1999 ISUZU RODEO Suspensionrear Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE POLICE, BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION) SHOULD APPLY TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HE DID NOT MEET THE GUIDELINES FOR THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THE CONTACT DID NOT FEEL THE RECALL REPAIR WAS ADEQUATE BECAUSE A BRACKET WAS BOLTED TO THE FRAME, WHICH EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE RUST. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT FRAME WOULD FRACTURE, FRACTURING THE BRACKET AND POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 02/22/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL REPAIR PROVIDED WAS NOT ADEQUATE BECAUSE THE BRACKET REQUIRED BY THE RECALL WAS BOLTED TO A PORTION OF THE FRAME THAT EXHIBITED EXCESSIVE SALT-RELATED RUST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION AS THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED UNSAFE TO DRIVE. UPDATED 04/18/12

1999 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL RELATED VEHICLE CORROSION OF THE FORWARD MOUNTING POINT BRACKET FOR THE LEFT OR RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE MATERIALS WERE OF POOR QUALITY WHICH CAUSED THE RUST. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE HAD THE VEHICLE FIXED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 0V436000, SUSPENSION: REAR REPAIR PERFORMED BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FRONT FRAMES AND AXLE WERE ALSO CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY THE REPAIR THE COMPONENT STATED IN THE RECALL AND WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH ANY ADDITIONAL FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 11/01/11*LJ THE CROSS MEMBER RUSTED OFF THE AXLE. THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED OUT. UPDATED 11/16/11. *JB

1999 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUSPENSION: REAR RECALL. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET THE RECALL FIXED, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DEALERS IN THE AREA. THE CONSUMER STATED THE CLOSEST DEALER WAS 80 MILES AWAY IN A DIFFERENT STATE. A HYUNDAI DEALER WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE CONSUMER AND WHEN THEY SENT A REPORT AND ESTIMATE TO ISUZU, IT WAS REJECTED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A PRIVATE MECHANIC NOTICED EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED REMEDY REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000(SUSPENSION:REAR). THE MECHANIC STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 129,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE REAR SWAY BAR BROKE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO AVOID A CRASH BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED EXCESSIVE RUST ON THE FRAME AND FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE CONTACT NOTICE A NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 00V058000 (SUSPENSION:REAR) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:10V436000, SUSPENSION REAR WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE FUEL TANK SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE; YET, THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE FUEL TANK BRACKET WAS CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER FILED REPORT 10277020. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 144,000.

1999 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER STATES FRAME BROKE WHILE DRIVING*TGW THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRAME RUSTED OUT ON BOTH SIDES, AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE SHOCK AREA. AT THE TIME, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF A RECALL UNTIL 2011. THE CONSUMER STATED NO BUSINESS IN THE AREA WANTED TO REPAIR THE FRAME OR EVEN WELD IT BACK TOGETHER. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO A DEALER TWO HOURS AWAY, JUST TO BE TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WORTH FIXING. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED ISUZU AND WAS INFORMED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN. THE DEALER INSTALLED A SMALL KIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND STATED THAT WAS ALL THEY COULD DO, BUT THERE WERE STILL FRAME ISSUES AND IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THREE DIFFERENT AUTHORIZED DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE SINCE THEY HAD SO MANY OTHER VEHICLE TO REPAIR. APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED ONTO THE EMERGENCY LAND AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE REAR CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS STILL IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY ISUZU RODEO WAS RECALLED FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION/FRAME RUSTOUT PROBLEM.ISUZU HAULED IT TO BEDFORD ,OHIO TO THE FORMER DEALER. IT IS STAGE 5,NON-REPAIRABLE. ISUZU HAS NOT BEEN IN TOUCH CONCERNING BUYBACK OR ANYTHING. WHEN I CALL THEM,THEY ARE VERY RUDE AND ACT LIKE THEY COULD CARE LESS.WE ARE DOWN TO 1 CAR,MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT. THEY HAVE HAD THE TRUCK AND WE BOTH HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE FOR WEEKS NOW. THEY NEED TO MOVE FASTER OR HAVE MORE PEOPLE RESOLVING THIS.HONDA IS RENTING CARS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS,COURSE THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS,WHERE ISUZU ISN'T,BUT STILL,ITS NOT FAIR TO THE OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRAME ABOVE THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS CORRODED AND EXHIBITED A HOLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 SUSPENSION:REAR AND STATED THE RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED IN A SEPARATE LOCATION OF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,521 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,699. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN UPDATED 05/16/11

MY 1999 ISUZU RODEO WAS RECALLED FOR "SUSPENSION: REAR", NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V-436, MFG'S REPORT DATE SEPTEMBER 22, 2010. ON JANUARY 28, 2011 I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL INSPECTION TO CORNERSTONE ISUZU AS DIRECTED BY THE RECALL NOTICE. WITHOUT CONSULTING ME FIRST, THEY "FIXED" THE CAR BY SPRAYING A 24" PORTION OF THE REAR FRAME WITH AN ANTI-RUST APPLICATION. THEN THE TECHNICIAN CALLED ME IN TO SHOW ME THAT THE REST OF THE FRAME WAS RUSTED BUT THAT IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. IN FACT THE "LEFT REAR SPRING MOUNT" HAD TOTALLY RUSTED SO THE VEHICLE FRAME IS LITERALLY SITTING ON THE REAR AXLE. NOT PART OF THE RECALL THOUGH, SO THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY. I'M SHOCKED THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO LIMIT THE RECALL TO A 24" PORTION OF THE FRAME AND TOTALLY DISREGARD THAT THE FRAME HAS DISINTEGRATED IN OTHER AREAS,...

