1991 Isuzu ISUZU TRUCK: complaints, problems and recalls

I PURCHASED A 2000 ISUZU TROOPER IN EARLY 2005. IT HAD 32,000 MILES ON IT. AT APPROX 49,000 MILES, WITHOUT WARNING, MY ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK LOUDLY. I PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE OIL, AND IT WAS BONE DRY. I FILLED UP THE OIL, AND PROCEEDED HOME. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO WORK. WHEN LEAVING WORK, I ENTERED A GAS STATION, AND THE TRUCK SHUT DOWN. UPON RE-STARTING THE TRUCK, THERE WAS A VERY, VERY LOUD KNOCKING. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL GARAGE. THEY TOLD ME I THREW A ROD AND WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL ISUZU DEALER, AND…

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CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL VALVE CRACKED AND STARTED TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

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AXIOM ISUZU ENGINE (2002). ENGINE OPERATION STOPPED ON THE I-65 IN MIDST OF RAIN AND ICE. *TR

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CURRENTLY OWN A 1998 ISUZU TROOPER. WAS PURCHASED USED FROM THE DEALER AT 82,000 MILES. CURRENTLY HAS 120,000 MILES ON THE CAR. SINCE PURCHASE VEHICLE HAS NOT HELD ITS COMPLETE CAPACITY OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THERE ARE NO LEAKS AND OIL IS CHANGED REGULARLY WITH A FULL CAPACITY. INVESTIGATION BY ME AND OTHERS HAS SHOWN THAT THE ENGINE WAS BUILT WITH INSUFFICIENT OIL RINGS WHICH LEAD TO HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION AND HAS LED TO SEIZED MOTORS DUE TO A LACK OF WARNING. ISUZU IS AWARE OF THIS (MECHANIC TOLD ME) AND WAS NOT FIXED UNTIL THE 2000 …

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ON JUN 5, 2005, I WAS DRIVING 65 MILES AND HOUR ON INTERSTATE 90 WEST, WHEN MY 1999 ISUZU TROOPER'S ENGINE FAILED. IMMEDIATELY, BEFORE THE ENGIE STOPPED, I HEARED A RATTELING NOISE, EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP, AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY. I EVENTUALLY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DORSCHEL ISUZU IN ROCHESTER, NY, WHERE UPON COMPLETION OF A DIAGNOSTIC , FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP. DORSCHEL THEN GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $8,000 TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE, WICH BY THE WAY, HAPPENS O BE ABOVE BLUE…

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IN DECEMBER, 2005, I NOTICED THAT MY ENGINE WAS KNOCKING. UPON ARRIVING HOME, I CHECKED THE OIL. IT WAS BONE DRY. I HAD JUST REPLACED THE OIL 4,500 MILES BEFORE, AND CHECKED THE OIL 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE OIL AND THOUGHT ALL WAS WELL. I WENT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, AND STILL HAD A MINOR KNOCKING. AFTER LEAVING WORK, I WENT TO GET GAS. UPON ENTERING THE GAS STATION, MY TROOPER SHUT DOWN. WHEN I RE-STARTED THE TROOPER, THE ENGINE HAD AN EXTREME POUNDING. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. RIGHT AWAY, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE E…

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WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A TREE. NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *NLM

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HAVE HAD A ROUGH IDLE SINCE 70,000 MILES COULD NOT SOLVE PROBLEM WITH NORMAL TUNEUP PROCEDURES. TOOK ENGINE APART AT 98,000 MILES AND FOUND 2 BURNT EHHAUST VALVES .HAVE QUESTIONED OTHER OWNERS OF THIS 2.6 LITER ENGINE AND FOUND THAT MANY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM,SOME HAVE FIXED AND HAD SAME PROBLEM WITHIN 30,000 MILES. I AM FIXING MINE WITH FINGERS CROSSED. WILL UPDATE IF PROBLEM RETURNS.

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TO START WITH WE GOT AN EXAUST LEAK.THEN ON HIGHWAY LOST POWER PULLED OVER NOTICED ENGINE ON FIRE. TRUCK STILL STARTS BUT WE WILL NOT MOVE IT.GAS IS LEAKING ON EXAUST MANIFOLD. SMOKE IS COMING OF ENGINE WHEN STARTED. GOT TOWED TO A A SHOP. *JB

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FUEL PUMP FAILED DUE TO CORROSION.

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WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND SOON AFTER THAT THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. I THEN NOTICED THAT MY GAS GAUGE DROPPED FROM QUARTER TANK TO EMPTY. I TOOK THE CAR TO MERCHANTS AUTO SERVICE AND HAD THE COMPUTER CHECKED FOR CODES AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NUMBER 463. THIS CODE REFERS TO THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR ON THE FUEL PUMP LOCATED IN THE FUEL TANK. I RESEARCHED TSB'S ON THIS SITE AND FOUND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I FEEL ISUZU SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND S…

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CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT25MPH ON ROAD, AND VEHICLE WAS HESITATING TO MOVE. TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON THE PANEL. *AK

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WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, AS SOON AS AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO 1ST GEAR I EXPERIENCE HARD JERK AND THE SAME JERKING IS EXPERIENCED IN 2ND GEAR AND WHEN DECREASING SPEED TO COME TO A STOP. TOOK TO HONDA DEALER AND THEY ARE CLUELESS AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND FRUSTRATING

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BROUGHT IN MY 2000 ISUZU RODEO TO A DEALERSHIP ON 01/21/11 DUE TO A SAFETY RECALL WHICH WAS ISSUED IN OCT,2010. ADVISED THAT INSTALLING THE NEW RECALL PART WOULD BE POINTLESS DUE TO RUST ON THE FRAME OF THE RODEO. ADVISED THAT MY RODEO WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO EXTENT OF RUST AND WAS ADVISED OF NUMEROUS HOLES IN THE FRAME. FURTHER RESEARCH SHOWED THIS IS A MORE THAN COMMON ISSUE PERTAINING TO THE ISUZU RODEO. ON 01/26/11 I WAS ADVISED BY ISUZU DEALERSHIP THAT ISUZU WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BUT INSTEAD WAS REFERRED TO AN AUTO BODY S…

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ON JULY 2, 2007 THE 1999 ISUZU TROOPER ROLLED OVER DUE TO A TIRE BLOW OUT. SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD AND TRAUMA INJURIES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION AT USC COUNTY HOSPITAL. THE TROOPER WAS TOTALED. THE TIRES WERE BRIDGSTONE DUELER A/T D693 P245/70R16. *AK

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU BOX TRUCK MODEL NPR. THE VEHICLE HAS YKS ALL SEASON RADIAL 235/85/16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BELT FAILED ON THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TREAD TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON JUNE 27, 2007. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE DROP DOWN MENU AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 147,000.

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