2001 Isuzu Rodeo Powertrain & Transmission Problems

2001 ISUZU RODEO LS 3.2 V-4 2WD. CRANKSHAFT COUNTER WEIGHT BROKE OF ...LODGING IN THE CASE WEDGING AGAINST THE CRANKSHAFT, BREAKING THE CRANKSHAFT IN TWO AND CRACKING THE BLOCK. OIL WAS FULL, COOLANT FULL,..REMOVED ENGINE AND DISASSEMBLED IT, TO FIND THE BROKEN CRANKSHAFTA FULL REBUILD OF THE ENGINE WITH A USED SHORT BLOCK IS NOW IN EFFECT. ( SHORT BLOCK IS THE BOTTOM ENGINE AS IN BLOCK CRANKSHAFT PISTONS ETC....NOT THE TOP HALF) I AM NOW GOING TO REPLACE ALL PISTONS, RINGS, WATER PUMP, OIL PUMP, TENSIONER ALL GASKETS, YOU NAME IT. I CAN REBUILD THIS BETTER THAN ISUZU EVER INTENDED TO. *TR THANKS ALOT ISUZU

2001 ISUZU RODEO - REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 5 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO ABOUT 5 MPH AND CONTINUED TO COAST AT THAT SPEED. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS RECALIBRATED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND THE VEHICLE WAS RECALIBRATED THIRTY TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION TO THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON RODEO ISUZU 2001. *JB

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE 45,000 MILES. ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHILE IN DRIVE OR FROM A STOP, CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE DESPITE PUSHING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. TRIED STOPPING CAR (TO PARK AND BACK TO DRIVE) BUT DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. SEEMS TO GO AWAY IF I SHIFT TO GEAR 3 THEN BACK TO DRIVE. IF LEFT IN DRIVE, SLOWLY DRIVES FIVE MILES PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS. ONLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS, MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATING. TOOK INTO DEALER. COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM DUE TO NOT DUPLICATABLE PROBLEM. GUESSED THAT IT WAS THE INHIBITOR SWITCH, BUT COULD NOT TELL ME FOR SURE. SPOKE WITH ISUZU AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO NOTHING UNTIL IT BREAKS COMPLETELY. NO PARTS REPLACED. *AK

THE COMMPLAINT IS A DRIVE SHAFT PROBLEM,IZUSU IS ALSO AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE ISSUED A BULETIN TO THE DEALERS TO THE DEFECT. THE PBLEMM IS THAT WHEN YOU STEP ONN THE BRAKE YOU FEEL A THUMP IN THE REAR END OF THE CAR. THERE HAS TO BE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE DRIVE SHAFT SPINES OR EVEN THE UBOLTS ON THE DRIVE SHAFT. I WAS TOLD BY ISUZU THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL STICK GREASE THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY GENERAL MOTORS THAT SUPPOSE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WELL! IN MY CASE IT HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEMM AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER 3 TO 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.

CONSUMER STATES THAT CLUTCH IS FAILING. CLUTCH WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES SO FAR. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THERE'S A POP, AND WHEN TAKING OFF, THERE'S A POP. CONSUMER FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS SHIFTING BACK AND FORTH. CAN FEEL A BUMP WHEN STOPPING AND TAKING OFF. DEALER INSISTS IT IS NORMAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THERE IS A LOUD GROANING SOUND WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS AND BACKING UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON 21 MAY 2002 ,THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP.*JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND AND WAS RUNNING, THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK AND IT DISENGAGED AND TOOK OFF

THE CLUTCH KEEPS GOING OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NOT FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.*AK