Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 389 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Isuzu Rodeo. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND OFF . WENT FOR INSPECTION TWICE PAID $99 DOLLARS FOR THE PLACE TO FIX FOR INSPECTION AND LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN. HE SAID THE AIR BAG MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED
FUEL DELIVERY WENT OUT KILLING VEHICLE. FRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED REAR LINKS COMPLETELY GONE. ENGINE RANDOMLY LOSES POWER. WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY, STARTED TICKING THEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. WON'T START. BATTERY TESTS GOOD ALTERNATOR JUST REPLACED A WEEK AGO. 2001 3.2L RODEO
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, VEHICLE STARTED SWAYING IN THE BACK LIKE IT WAS HYDROPLANING. SAME THING HAPPENED ON WAY HOME. DIDN'T DRIVE IT DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS, SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT TIME. ON FOURTH DAY, I NOTICED A BRACKET HAD COME APART FROM THE RUSTED FRAME. CAR WAS BOUGHT IN 2018, AND AM STILL PAYING FOR IT. DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE SERVICE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND KEPT REFERRING THE CONTACT TO DEALERS THAT NO LONGER SERVICED ISUZU VEHICLES. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.
2004 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE SHIELD THAT COVERS THE PLASTIC GAS TANK BEING ROTTED THROUGH. *LD *JS *JS THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL 13V-547. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED.*JS *JS
TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND SOMETIMES BANG INTO GEAR. THE SHIFTER LINKAGES GET STUCK AND HAVE TO SHUT OFF CAR AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO UNJAM SHIFTER. WHEN GOING TO TAKE OFF REAR END JAMS UP.
THE VEHICLE REAR SUSPENSION RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT WHILE DRIVING THE STABILIZING BAR DETATCHED WHILE VEHICLE WAS ON THE ROAD. THE FAILURE OCCURED AFTER RECALL REPAIR WAS PREFORMED 7 YEARS EARLIER. AT THIS POINT THE IZUSU COMPANY IS ONLY WILLING TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK AT 1888.00 US DOLLARS THW VEHICLE ONLY HAD 155000 MIL4ES AND IS 16 YEARS OLD. THE COMPANY INSPECTER STATED THAT THE RECALL FIX WAS ONLY A WAX WHICH I WAS NEVER ALERTED TO UNTILL AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURED. I THE COMPANY NOTIFIED ME OF THR RECALL FIX I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE RESPONSIBLE STEPS TO FURTHER REINFORSE VEHICLE SUSPENION AS TI PREVENT AN UNSAFE HIGHWAY OCCUANCE.
I DRIVE A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000 MILES ON IT AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE. IT IS GARAGED YEAR-ROUND IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. I STARTED HEARING A GRINDING NOISE AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON LOOKING UNDER MY VEHICLE I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THE SHIELD THAT COVERS THE PLASTIC GAS TANK WAS ROTTED THROUGH. THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE GAS TANK IS NOW VISIBLE AND THE SHIELD IS THE PART THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE. I WENT TO A MECHANIC IMMEDIATELY AND HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT. WHEN THE MECHANIC PUT THE CAR ON THE LIFT HE SAW EXTENSIVE RUST AND SOME ROT UNDER THE VEHICLE ON THE FRAME. HE STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE SHIELD. AS OF RIGHT NOW IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE GAS TANKS SHIELD BEING ROTTED OUT. THE MECHANIC TRIED TO ORDER ME A REPLACEMENT BUT HIS SUPPLIER SAID THE PARTS ARE NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET ONE WOULD BE FROM A JUNK YARD AND MOST OF THE PARTS IN THERE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE ROTTED AS WELL. AND FEEL WRONGED BY ISUZU. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM AND EXPECT A RESOLUTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WOULD BE PERFECTLY HAPPY GETTING THE CAR FIXED, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT MONTHS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU
STATIONARY AT PARK DRIVEWAY, WOKE UP EARLY MORNING TO GO TO WORK AS I GO TO MY CAR MY KEY REMOTE WILL NOT WORK I HAVE TO MANUALLY KEY IN CAR TO OPEN DOOR.PUT THE KEY AND START THE CAR NOTHING HAPPENED. FOUND OUT BATTERY WAS DEAD, BUY NEW ONE STILL NOT STARTING FOUND OUT THE ALTERNATOR NOR WORKING AND THE MAIN FUSE WAS BLOWN. REPLACED NEW FUSE AND ALTERNATOR AND TRY TO START, 15AMP FUSE BLOWN ON MY PANEL CLUSTER GAUGE NOT WORKING ALTHOUGH CAR START AND THE BATTERY WAS NOT CHARGING. EVERYTIME I PUT A NEW 15AMP FUSE FOR PANEL IT WILL BLOWN. I GUESS THERE MUST BE SOMETHING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR GROUND THAT BLOW FUSE ON PANEL AND ALSO NOT CHARGING THE BATTERIES. ANY HELP ON RECALL I HAD MY CAR FOR 15 YEARS I NEVER BEEN TO ANY RECALL ON THIS CAR.