1999 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS FOR VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NEITHER LUBRICATION OR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS WILL REMEDY THE CORRODED CONDITION OF THE FORWARD MOUNTING POINT BRACKETS OF THE REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINKS. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SUSPENSION LINKS COULD BE MADE AT A COST OF $350. HOWEVER, THEY NOTICED THAT ONE SPRING ABOVE THE LINKS WAS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT IT HAD DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. *JB *JB

AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE AT THE END OF JAN 2010 I CALLED THE NUMBER AND THEY TOLD ME MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND FELT MY TRUCK JUMP, A LOUD SNAP, AND REALIZE MY SHOCK FLEW ACROSS THE ROAD. I DROVE TO A SAFE LOCATION AND LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW THE OTHER SIDE SHOCK WAS HANGING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED ON A FLAT BED BECAUSE IT "WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE" ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE DEALERSHIP HAD CAR IN THE AIR ON LIFT AND INFORMED THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SOLD AND IS UNREPAIRABLE AND DAMAGE WAS SO EXTENSIVE AND ALL BECAUSE OF A SAFETY RECALL ON REAR SUSPENSION. THE CORROSION WAS SO TERRIBLE. NOW, I AM WAITING TO HEAR BACK AND MY CAR IS A LOSS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE FORWARD MOUNTING BRACKET COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALMOST PROCEEDED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD INTO A NEIGHBORS YARD. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH A FEW AUTHORIZED DEALERS IN THE AREA AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE FRAME. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL CAMPAIGN ID 10V436000, SUSPENSION, REAR WAS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

1999 ISUZU RODEO. CONSUMER STATES HE RECEIVED A RECALL AND THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER RUST PROBLEMS THAT ISUZU IS NOT AWARE OF. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED IN THE SUMMER OF 2009, THE GAS TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF RUSTING ON THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH WAS CAUSING GAS TO LEAK OUT. IN 2010, THERE WAS A RUST THROUGH IN THE FRAME AROUND THE FORWARDING MOUNTING POINTS BRACKETS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINKS AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER BRACKET BROKE OFF THE FRAME DUE TO RUSTING OUT ALSO. THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER SPRING SEAT HAD RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT IT BENT UP AGAINST THE FLOOR OF THE BODY. THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME OVER THE REAR AXLE HOUSING HAD RUSTED THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES. ON THE INSIDE, THERE WAS A HOLE 5 1/2 INCHES...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR); THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE FRAMES SEVERE RUST. THEY WERE UNABLE TO WELD THE BRACKET TO THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN THE CONTACTS CALL AND HAD NOT DONE SO WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. . UPDATED 03/03/11 *BF UPDATED 12/19/11 *CN

SEVERE FRAME RUST. TRAILING ARM SEPARATIONS FROM THE FRAME DUE TO RUST. ACCORDING TO ISUZU CAR REQUIRES STAGE 4 REPAIR, BUT DEALER CANNOT PUT CAR BACK TOGETHER, BECAUSE THE FRAME ITSELF IS FALLING APART. FRAME WAS REINFORCED BEFORE IN MULTIPLE PLACES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND GOING UPHILL WHEN THE LOWER LINK BRACKET FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A WELDING SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE METAL LINK NEEDED TO WELD THE LINK BRACKET BACK ONTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD REPURCHASE THE VEHICLE IF IT WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A MUFFLER REPAIR WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME, REAR SUSPENSION AND EXTERIOR BODY WERE SEVERELY RUSTED. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL REMEDY WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RESPOND TO THE DEALER AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THAT HE WOULD BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

