2002 Isuzu Axiom Air Bags & Restraints Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ON DECEMBER 23, 2005 WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON A DRY HIGHWAY THE CONTACT WAS RUN OFF THE ROAD BY A TRUCK. THE VEHICLE THEN COLLIDED WITH THE ROAD PARTITION, AND CRUSHED THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE DRIVER SUFFERED BRUISING FROM THE SAFETY BELT. THERE IS A RECALL, #02V213000 BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. UPDATED 02/28/06. *JB

CAR PURCHASED 11/2002. 6 MONTHS LATER TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, REPLACED. SINCE REPLACEMENT ONLY GETTING 13-15 MILES TO THE GALLON. TOOK CAR IN 3 TIMES AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ABOUT A MONTH LATER CAR STARTING RATTLING, THE DRIVE TRAIN WAS REPLACED. THE GEAR BY THE SEAT STATES IN DRIVE BUT THE DASH STATES D3 OR NUETRAL DEPENDING IF THE GEAR IS UP OR DOWN. I ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE MY DASH HAS THE CORRECT GEAR AND NOT TO GO BY MY HANDLE ON THE SIDE OF SEAT. NOW TODAY, MY CAR STARTS SMOKING AND MADE A RATTLING SCREACHING NOISE AND IT IS MY AIR COMPRESSOR. ALSO, THE BRAKE JUMP WHEN IT IS WET AND IS VERY SCARY WHEN I BRAKE AND I AM AFRAID THAT CAR IS NOT GOING TO STOP. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT CONSTANTLY GET CAUGHT UNDER THE SEAT AND WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE STRAPPED IN YOU ARE NOT SINCE THE PLACTIC PIECE CATCHES UNDER THE SEAT. I FOUND THIS OUT WHEN I HAD TO ABRUPTLY STOP MY BRAKES AND WAS PUSHED FORWARD, THIS HAPPENS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! THIS CAR IS AWFUL. I HAVE OWNED 5 DIFFERENT CARS IN MY LIFE AND THIS CAR IS HORRIBLE. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN NOVEMBER 2002 AND HAVE HAD LESS THAN 3 YEARS.

DT: ON JULY 3RD THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN REFERENCE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG, RECALL # 03V113000. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GALLES MOTOR CO. TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRED AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER . ON JULY 11, 2005 THE CONSUMER'S WIFE HAD AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH SHE WAS INJURED. SHE REAR ENDED A CAR SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WHILE SHE WAS GOING 45 MPH. SHE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE WEATHER WAS DRY AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE GOOD. T HE VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN TAKEN TOT HE DEALER YET FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SAID FOR HIM TO TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC. HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THE MFR. AT PRESENT, HIS CAR IS STILL AT THE WRECKING YARD. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. GOODYEAR, SIZE P235/65R17, DOT# UNKNOWN. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE TIRE, BUT HIS SON RAN OVER SOMETHING AND BLEW THE TIRE. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON I270 IN ST.LOUIS, MO. A SEMI- TRUCK DOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH STRUCK US IN THE REAR AND FORCED US INTO THE PICK UP TRUCK IN FRONT OF US. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DESPITE THE SQUARE FRONT TO REAR IMPACT. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IN MY VEHICLE BROKE, TWISTING THE PASSENGER TO THE SIDE, FACING THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT, ONCE BUCKLED, WILL ONLY RETRACT AND BECOMES DIFFICULT TO RELEASE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *SC