2001 Isuzu Rodeo Electrical System Problems

STATIONARY AT PARK DRIVEWAY, WOKE UP EARLY MORNING TO GO TO WORK AS I GO TO MY CAR MY KEY REMOTE WILL NOT WORK I HAVE TO MANUALLY KEY IN CAR TO OPEN DOOR.PUT THE KEY AND START THE CAR NOTHING HAPPENED. FOUND OUT BATTERY WAS DEAD, BUY NEW ONE STILL NOT STARTING FOUND OUT THE ALTERNATOR NOR WORKING AND THE MAIN FUSE WAS BLOWN. REPLACED NEW FUSE AND ALTERNATOR AND TRY TO START, 15AMP FUSE BLOWN ON MY PANEL CLUSTER GAUGE NOT WORKING ALTHOUGH CAR START AND THE BATTERY WAS NOT CHARGING. EVERYTIME I PUT A NEW 15AMP FUSE FOR PANEL IT WILL BLOWN. I GUESS THERE MUST BE SOMETHING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR GROUND THAT BLOW FUSE ON PANEL AND ALSO NOT CHARGING THE BATTERIES. ANY HELP ON RECALL I HAD MY CAR FOR 15 YEARS I NEVER BEEN TO ANY RECALL ON THIS CAR.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY ENGINE SHUT OFF, THEN TURNED ON AGAIN , REVVING THE ENGINE UP AS THOUGH I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HARDER. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT FIVE MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN OFF AND ON AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS. WHEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO OFF I CAN HIT THE STEERING COLUMN JUST BELOW THE KEY AND THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART AND THE PANEL LIGHTS COME ON AGAIN. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GO OFF, CORROSION IN 6 MONTHS TIME IN ODD PLACES AND UNDER CAR, KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION, KEY HAS TO TO BE JUGGLED TO START CAR, EMISSION ISSUES, SMELL OF INSECTICIDES, COMPUTER ISSUES, IF YOU LAY A TOWEL ON THE DASH, OR PARK IN FRONT OF A MIRRORED WINDOW, OR LEAVE THE HEADLIGHTS ON FOR LESS THEN A MINUTE WHEN THE CAR IS OFF, THE CAR WON'T START (KILLS BATTERY). SOMETHING APPEARS TO BE DRAINING THE POWER. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL START BACK UP ON IT'S OWN, BUT MOSTLY NEEDS A JUMP. THE BATTERY HAS TESTED FINE. FUEL GAGE QUIT WORKING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT USED TO GO OFF WHEN YOU FILL THE GAS TANK UP, BUT NOW IT JUST STAYS ON. THE CAR RUNS RICH WHEN IT'S DOWN TO HALF A TANK. REAR VIEW MIRROR LIGHT WOULD NOT TURN OFF, HAD TO YANK THE WIRE OUT OF IT. HELP! *TR

MY 2001 ISUZU RODEO THAT I HAVE HAD FOR 9 YEARS HAS NEVER REALLY GIVEN ME ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS YEAR. THIS EXACT INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW. I WILL BE DRIVING, THE SPEED DOES NOT MATTER, SOMETIMES IT IS 30, 50, OR 80 MPH, AND THE CAR WILL JUST START LOSING POWER. FIRST THE DASH AND ALL MY GAUGES WILL GO OUT, THEN THE MOTOR WILL START TO SOUND FUNNY AND START LOSING POWER. THEN AS I MAKE IT TO THE SIDE (THANKFULLY EVERY TIME) IT JUST STOPS RUNNING AND EVERYTHING SHUTS OFF. I TRY TO RE-CRANK IT AND IT WON'T TURN OVER. I WILL TURN MY FLASHERS ON AND EVEN THEN THEY RUN AT AN EXTREMELY REDUCED RATE AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. I HAVE REPLACED MY BATTERY, THE WIRING TO MY ALTERNATOR, MY ALTERNATOR, AND MY EGR VALVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO FIX AND I NEED THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED SO I'M NOT SPENDING MONEY FIXING THINGS I DON'T NEED AND SPEND MONEY ON THE ACTUAL ISSUE GETTING FIXED. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2001 ISUZU RODEO ON NOVEMBER 23 2012 WE DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE VERY MUCH AND DECEMBER 14 2012 I TURNED A CORNER AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH THE CODE SHOWED UP FOR THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND THE AGR VALVE WE REPLACED BOTH AND THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM I LOOKED UP ONLINE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN WIRING ISSUE AND WE FOUND THE KNOWN AREA (DIAGRAM)ONLINE AND WE DID FIND WERE SOMEONE HAD TRIED TO FIX THE WIRES AFTER MOVING THE WIRES AROUND SLIGHTLY THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT WENT OFF. THE CAR WAS UNUSABLE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO USE IT IN JAN. OF 2013 BUT WE WERE USING THE CAR IN FEB 2013 WE WERE GOING UP AN INCLINE AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND AGAIN WE COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH WE GOT HOME AND WE MOVED THE WIRES AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF WE USED THE CAR A TWICE THEN THE THIRD TIME WE USED THE CAR WE HIT A SMALL POT HOLE WHILE TURNING A CORNER AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND AGAIN COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THE CAR SINCE THIS. I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND WHILE IN PARK IT TRIED TO EXCELLERATE ON ITS OWN AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE WIRING PROBLEM YET .IF THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL . *TR

