While driving on wet pavement at 40-45 MPH, I hydroplaned into a guradrail and then into oncoming traffic. Felt as if all of the sudden I lost all control of vehicle, and no corrective measures helped. Then earlier this month, 10-2001, while driving again on wet pavement, had same experience, but no wreck this time. I feel as though both instances were beyond my control and I am becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of the vehicle.
1999 Isuzu Rodeo suspension complaints
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Continuous vibrations in suspension. When stopping vehicle it will move forward. Also, when applying gas pedal, vehicle slips before going into gear. Contacted dealer, and dealer couldn't find anything wrong.
Since day one we have had a problem with the steering shaking at 55mph and higher,after 48000 miles we decided to change the tires and see if that would fix our problem,guess what,didn't even change a thing,we are so upset at the fact that while driving our truck which we are leasing and thought of buying after we had finished the lease feels so unsafe that after the lease is over this will be the last isuzu we ever buy!!! Along with the tire issue we have complained about an engine rattling noise when accelerating on hills and the dealer we took it to suggested we change fuel types and grades,the owners manual suggest the grade we had been using?? So why change,well we tried that too...you can guess didn't change a thing,still rattles!!!!!!!!we have had many other things go wrong with this truck since we bought it and have never had this many problems with a veh other than this isuzu..the latest thing we have been having trouble with is a thunk noise coming from the rear of the truck when letting off the brakes at a stop light and starting to pull away....thunk!! You hear it and feel the truck jolt!!...we had the rear axle fluid changed and transmission fluid aswell...ha ha...guess again...still there...our next option to the isuzu rodeo nightmare is to just park this thing and wait till the lease is up and let everyone we know and they know never to buy an isuzu rodeo unless the have money to throw again....next time we'll look at an american made car!!!*ak (tiresize: 23575r15)
While traveling consumer was forced to stop short to avoid an accident up ahead, at that time the seat belts for the consumer and passenger failed to restain them, causing head injuries, also prior to purchasing vehicle no one notified consumer of recall on defective safety restraints.
The front end has pulled to the right since purchase, the vehicle has been to the shop 6 times but the problem still has not been repaired properly. Nlm
At highway speed consumer can feel vibration in steering, and it really gets bad, it feels like driving on cable stone.
Tremendous vibration throughout vehicle. This applies to both the rear and front suspension/brake components. Manufacturer/dealer and zone service rep was contacted. Isuzu failed to correct the problem stating and I quote "it is a truck and it is intended to ride like one". The whole body vibration was corrected after many attepmts, the problem was out of balance rear drums. After completion of balancing the rear drums the main body vibration was eliminated. Violent steering wheel shimmy was still present. After having checked shocks, tires, rims bearings etc the front rotor and hub assemblies were balanced as a pair, this eliminated the steering wheel shimmy. Since both the front and back components were balanced all the vibration has been eliminated. Tires have not been rebalanced in 14,000 miles, they have been rotated with no adverse affect. Many thousand of dollars were spent in isolating this problem, new tires, shocks, rear drums, front rotor and hubs, bearings, seals and the manufactur of precision balancing mandrels and balancing costs. Isuzu needs to recognize this problem and repair/ replace these components for others, mine is corrected. I see "many" posts of this vibration issue and am aware that many were lemon lawed for it. Isuzu has failed to service and correct the issue and has abandoned their customers on this issue.
Real axle blew out causing vehicle to crash, there was a recall 00v058000 that consumer was never made aware of.
The vehicle is experiencing what I consider to be excessive bounce when loaded with 4 passengers, leading to a possible control problem. Usually it is only just me or two passengers in the car, and I noticed the problem for the first time when I had 4 passengers (no other luggage or items in car) on normal roads and on the highway. I have taken the vehicle to the dealer twice, and they have performed a complete inspection of the suspension, shocks, etc., and can find no problems. It appears to be either a design issue or possibly a problem with insufficient suspension for the vehicle. I had a 1994 rodeo and did not experience a similar problem, so there may have been a design or component change which has changed the ride.
The vehicle vibrates at 70 MPH almost out of control, the tires have been balanced and rotated. The rear brakes make squealing noise when braking the dealer has tried to correct the problem twice before.
Severe shimmy/wobble at highway speeds through undercarriage & steering system. Three sets of tires and several different balances were unsuccessful. Dealer is at a loss. Isuzu has had these problems with selected rodeos for sometime now. Vehicle has been in for service 8 times. Defective vehicle.
While driving at highway speed 55+, the vehicle experiences vibration, dealer found collapsed body mounts and after replacement problem with vibration still continues.
Rear coil springs are loose making the vehicle to lunch forward when coming to a stop. Vehicle has been to the dealership twice for this problem. The dealer is not able to correct the problem. Please provide any further details. *ak
The entire vehicle as well as the steering wheel shakes and shimmies. The dealer just says the tires need balancing. They have rebalanced the tires 3 times. Other tire dealers have seen the car 2 times, no improvement. *ak( dot number: tire size: 235/75/15 )
The vehicle shakes in the front end at speeds over 50 miles per hour.
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