NHTSA Complaint #10360277 — 2001 ISUZU RODEO

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DETECTED THAT THE REAR BRACKET COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME DUE TO RUST CORROSION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY REPAIR AND POSSIBLY BY THE END OF THE 2010 FISCAL YEAR THERE WOULD BE ONE IN EFFECT. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HER ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND WAS NOT BEING DRIVEN DUE TO THE SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000.