RECEIVED A RECALL FOR REAR SUSPENSION BRACKETS. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ISUZU SERVICE CENTER , WAS TOLD THE FRAME WAS SO RUSTED THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE REAR BRACKETS AND IT WAS AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM ISUZU FOR THE RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION BRACKET BEING BROKEN FROM THE FRAME, AND WAS TOLD WE WOULD BE HAVING OUR CARS PURCHASED BACK AT FAIR MARKET VALUE. NOW THAT THEY HAVE MY VEHICLE THEY SAY THEY WILL OFFER ME THE COST OF THE REPAIR AS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE SAFE AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE BRACKET THEY PROPOSE FIXES THE ISSUE. THIS CAR ALMOST KILLED ME WHEN THE BRACKET BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME AND NOW THEY SAY IF I DON'T TAKE THE $1500 THEY ARE GOING TO INSTALL THE BRACKET AND GIVE MY CAR BACK, ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT BE SAFELY DRIVABLE. I BOUGHT THIS FROM A LOCAL GARAGE FOR A FAIR PRICE AND HAD NO INDICATION OF THE FAILURE I WAS ABOUT TO ENCOUNTER. MY COMPLAINT IS FOR THE COMPANIES HANDLING OF THE RECALL AND MANIPULATION OF THE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO TOLD THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE REMEDY DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF THE FRAME. AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OFFERED, PER THE TERMS OF THE RECALL, BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TAKING HER VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL (10V436000- SUSPENSION:REAR) THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ISUZU'S LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 4, 2010 ([XXX], VEHICLE COMPLIANCE) FOR ISUZU RODEO RECALL 10V-436 APPEARS TO ERRONEOUSLY OMIT MY VEHICLE'S VIN WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED ON 1/13/1998 AND SHIPPED TO ORIGINAL DEALER IN MASSACHUSETTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVERS SIDE TOP SHOCK PLATE ROTTED OUT , SHOCK CAME LOOSE AND BROKE BRAKE LINE ALSO PUT HOLE IN GAS FILL PIPE. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 ISUZU RODEO IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR I WAS DRIVING ON RTE 104 IN NEW HAMPTON NH AT OR ABOUT 7:30 AM. I WAS ACCELERATING UP HILL WHEN THE REAR OF THE RODEO ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SUDDENLY LIFTED UP AND PUT THE RODEO INTO A HARD LEFT TURN, INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A POINT IN THE ROAD THAT HAS A RISING SPEED LIMIT TO 50 MPH. I REACTED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD AND LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND TURNED HARD RIGHT . I MISSED THE ON COMING 10 WHEEL DUMP TRUCK BY MERE INCHES WITH HIS HORN BLASTING AT ME AND THE PICK UP TRUCK BEHIND ME LOCKED UP THERE BRAKES AND ALMOST RAN INTO ME. I SLOWED AND PULLED AS FAR AS I COULD OFF THE ROAD AS THERE WAS NOT TOO MUCH ROOM . I GOT IT TRAILERED TO A SHOP WHERE...

THE FRAME AND REAR SUSPENSION ON MY VEHICLE HAS CRACKED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. I BELIEVE IT WAS DURING A TURN WHEN I FELT A SHUDDER THAT WAS ABNORMAL AND WHEN I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE REAR OF THE CAR, I SAW THE FRAME BOX AND HOUSING FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION COIL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD SNAPPED. MY VEHICLE BODY IS 99% RUST FREE BUT THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND AT SOME PLACES PERFORATIONS CAN BE SEEN. SLIGHT PRESSURE ON THE FRAME WITH YOUR FINGER CAN BEND THE METAL. *TR

EXTREME RUST ON REAR TRUCK FRAME NEAR THE ATTACHMENT POINT FOR THE REAR AXLE. SENT TRUCK IN TO THE DEALER FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR, AND THE DEALER LOOKED FOR AND FOUND THIS ISSUE. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT "THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE" ON THE BILL. THE REAR FRAME IS BRITTLE TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN "POKE HOLES IN IT WITH YOUR FINGER." (DEALER'S WORDS). I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS UNREPAIRABLE. *TR

I ALSO RECENTLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY RODEO ISUZU. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN ON MY LUNCH BREAK WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD A METAL 'POPPING' SOUND. I LISTENED AGAIN AND COULD NOT HEAR OR FEEL ANYTHING. A FEW MINUTES LATER I LOST CONTROL OF MY STEERING, FISHTAILING DOWN A HILL. THERE WAS REALLY NO WHERE TO PULL OFF AND I WAS ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM MY WORK'S PARKING LOT SO I DROVE SLOWLY, ABOUT 5 MPH BACK TO THE PARKING LOT (SHAKING). IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING BUT FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY GOING 60 MPH OR I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE, INJURED SOMEBODY ELSE! MY HUSBAND ARRIVED AND LOOKED UNDER THE RODEO AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE UNDERNEATH FRAME HAD BEEN COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT WITH THE REAR STABILIZER BAR DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FRAME SPECIALIST...

FRAME RUST. *TR

THIS CAR IS A LEMON. THERE SEEM TO BE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE DASH LIGHTS ARE GOING OUT, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT INDICATOR - THE CAR CAN BE IN "DRIVE", YET THE INDICATOR WILL HAVE "NEUTRAL" DISPLAYED. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK WHILE SHIFTING. THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS A VIBRATING SOUND NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT......THE DEALER CLAIMS THE SUSPENSION IS FINE. IN ADDITTION, THE REAR DRUM BRAKES CONTINUALLY GO OUT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO PURCHASING VEHICLE HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT RECALL(00V058000) AND TO HIS KNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. *JB

REAL AXLE BLEW OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH, THERE WAS A RECALL 00V058000 THAT CONSUMER WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF. *SLC