I OWN A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. I NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. DEALER SENT US TO HIS MECHANIC WHO FIXED IT. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, HE FIXED AGAIN MANY TIMES. EVENTUALLY HE SAID THERE WAS PROBABLY A PROBLEM WITH THE SENSOR AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, SO I DIDN'T. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND I HAD IT ADDRESSES WHEN I HAD MY BRAKES CHECKED. THE GUY THAT DID MY BRAKES TOLD ME I COULD HAVE IT FIXED OR JUST IGNORE IT, THAT IT WAS NOT IMPORTANT. THE NEXT THING THAT WENT OUT WAS MY AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM. I ENDED UP PAYING 1300 TO GET FIXED IN THE SUMMER OF 2014. THE NEXT THING WAS THE REAR WIPER STOPPED WORKING. I STILL HAVE NOT REPLACED THAT. SHORTLY AFTER THE WIPER STOPPED WORKING I NOTICED THE CRUISE CONTROL & THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE ON, I NO LONGER DRIVE AT NIGHT. LAST YEAR THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING, I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH MY MILEAGE TO FIGURE OUT IF I NEED TO FILL UP. JUST RECENTLY EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE STARTING TO STALL. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 70. I HAD MY HEATER, RADIO AND WIPERS ON FOR THE RAIN. I DECIDED TO TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS BECAUSE IT WAS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE DARK AND JUST WHEN I TURNED THEM ON THE DASH LIGHTS FADED AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING ANY POWER. I QUICKLY TURNED THE LIGHTS OFF AND THE CAR WENT BACK TO NORMAL. THIS WAS VERY SCARY, I WAS AFRAID TO TURN MY LIGHTS BACK ON. ONCE I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND WAS GOING INTO THE MOUNTAINS, THE FOG WAS TO DENSE TO IGNORE THE LIGHTS. I TURNED THEM ON THIS TIME WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I KNOW I DID NOT HAVE BRAKE LIGHTS, THANKFULLY I WAS MORE OR LESS ON THE ROAD ALONE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS CAR I SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I THINK WE SHOULD START A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE POWER AND STALL, ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CRUISE LIGHT AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR AND STATED THAT HE SHOULD CONSIDER CHANGING THE WIRING HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $3,000. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT RECENTLY HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR END WAS CORRODED AND COVERED WITH RUST WHICH WAS THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY RODEO HAS LOST LIGHTS, POWER, AC. THIS HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND NOT START. *NM

THE ALARM GOES OFF ANYTIME THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 30 DEGREES. THIS ONLY HAPPENS IF THE CAR IS LOCKED. KEEPING THE CAR UNLOCKED IN COLD WEATHER IS THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. OUR NEIGHBORS WOULD DISAGREE WHEN IT IS HONKING AWAY AT 2 IN THE MORNING! DOES THIS HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER 2001 RODEO SPORTS? *TR

ON 12/27/2005, OUR 2001 ISUZU RODEO STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. AFTER TOWING IT TO CREST ISUZU IN PLANO, TX, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED ME THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS. THE COST OF REPAIR (LABOR INCLUDED) IS $1,300. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE REPAIR TECHNICIAN (MECHANIC), HE INFORMED ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ISUZUS AND THEY HAVE YET PLACED A RECALL. HE INFORMED ME THE WIRING HARNESS CONTROLS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, WHICH TELLS THE ENGINE HOW MUCH GAS/ACCELERATION IS NEEDED. IN OTHER WORDS, THE THROTTLE CONTROL CAN TELL THE ENGINE TO "GUN IT" WHEN THE DRIVER IS BRAKING. ACCORDING TO ALLDATAPRO.COM, BULLETIN #IB00-04-S006 REFERS TO THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, HOWEVER, WITH NO MENTION OF THE WIRING HARNESS. AS STATED EARLIER, HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT ISUZU WILL CONTINUE TO IGNORE UNLESS ENOUGH AFFECTED CONSUMERS COME FORWARD TO REGISTER THEIR COMPLAINTS. PER ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT. PRIOR TO THIS FINAL INCIDENT ON 12/27, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATION; HOWEVER, IT QUICKLY DISAPPEARED AND WE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT. *JB

