NHTSA Complaint #10100537 — 2000 ISUZU TROOPER

I PUCHASED MY 2000 ISUZU TROOPER IN FEBRUARY 2004 WITH 36,000 MILES ON THE ENGINE. SINCE THEN I HAVE CHANGED MY OWN OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES RELIGIOUSLY. I HAVE EITHER CHANGED AT MY WORK (A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP) OR AT MY OWN HOME.*AK THE LAST TIME I CHANGED MY OIL WAS 2 MONTHS AGO (9/25/04) AT 47900 MILES AND ON (11/24/04) WITH 49800 MILES THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED AT ME WHEN I CAME TO A STOP ABOUT A BLOCK FROM MY HOME THEN WENT OUT. ONCE I GOT HOME I CHECKED THE OIL AND IT DID NOT REGISTER ON THE DIPSTICK AT ALL. I STARTED TO POUR IN OIL IT TOOK ALL OF 4 QUARTS OF OIL TO FILL IT FULL. THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE BEING I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP RECORD OF IT AS I WAS ADVISED BY A REPAIR SHOP MONTHS AGO WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I BELIEVE BY NOW I AM OVER THE 60 MONTH WARRANTY PER ISUZU BUT I WILL CHECK ON THAT (11/26/04), BUT I ALSO HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH HERITAGE THAT I PURCHASED WITH THE TROOPER. I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW THAT MAY GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DIME. BUT I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY THE MANUFACTURER AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE "OIL CONSUMPTION 2000 ISUZU TROOPER" AND HAVE FUN, IT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY ALL DAY. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.