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED 3 TIMES SO FAR.*AK I TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO OWN ISUZU RODEO AND THEY ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM OF THE ISUZU RODEO .WHICH SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
Incident date: Jul 3, 2003
HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED AND FUSED ITSELF INTERNALLY BECOMING MECHANICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY INOPERATIVE. USE OF THE HEADLIGHTS WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE AND 10 AMP FUSE (FUSE 1) DID NOT BLOW. IT MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN OPERATION OR THE LAST TIME THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF SINCE WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM UNTIL FIRST TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE LIGHTS THAT NIGHT. WE DID HEAR O... Read more
Incident date: Feb 2, 2001
ENGINE OIL LEAKS ONTO TOP OF SPARK PLUGS AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD. LEAKS SEEM TO BE MOST PREVELANT WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARMING UP. I'VE HAD THE ENTIRE GASKET KIT REPLACED TWICE. OCCASIONALLY THERE IS ENOUGH OIL ACCUMULATION TO CAUSE A LIGHT SMOKE TO BE SEEN FOR JUST A MINUTE AND THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS HAD AN ACCOMPANYING OIL SMELL. OIL IS NOT LEAKED INTO COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND NO OIL LEAKS ONTO THE GRO... Read more
ISUZU
RODEO
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
Jul 5, 2003
Incident date: Jul 2, 2003
ON VERY HOT DAYS, THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT IS ACTIVATED WHEN FIRST SHIFTING GEARS INTO OR OUT OF REVERSE. THE PROBLEM IS HIGHLY INTERMITTENT ( THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 8 TIMES NOW ) AND ONLY STARTED A YEAR AGO (VEHICLE AGE 8 YRS). AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE. CHECKING THE ERROR INDICATOR MESSAGE INDICATES THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE GEAR SELECTION SENSOR LOCATED ON THE TRANSMISS... Read more
Incident date: Jul 4, 2003
POWER LOCKS DO NOT STAY IN ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND REAR TAILGATE LATCHES. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY EXHIBIT THE PROBLEMS AGAIN INTERMITTENTLY. THE TAILGATE LATCH RELEASES THE REAR WINDOW WHILE DRIVING USUALLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP BUT SOMETIMES OUT OF THE BLUE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN T... Read more
Incident date: Jul 4, 2003
POWER LOCKS DO NOT STAY IN ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND REAR TAILGATE LATCHES. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY EXHIBIT THE PROBLEMS AGAIN INTERMITTENTLY. THE TAILGATE LATCH RELEASES THE REAR WINDOW WHILE DRIVING USUALLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP BUT SOMETIMES OUT OF THE BLUE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN T... Read more
Incident date: Jul 4, 2003
POWER LOCKS DO NOT STAY IN ADJUSTMENT. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND REAR TAILGATE LATCHES. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY EXHIBIT THE PROBLEMS AGAIN INTERMITTENTLY. THE TAILGATE LATCH RELEASES THE REAR WINDOW WHILE DRIVING USUALLY WHEN HITTING A BUMP BUT SOMETIMES OUT OF THE BLUE. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN T... Read more
Incident date: Jun 8, 2003
THE TIRES LOSE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD WHEN BRAKING UNDER ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS, WHICH MAKES STOPPING VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE INADEQUATE, THEY FAIL TO KEEP THE TIRES ON THE ROAD WHILE ENCOUNTERING BUMPS DURING BRAKING. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE NEW, BUT RECENT EXPERIENCE HAS MADE IT CLEAR TO ME JUST HOW DANGEROUS THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS. I WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEM TO... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2003
WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK INTERMITENTLY. NO PARTICULAR PATTERN BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2002. MY ISUZU DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A RECALL IN EFFECT BUT ONLY UP TO THE 1997 MODEL YEAR FOR THE ISUZU HOMBRE. THE DEFECT IS THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD BUILT INTO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY. THE COST WAS OVER $80 TO REPLACE AND THAT WAS BECAUSE MY BROTHER WHO IS A MECHANIC PERFORMED THE REPAIR AFTE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 23, 2003
THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IN PARK. AFTER SOME TIME THE VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND HIT A DRAINAGE POLL. THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. *AK
Crash
Incident date: Jun 30, 2003
I HAVE CONTINUALLY REPLACED MAJOR PARTS ON MY VEHICLE SINCE OWNING IT. FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, FUEL PUMP, ETC.*AK
Incident date: Jun 30, 2003
I HAVE CONTINUALLY REPLACED MAJOR PARTS ON MY VEHICLE SINCE OWNING IT. FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, FUEL PUMP, ETC.*AK
Incident date: Jun 30, 2003
I HAVE CONTINUALLY REPLACED MAJOR PARTS ON MY VEHICLE SINCE OWNING IT. FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, FUEL PUMP, ETC.*AK
Incident date: Jun 27, 2003
1998 ISUZU RODEO LS. WITHIN A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS, BOTH OF THE SWIVEL TYPE SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLIES HAVE SHOWN A DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE INTERNAL SPRING MECHANISM TO FAIL AND RENDER THE UNITS INOPERABLE. THE MIRROR CASES COME LOOSE TO THE POINT OF NEARLY FALLING OFF THE BASE UNIT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. THE LEFT SIDE WAS REPLACED 3 MONTHS AGO. RECENTLY THE SAME FAILURE HAS HAPPENED... Read more
Incident date: Jun 26, 2003
FRONT AND REAR SPEED SENSORS FOR TORQUE ON DEMAND HAVE BOTH GONE BAD WITH LESS THAN 35,000 ON THE VEHICLE. *NLM
Incident date: May 7, 2003
INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START PROPERLY AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO CRANK THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIME BEFORE STARTING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE FUEL LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND STAY ON MOMENTARY BEFORE IT WENT OUT. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *NLM