REAR STABILIZER BAR FELL OFF AT FRAME BECAUSE OF RUSTING WHILE DRIVING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS A VIBRATION AND PULLING ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 182,000.
REAR SUSPENSION BROKE CAUSE FRAME TO TWIST. FRONT WHEELS WENT ONE WAY AND BACK WHEELS WENT ANOTHER WAY. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE REAR CONTROL ARM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE, CAUSING ME TO GO INTO ANOTHER LANE. I WAS LUCKY AND THERE WAS NO VEHICLE IN THIS LANE. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND WITH MY VEHICLE DOG- TRAILING I WAS ABLE TO VERY SLOWLY MANEUVER IT HOME. IT IS USELESS AND SITTING IN MY GARAGE AT PRESENT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE FRAME UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
VEHICLE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. CAN PUT MY ENTIRE FIST THROUGH IT. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND SAID THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. HAD ISUZU DO THE RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DIDN'T BUY BACK THIS VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS 78K MILES ON IT AND IN PRISTINE SHAPE OTHER THAN THE FRAME. I DONT KNOW HOW THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SUED FOR THIS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL INTO ANOTHER LANE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 189,000.
TAKATA RECALL FOR A FRAME PROBLEM.
SOMETIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING A LIGHT COME UP POWER REDUCE AND I CAN'T GO FASTER ITS GOING SLOW DOWN AND JUST SHUT OFF.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME HAD SEVERELY RUSTED AND CAUSED THE REAR OF THE FRAME TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,169.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SEVERE CORROSION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SUBFRAME AND THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION LINK BRACKET FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT DID NOT ALERT THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,712.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRAME FROM THE REAR TIRES FRACTURED AND WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WANDERED OUT OF LANE AND A LOUD POPPING NOISE EMITTED OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER STABILIZER BAR FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. UPDATED 6/22/15*CN UPDATED 9/18/15*JS
MY FRIEND [XXX] AND I WERE RETURNING HOME FROM SHOPPING IN TOWN. HIT A SMALL POTHOLE ON SPRING STREET IN VERNON, CT ABOUT 5 PM. TOOK A LEFT TURN DOWN A HILL AND HEARD SCRAPING SOUND OUTSIDE THE CAR.I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE, ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND EXAMINED THE WHEELS. THE REAR LEFT TIRE WAS SCRAPING AGAINST THE MUD GUARD. I WAS WITHIN .2 MI. FROM HOME AND DROVE THERE SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. ON CLOSER INSPECTION WE DISCOVERED THAT THE SHOCK/STRUT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME, AND THAT BOTH PARTS WERE BADLY RUSTED. SINCE THE LEFT REAR WHEEL IS NOT SAFELY CONNECTED TO THE FRAME, MY STEERING WAS AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKING. THANK GOD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY OR INVOLVE INJURIES OR AN ACCIDENT. MY BLIND WIFE AND I ARE BOTH DISABLED ON SSD AND DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO FIX OR REPLACE THIS VEHICLE. OTHER THAN THIS INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE IS IN GREAT CONDITION. PLEASE HELP US GET OUR SAFE TRANSPORTATION RESOLVED. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
2001 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE BRACKET AND FRAME RUST ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRACKET AND FRAME THAT HELD THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE IN PLACE, RUSTED THROUGH AND BECAME DETACHED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE EXACT ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE RECALL. THE REASON GIVEN WAS THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED IN ARIZONA, A STATE THAT DID NOT USE CHEMICALS DURING THE WINTER ROAD PREP. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED, THE RECALL EXPIRED TEN YEARS AGO. *JB UPDATED 05/13/15. *JB
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BACK FRAME WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.
LEFT REAR FRAME RUSTED THROUGH EVIDENTIALLY THE PERSON NEW OF THE PROBLEM NOW I HAVE NO TITLE AND THEY STOLE MY TRADE OF A 95 LEXUS GS300. *TR
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