2004 Isuzu Rodeo

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 SINCE THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

WE PURCHASED A 2004 RODEO FROM HONDA AT THEIR USED CAR SERVICE. THE STICKER HAD ON IT AS IS WARRANTY. UPON RETURNING HOME WE NOTICED THE PAPERWORK WE SIGNED DID NOT HAVE A SIGNATURE ON IT. THEY WERE NOTIFED AND THAT THE PRICE WAS WRONG ALSO, THEY DID NOTHING. A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN WE CHECKED IT, IT WAS O.K. BUT IT FELT DIFFERENT WHEN DRIVEN. THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS LEANING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. I WENT AND SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER AND EXPLAINED IT TO HIM AND HE INFORMED ME TO BRING IT IN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY WOULD PUT IT UP AND LOOK AT IT. THE NEXT DAY I WAS ILL AND CALLED AND WENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ANOTHER MANAGER DID NOT DO THAT, BUT RATHER DROVE IT AND SAID IT FELT FINE. I INSISTED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE STATED HE COULD HEAR NOTHING.A WEEK LATER IT IS RAINING HEAVILY AND THIS CAR IS VERY UNSTABLE FEELING. I CALL THE SALESMAN AND TELL HIM THAT THE STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND AND SOMETHING IS WRONG. THE SALESMAN WAS SHORT WITH ME AND SAID "YOU ARE JUST USED TO DRIVING YOUR BMW". I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS WRONG AND THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. HE TOLD ME "TAKE IT TO ISUZU". THIS WAS WELL WITHIN THE 30 DAYS. LATER ON DRIVING OVER 60 THE CAR STEERING WOULD SHAKE AND IT FELT TERRIBLE AND UNSAFE. I GO TO HONDA AND INSIST SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT NO ONE WILL PUT IT UP AND LOOK AT IT!!. WE GET THE PAPERS OUT AND DISCOVER WHERE CALIPER PINS WERE DONE, AND BACK BRAKES AND PADS DONE. THEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL IN 2005 FOR THE FUEL LEAK AND POSSIBLE FIRES? THEY NEVER DISCLOSED THIS TO US. WE JUST PUT BACK BRAKES ON AND THEY SAID THEY WERE DISENGRATED? THE SHOCKS GONE, STRUT RE-ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT? 1400 MILES LATER, THEY SAID THEY DID THAT ALREADY? HONDA SAID WE DROVE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON? FOR 1400 MILES? THEY TOLD US THE BRAKES WERE BAD! THAT THEY HAD NEARLY HOLES IN THEM. NO WONDER! DO I HAVE ANY RE-COURSE AGAINST THEM. DOES THIS FALL UNDER CONSUMER FRAUD? *CN

DRIVING AT 35 MPH IN HEAVY FOG DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS (VEHICLE HAD BEEN WARMED UP FOR 5 MINS PRIOR TO LEAVING DRIVEWAY), TACHOMETER "JOLTED" (UP AND DOWN BOUNCING ON THE DASH DISPLAY) APPROX 3 TIMES WITHIN A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE OR LESS AT THAT SPEED, TACH NEEDLE CAME TO REST EACH TIME AT 0 RPM, THEN FINALLY NEVER REGISTERED OR MOVED AGAIN. NEVER HAD HAPPENED BEFORE. NOTE: TOOK THE RODEO THROUGH HIGH PRESSURE AUTOMATIC CARWASH THE EVENING BEFORE, NOTICED WHEN THE HIGH PRESSURE SOAP WAS APPLIED AS I SAT IN THE VEHICLE, SOAP CAME THROUGH ONTO MY HEAVY DUTY MATS FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE FIRE WALL AREA. THE SOAP PUDDLED ONTO THE MAT, WAS DRY THIS MORNING WHEN I GOT IN TO COME TO WORK THIS MORNING. THEN THE TACH FAILURE OCCURRED. THE LEAKING OR WEEPING HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY CAR WASH BEFORE LAST NIGHT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY IF I WOULD LET OFF THE GAS IT WOULD ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, SOMETHING JUST DIDNT FEEL RIGHT. I DECIDED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY , AND NOT MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS AFTER THERE WAS A LOUD BOOBING NOISE AND ALOT OF SMOKE, I IMMEDITLEY PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A JOLTING STOP . AT FIRST I WAS UNSURE OF WHAT IT WAS UNTIL I SAW ALL THE OIL. I LOOKED UNDER MY VEHICLE , AND THE DRIVE LINE THAT WAS CONECTED TO THE REAR END WAS COMPLETELY DETACHED AND LAYING ON THE GROUND. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE REAR END SEEMED TO BE LOCKED. AND THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED WHEN HE WAS UNLOADING IT FROM THE TOW TRUCK THE TIRES WOULDN'T TURN. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD JUST COME APART ON A VEHICLE. IT DIDN'T HAVE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THIS HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACTED STATED THAT HIS 2004 ISUZU RODEO'S STEERING IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES SPEEDS OF 70 MPH. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAS BEEN TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT END HAS NOT BEEN IN ALIGNMENT SINCE THEY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN OCTOBER 2004. THERE ARE NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHTS DURING THE FAILURE. A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *NM

(1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE: ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY 2004 ISUZU RODEO 2WD VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. (2) FAILURE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: ALL INCIDENCES OCCURRED WHILE WAITING AT EITHER A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN. HAD I NOT HAD MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE LUNGED FORWARD AND EITHER HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OR A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK. (3) WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE: ON JUNE 26, 2006, I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE ONLY AUTHORIZED ISUZU DEALERSHIP ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER CHECKING THE CAR OVER FOR TWO FULL DAYS, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT I WOULD NEED TO RECREATE THE SCENARIO FOR THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NOTE: POTENTIAL RELATED INCIDENT: ON MAY 4, 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. THE CAUSE: INOPERABLE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH REQUIRED LIGHT GENERAL REPAIRS (1900 DIAGNOSIS). *JB