1998 Isuzu Hombre Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK AND OTHER TIMES, IT WOULD NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER WAITING A FEW MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN GOING TO STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, NO MATTER WHAT SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL GIVES RESISTANCE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS GRINDING OF METAL, AND THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP INSTEAD IT SLOWS DOWN UNTIL IT REACHES THE STOP. I HAVE REPLACED THE WHOLE BRAKING SYSTEM YET THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM VERY SIMILAR TO THE RECALL MADE ON THE 1998 ISUZU RODEO.

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CLUTCH FAILED, PREVENTING VEHICLE TO SHIFT GEARS. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO LOW THE VEHICLE BUT THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM FIFTH GEAR. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED RENDERING THE CLUTCH INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMPONENT FAILURE NOT A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO ISUZU BUT THEY DIDN'T EXPRESS ANY INTEREST IN THE SITUATION. *PH *NLM

HEAD-ON COLLISION AT APPROX 30 MPH. BOTH AIR BAGS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) FAILED TO DEPLOY DESPITE THE SEVERITY OF THE IMPACT. BUMPER DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, ENGINE COLLAPSED, CAUSING AN OIL SPILL.

WHEN DRIVING DOWN HILL ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED NO LIGHTS WERE ON. VEHICLE HAD LOST ALL POWER AND WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. VEHICLE SLID DOWNHILL INTO A TREE STUMP AND STOPPED. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

BETWEEN 96,000 AND 97000 MILES, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN 3 TIMES, AS IF SOMEONE HAD TURNED THE KEY OFF. FIRST TIME TURNING A CORNER. TWO OTHER TIMES, WHILE DRIVING 45 AND 60MPH. NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE. VERY LUCKY NOBODY NEAR ME, OR SOMEONE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. PROBLEM FIXED, BY BUTITTA AUTO 6765 MILL ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 IGNITION MODULE HAD TO BE REPROGRAMMED. *TR

PASSLOCK PROBLEMS. *JB

RED STICKER COPY OF DISAPPOINTMENT THAT NHTSA DID NOT RETURN HIS CALL. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO FALL ONTO THE ROAD AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TIRE BOUNCED HIGH INTO THE AIR AND CRASHED ONTO THE ROOF OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE PART WAS REPLACED, IT FAILED AGAIN ONE YEAR LATER. *JB

THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FAILED AND DROPPED MY TIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOTHING HAS BEEN REPLACED YET. *JB

1998 ISUZU HOMBRE 4X4, 5SPD, 4.3 LITER THERE ARE MULTIPLE ARES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 1. THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS ON EVEN THE SMALLEST HILLS. 2. THE PASSENGERS SEAT WILL NOT LATCH AFTER IT HAS BEEN PUSHED FORWARD THEN BACK INTO POSITION. IT MUST BE SLAMMED TO GET IT TO LATCH 3. THE COOLING SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE. ON HOT DAYS WITH AC ON IT WILL OVERHEAT WHILE GOING UP HILLS OR GOING OFF ROAD.

DRIVER SEAT FAILS TO LOCK IN PLACE, WILL SLIDE BACK WHEN PUSHING ON THE CLUTCH, WHEN THE SEAT SLIDE BACK, DRIVER FOOT COMES OFF THE BRAKES AND CLUTCH CAUSING CONTROL LOST.

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE AND STATED THAT EVERY TIME HE CLOSES THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OR IS PUMPING GAS HE GETS A STATIC SHOCK. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC SHOCK WAS JUST NORMAL AND THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE CAUSE OF THE SHOCK HAD TO DO WITH THE FABRIC ON THE VEHICLE'S SEATS. HE ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE IN STORAGE FOR ABOUT 5.5 YEARS, BUT HAD EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE BEFORE STORING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 MILES AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,600 MILES.

FAILURE OF DRIVER SIDE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE. *NM

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WILL NOT ANCHOR PROPERLY. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE, THE SEAT SLIDES BACKWARDS. ALSO, WHEN SITTING STILL, IF I EXTEND MY LEGS, THE SEAT SLIDES BACKWARDS. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND HE SAID SEVERAL SIMILAR PROBLEMS HAD BEEN REPORTED. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE THE STANDARD TRANSMISSION VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD AND CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS FLAW IN MANUFACTURING AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND THE SEAT HAS MOVED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE REAR OF THE CAR. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT, BUT HAVE TEMPORARILY LOST TOTAL CONTROLL OF THE VEHICLE. I WILL BRING THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP ON 5/7/00 TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS REPORT FOR FUTURE RECALL CONSIDERATION. SINCERELY W. BRUCE MCDONALD &AJ

I HAVE HAD 3 TOYO TIRES BUBBLE AND SEPARATE IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS AND TOYO WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I FEEL THAT THEIR TIRES ARE DANGEROUS AND NEED TO BE TESTED.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WAS ABOUT TO TURN OFF WHEN VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION DUE TO A BROKEN CABLE LINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

POOR DESIGN OF FRONT AXLE CAUSED IT TO BREAK ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN USE . *AK

THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS GONE OUT IN MY TRUCK WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. A FRIEND OF MINE HAS AN ISUZU AMIGO (1998) MADE BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM HAVING. HE SAID TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS FUEL SENDING UNIT WENT OUT, HIS FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE VEHICLE QUITS, WHICH IT WILL WHEN THE FUEL PUMP GOES OUT, IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS. THANK YOU! *AK