Isuzu Rodeo fire or smoke problems

Filed Sep 16, 2025 · Fuel system · 117,000 miles · AR · fire

The contact owns a 2002 Isuzu Rodeo. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that as she was coasting to the right to stop on the shoulder, she observed that there was smoke in the cabin. The contact stated that after she stopped, she opened the driver's side passenger door and saw that smoke was emitting from under the passenger seat, which had been folded over in "cargo mode." The contact lifted the seat and saw that the seat back was melted, with a black spot in the center. The contact stated that she had a cooler in the back that was full of water, and she poured all of it behind and under the seat. The contact saw that the water evaporated. The contact then checked out outside of the vehicle to see if there was any heat source. The contact observed that flames had formed under the rear driver's side wheel well. The contact stated that a person who lived in the house near where she had stopped had observed what was happening and came out with a fire extinguisher and extinguished the fire. The fire department was not called. The contact had the vehicle towed to her residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed and was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The contact had researched online and related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 05V466000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) due to the location of the fuel tank, which was located on the driver's side rear, by the rear wheel well. The failure mileage was approximately 117,000.

Filed Jul 11, 2011 · Engine · 168,600 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 1994 isuzu rodeo. While driving approximately 40 MPH the contact noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated the camshaft seal end plug needed to be replaced. The mechanic referred the contact to the manufacturer because there was a recall for the component under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 94v132000 (engine and engine cooling:engine). The manufacturer stated the vehicle had previous recall repairs performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 168,600 updated 10/21/11 *bf the consumer stated the cam shaft seal plug came out again causing oil to leak on the exhaust, which caused smoke to emit from the vehicle. Updated 11/02/11

Filed Feb 12, 2010 · Electrical · 119,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 isuzu rodeo. The contact observed smoke under the hood while driving 10 MPH and immediately shut the engine off and got out of the vehicle. The fire department was called and by the time they arrived the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department confirmed that it was an electrical fire. The vehicle was destroyed. No one was injured and a fire report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contacts home so that a representative from the manufacturer could conduct an investigation. Claim#10041003 was filed with the isuzu manufacturer. The failure mileage was 119,000.

Filed Mar 24, 2009 · Brakes · 138,420 miles · IL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 isuzu rodeo. While entering the vehicle, the contact noticed smoke coming from the hood of the vehicle. He then noticed that the wiring for the ABS underneath the hood of the vehicle caught fire. He poured water on the wires to extinguish the flames. A certified mechanic stated that a grounded hot wire inside the ABS pump caused the fire. The vehicle is currently at the contact's residence and has not been repaired. The dealer stated that they were not responsible for the failure. The current and failure mileages were 138,420.

Filed Mar 2, 2009 · Engine · 125,000 miles · TX · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 isuzu rodeo. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle hesitated, slowed down, and attempted to stall. The contact noticed something bouncing underneath the vehicle and then observed flames under the hood. She pulled to the side of the road. The police and fire departments were called to extinguish the fire and a report was filed. The cause of the fire was unknown. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were less than 125,000.

Filed Feb 3, 2009 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · MA · fire

I have a 1999 isuzu rodeo I keep up with all work that needs to be done due to only having one car besides all the basic truck is thirsty for oil check once a week I noticed the cd player would not shut off cd got stuck I did not think much about it I will replace the radio the following week then my wife went to work on 1/23/09 it was 8:30 am my wife called me up in tears yelling the truck is on fire good thing it was less then a 1/4 mile from my house I ran down and I could smell the smoke of burning wires by the time I got there the fire went out im glad no one got hurt I had towed to the repair shop to find out what happened I was told on the 26th that there was a recall for the same thing on the 1998 model when I called isuzu they told me I was out of luck that my truck was a 99 not a 98 but I found out from my insurance company my truck was made in 98 and was classified as a 99 I called isuzu again and the same thing to bad the truck is a 99 its not like its a new car my insurance company wants an estimate for the repairs and the repair shop can not find a new wiring harness no one will return my calls or the repair shops call so we can get prices for the harness and the computer and that's just a start I have had a rental for 2 weeks now and looks like 2 more weeks I don't know who I should call my insurance company is not budging and isuzu is not budging and im stuck with a huge rental bill I been searching the web and find so many people with problems like mine and isuzu does nothing to solve there cheap ways of building trucks now I see why they do not sell cars in the USA anymore there are 3 service stations in ma. And not one is even close to where I live and I had one tell me its 10 years old now time for a new one anyway with all the problems that people have with these things why didn't anyone force them to have major recalls and the ones they do have they say to bad.

Filed Jun 15, 2007 · Transmission · 62,131 miles · FL

2000 isuzu rodeo---@ 62,131 miles transmission was slipping and smoke came out from under hood vehicle while traveling on the highway. Vehicle was towed to dealer. Told it was a problem with the internal transmission. Transmission was replaced at no charge under the manufacturer 10 year/120,000 mile power trainmission warranty. Again @ 92,204 miles the vehicle was jerking while shifting gears and transmission light came on. Vehicle was taken to dealer. Dealer determined the problem to be the inhibitor switch related to the external transmission. Inhibitor switch was replaced, but not covered under the power train warrenty because it was part of the external transmission. Again @ 98,489 miles the transmission was slipping while driving. After coming to a stop, the vehicle would not accelerate, unable to drive over 20mph. Vehicle was taken to dealer. The problem was again determined to be the internal transmission. Transmission was replaced for the 2nd time @ no charge under the manufacturer 10year/120,000 mile power train warranty.

Filed Nov 20, 2006 · Fuel system · 73,000 miles · AK · fire

2001 isuzu rodeo, with no prior damage, was warming up and caught fire. Apparently , a fuel line leak in the engine compartment was the cause. No warning whatsoever, and no prior mechanical work performed in the engine compartment relating to fuel lines. Apparently isuzu had a recall on fuel lines, but I'm told it doesn't apply to this vehicle. Nm

Filed Oct 14, 2006 · Electrical, Visibility · 147,000 miles · CO · fire

About two days ago the power windows on my rodeo suddenly stopped working so we took the control out thinking that maybe the wires vibrated loose or something like that. When we removed the control there was nothing wrong with the control or the wiring that we could see by just looking at it so we opened the fuse box that is under the dash and found the fuse that controlled the windows. The power window fuse is a large box looking thing(not a regular fuse) with a red button in the middle that was popped out so we pushed the button back in and the windows began working again. After using them four or five time just to make sure that they worked we turned of the ignition and didn't think anything of it. Today when we started the truck everything was fine then after letting it run for 5-10 minutes I went to get into it and the inside was full of smoke we immediately turn off the truck and then I noticed smoke coming from under the power window control on the door we removed the control and the wires were melted pretty bad. We then looked in the fuse box to see if the fuse had popped again and discovered that the fuse had started burning and was melted into the fuse box. We tried to remove the fuse and because it was so badly melted into the fuse box it crumbled when we tried to remove it. We haven't been able to take it to anyone to find out what happened because it is saturday and the dealer isn't open today.

Filed Jun 1, 2005 · Transmission · 180,000 miles · IA · fire

Dt: vehicle was destroyed in a fire. Transmission indicator light came on, and driver pulled over and saw flames coming from under the hood. Vehicle had a recall but callers vehicle was not involved in the recall due to VIN. Attempts were made to contact manufacturer, but caller couldn't reach anyone.