THE INCIDENTS ALL HAPPENED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 28TH, 2005. THE SITUATION HAD GOTTEN WORSE AND THAT IS WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD THE SUV WOULD EITHER STALL OUT WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP OR DIE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE. WE HAD FAMILY IN THE RODEO ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES HARD WHEN SOMEONE WOULD PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. THE ENGINE WOULD DIE WHILE TRAFFIC WAS COMING TOWARDS US. IT WOULD IDLE ROUGHLY AND WHEN YOU WOULD LET IT WARM UP FOR A GOOD TEN MINUTES, TRYING TO PLACE IT IN GEAR WILL KILL THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO CREST ISUZU THINKING IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP THAT WAS REPLACED NOT TOO LONG AGO SINCE IT WAS ACTING THE SAME WAY. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME IT WAS THE WIRE HARNESS THAT RUNS FROM THE ENGINE TO THE GAS PEDAL. PHIL EXPLAINED THIS TO ME AFTER HE GOTTEN THE REPORT FROM THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. HE EVEN TOLD ME THAT ISUZU KNEW THAT THE WAY THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED (THE WIRING HARNESS WAS LAID OUT) THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP OR HITS A POT HOLE, IT WOULD CUT THE WIRING, CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT. I WENT FOR THE REPAIRS, WHICH COST ME OVER 400 DOLLARS. THE VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. AS CONSUMERS, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THEY KNEW IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW. WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DIES IN TRAFFIC AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. THERE IS NO TELLING HOW MANY CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN RAKED OVER THE COALS ON THIS ISSUE AND HAVE NOT SPOKEN UP ON THIS. *NM

WHEN I AM DRIVING MY CAR IT JUST CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. IT CAN HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING OR WHILE I AM AT A STOP LIGHT WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE. SOME DAYS IT DRIVES FINE BUT OTHER DAYS IT CUTS OFF ALL DAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET FIXED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE WIRES WERE CROSSED AND THEY FIXED IT BUT AS SOON AS I GOT MY CAR TO MY HOUSE IT CUT OFF AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT THIS AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING THE COMPUTER PCM WENT OUT AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED BUT I ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 4 MONTHS AND THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I THINK THAT IF IT WAS THE COMPUTER PCM THE FIRST TIME THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME INSTEAD OF LETTING ME DRIVE OUT ON THE ROAD LIKE THAT BECAUSE I ALMOST GOT HIT BY CARS A DOZEN TIMES. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2001 ISUZU RODEO SPORT AT QUALITY ONE AUTOS ON 03/05/2005. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH NO WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS FINE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT THEY PROMISED TO REPAIR THAT IN WHICH THEY DID. BUT IT WAS REPAIRED A MONTH AND A HALF LATER WHICH RESULTED IN ME GETTING A TICKET FOR DRIVING WITH NO TAG BECAUSE I STILL HAD THE TEMPORARY TAG AFTER 30 DAYS. I WENT THROUGH 3 TEMPORARY TAGS. IT TOOK AWHILE FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE THE PART TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I CALLED UP THERE EVERY WEEK TRYING TO GET MY CAR FIXED AND THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO FIND THE PART AND THEN IT WENT TO WE ORDERED THE PART AND WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN WE GET IT. SO FINALLY MY DAD AND I WENT UP THERE BECAUSE THEY DID CALL ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE PART CAME IN AND WHEN I GOT HALF WAY UP THERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT. SO MY DAD AND I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE GUY HADN'T ORDERED THE PART SO WE SAT THERE WHILE HE ORDERED THE PART IN FRONT OF US. AROUND 7/05 MY CAR STARTED TO CUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND ALSO WHEN I WAS IDLE IT WOULD STALL AND CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THIS WOULD HAPPEN 5-10 TIMES A DAY. I ALMOST GOT INTO A ACCIDENT MULTIPLE TIMES SO I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT NOW. SO I TOOK IT TO THE ISUZU DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO LOOK IT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE WIRES WERE CROSSED AND THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BUT AS SOON AS I GOT HOME IT CUT OFF AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR BACK AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THE PCM WENT OUT AND IT WILL COST ME $900.00 TO FIX. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE OTHER CONSUMERS THAT WERE HAVING OR HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS I AM EXPERIENCING. DATING FROM 94-04 THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WHICH I HAVE PRINTED OUT ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS. ALSO THE KEY STICKS IN THE IGNITION AND SOMETIMES IT WONT COME OUT AND THERE ARE ALSO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. *NM

2001 ISUZU RODEO DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH STALLING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A SENSOR PROBLEM AND REPLACED IT. THIS CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW MONTH BUT EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AGAIN. THE DEALER WAS FINALLY ABOUT TO DETERMINE THAT THE COMPUTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD BURNED OUT THE WIRING HARNESS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE DEALER KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS ALL ALONG BUT DIDN'T WANT TO REPAIR IT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

I'M HAVING THE FOLLOWING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY RODEO. INTERMITENTLY, THE CRUISE LIGHT BUTTON TURNS ON, THEN THE CRUISE LIGHT INDICATOR TURNS ON, THEN THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT TURNS ON. AT THAT SAME TIME ALL THE INDICATORS ARE ON THE TRUCK HESITATES AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THIS MOST FREQUENTLY OCCURS AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, HOWEVER HAS OCCURED WHILE CRUSING. THUS FAR THE TECHNICIANS HAVE REPLACED

WHILE IN MOTION AND WITH OUT ANY WARNING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED IN THE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A POOR CONNECTION AT H-7, AND THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. *JG