The contact owns a 1999 Isuzu Rodeo. The contact stated that after he started the vehicle, the horn started to sound independently. The contact stated that he had to temporarily remove the fuse for the horn from the steering wheel. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the air bag needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.
1999 Isuzu Rodeo airbags problems
13 complaints (2% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 120,000. 10 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 13
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- typical mileage
- 120,000
- crashes
- 10
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal7
- Frontal: driver clockspring/spiral cassette1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
Isuzu Rodeo airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1999 Isuzu Rodeo airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1999 Isuzu Rodeo owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Tl*- the contact owns a 1999 isuzu rodeo, and stated that while driving on the road at 30 MPH the vehicle in front of the contact's vehicle slammed the brakes suddenly, causing the contact to do the same. The contact stated that the vehicle had severe damage in the front. Upon impaqct, the airbags did not deploy. There were no warning lights concerning the airbags before and subsequent to the accident. The contact could provide picture if needed. The failure mileage was 96,371 miles.
Dt: the contact s owns a 1999 isuzu rodeo. He received a recall on 10-14-05 regarding the brakes on the vehicle. The contact has not taken the car ito dealer to have the recall repair work done. The contact's vehicle was involved in an accident one year ago. A child ran o in front of vehicle, he swerved to miss the child, hit the brak they did not work, and the vehicle hit a telephone pole. A police report was taken. He felt that the accident caused other damage to the car, such as transmission slipping. He noticed the transmission slipping about five months ago. Had to do a lot of repair work to the front end of the vehicle about five months ago air bags deployed ,and he has not had them installed again.
Fuel gauge is intermittent after filling gas tank with fuel. Fuel gauge is completely inoperative after 5-10 miles of driving after filling fuel tank. This is also causing a check engine light to come on. There are several complaints for this and it is a safety concern if your wife is driving the vehicle at night on the interstate daily without knowing the amount of gas she has. Dealership here will not sell the sending unit by itself, only the complete fuel pump at a cost of over $300.00. Something needs to be done about this.
On february 2000 driver depressed the brake pedal at 20 MPH and vehicle took longer to respond to the pedal application. The road surface was wet from raining that day. As result, the vehicle was involved in a head on collision, on january 2001, while driving 50 MPH. Consumer applied the brakes and they did not respond, causing vehicle to collide with the guard rail. On november 5, 2003, again, on wet condition, while pulling out of the garage onto main road, the brakes took longer to respond. As result, the vehicle crashed into a neighbor's vehicle. On those three occasions, the front air bags failed to deploy.
While driving at 60 MPH, hit a deer, and neither of the air bags deployed. Driver wore the seat belt.
When the brakes were applied, the rear of the vehicle slid, as a result, the consumer rear ended another vehicle and none of the airbags deployed.
The vehicle went airborne and landed on the front end and the air bags failed to deploy.
Vehicle was involved in a direct frontal impact at 35mph. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Please provide additional information.
No summary( dot number: tire size: p235/75r15 )
Questions about the 1999 Isuzu Rodeo airbags
Does the 1999 Isuzu Rodeo have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 13 complaints about the airbags of the 1999 Isuzu Rodeo, 2% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1999 Isuzu Rodeo airbags problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 120,000 miles.
Was there a recall on the 1999 Isuzu Rodeo airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Isuzu Rodeo have bad airbags?
The Isuzu Rodeo model years with the most airbags complaints are 1998 (16 complaints), 1995 (15 complaints) and 1997 (13 complaints).
Other 1999 Isuzu Rodeo problems
Brakes 214Fuel system 91Suspension 85Body 72Engine 52Acceleration 40Transmission 37Electrical 27Visibility 14Tires 12Steering 8Wheels 7Seat belts 6Driver assistance 2Lights 2Seats 2Locks 1
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