NHTSA Complaint #10257368 — 1999 ISUZU RODEO

I HAVE A 1999 ISUZU RODEO I KEEP UP WITH ALL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE DUE TO ONLY HAVING ONE CAR BESIDES ALL THE BASIC TRUCK IS THIRSTY FOR OIL CHECK ONCE A WEEK I NOTICED THE CD PLAYER WOULD NOT SHUT OFF CD GOT STUCK I DID NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT IT I WILL REPLACE THE RADIO THE FOLLOWING WEEK THEN MY WIFE WENT TO WORK ON 1/23/09 IT WAS 8:30 AM MY WIFE CALLED ME UP IN TEARS YELLING THE TRUCK IS ON FIRE GOOD THING IT WAS LESS THEN A 1/4 MILE FROM MY HOUSE I RAN DOWN AND I COULD SMELL THE SMOKE OF BURNING WIRES BY THE TIME I GOT THERE THE FIRE WENT OUT IM GLAD NO ONE GOT HURT I HAD TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED I WAS TOLD ON THE 26TH THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME THING ON THE 1998 MODEL WHEN I CALLED ISUZU THEY TOLD ME I WAS OUT OF LUCK THAT MY TRUCK WAS A 99 NOT A 98 BUT I FOUND OUT FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY MY TRUCK WAS MADE IN 98 AND WAS CLASSIFIED AS A 99 I CALLED ISUZU AGAIN AND THE SAME THING TO BAD THE TRUCK IS A 99 ITS NOT LIKE ITS A NEW CAR MY INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE REPAIR SHOP CAN NOT FIND A NEW WIRING HARNESS NO ONE WILL RETURN MY CALLS OR THE REPAIR SHOPS CALL SO WE CAN GET PRICES FOR THE HARNESS AND THE COMPUTER AND THAT'S JUST A START I HAVE HAD A RENTAL FOR 2 WEEKS NOW AND LOOKS LIKE 2 MORE WEEKS I DON'T KNOW WHO I SHOULD CALL MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS NOT BUDGING AND ISUZU IS NOT BUDGING AND IM STUCK WITH A HUGE RENTAL BILL I BEEN SEARCHING THE WEB AND FIND SO MANY PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS LIKE MINE AND ISUZU DOES NOTHING TO SOLVE THERE CHEAP WAYS OF BUILDING TRUCKS NOW I SEE WHY THEY DO NOT SELL CARS IN THE USA ANYMORE THERE ARE 3 SERVICE STATIONS IN MA. AND NOT ONE IS EVEN CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE AND I HAD ONE TELL ME ITS 10 YEARS OLD NOW TIME FOR A NEW ONE ANYWAY WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE WITH THESE THINGS WHY DIDN'T ANYONE FORCE THEM TO HAVE MAJOR RECALLS AND THE ONES THEY DO HAVE THEY SAY TO BAD. *TR