NHTSA Complaint #10359886 — 2002 ISUZU AXIOM

DRIVING MY 2002 ISUZU AXIOM NORMALLY TO WORK. I PARKED IN A DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO PARK ON THE 4TH FLOOR. MY CAR HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY CLIMBING THE RAMPS AND FINALLY STOPPED CLIMBING AT THE 3RD FLOOR. I LEFT MY CAR ALL DAY AND DROVE HOME AFTER WORK, TAKING ALL SURFACE STREETS AND AVOIDING HILLS. THE NEXT DAY I CAREFULLY DROVE TO MY MECHANICS SHOP AND(THEN THE CHECK TRANS & CHECK ENG LIGHTS CAME ON) WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING OR REBUILDING. I CAREFULLY DROVE TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND AM HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE OF ROUGHLY $3,300. FORTUNATELY THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AS IT IS NORMALLY THE FAMILY CAR DRIVEN BY WIFE. SO BASICALLY THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, THERE ARE NO LEAKS OR SMOKE OR SMELL. AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE. WE DID TAKE OUR CAR TO THE DEALER FOR ITS LAST TRANS SERVICE AND HAD APPOINTMENT TO GET A TRANS SERVICE 3 DAYS AFTER IT FAILED! *TR