2002 Isuzu Axiom

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I NOTICED THAT MY GAS NEEDLE WAS LOW WHICH I DEEMED FUNNY BECAUSE I HAD JUST FULLED THE SUV THE MORNING BEFORE, I THEN WHEN TO THE STATION TO GET GAS JUST TO CHECK AND I ONLY GOT $6.00 DOLLARS IN THE TANK AND ALSO THE COMPUTER SAID THAT I WAS 56 MILES FROM EMPTY. THE FRONT END SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING, SPARKS COME FROM IT WHEN YOU TURN IT ON, THE BLOWER FAN JUST STOPPED WORKING, THE BRAKES MAKE A LOUD SOUND UPON BEING APPLIED, THE OUTSIDE TEMPERTURE INDICATOR DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE.*AK

I AM DRIVING THIS CAR FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS NOW - BUT UNFORTUNATELY I STILL DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE DRIVING THIS CAR IN A RAINY WEATHER. I ALREADY HAD THREE ACCIDENTS IN A RAINY WEATHER AND THE SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING WERE AS LOW AS 5 MPH.*AK I THINK THERE IS WEIGHT ISSUE AT THE BACK END OF THE CAR. DRIVING IN A RAINY WEATHER IS LIKE A NIGHTMARE. I CHECKED WITH OTHER THREE AXIOM OWNERS AND ALL OF THEM HAD THE SAME ISSUE/CONCERN. ALL TEH OTHER FEATURES ARE JUST PERFECT FOR ME. WHEN TALKED WITH THE DEALER THEY JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. FOR PROVING IT TO THEM I HAD TO BE A GOOD VEDIOGRAPHER AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECORD THE PATTERN IN A PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING. I NEED HELP ON THIS AND WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST TO THE OTHER PEOPLE TO LOG-IN A SKIDDING COMPLAINT IF THEY REALLY FACE IT AS I WANT IT TO BE A RECALL ISSUE IF AL OF THEM ARE FACING IT. BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS CAR I ALREADY HAD 4 YRS OF SUV DRIVING EXPERIENCE.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, WHERE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK AND THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THERE WERE NOT ANY ROAD CONDITIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS VEHICLE FROM STANDING STILL. I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF HITTING A ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE SIDE BODY. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER AND ISUZU AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT A BRAND NEW CAR CRASHING, MALFUNCTIONING INJURING ME AND MY GRAND DAUGHTER. THE ONLY RESPONSE I GOT FOR ISUZU, WAS INQUIRING ABOUT ME PURCHASING A NEW CAR, WHEN THE SALESMAN FOUND OUT THAT I HAD GAAP INSURANCE AND THEY WOULD BE PAID OFF FOR THE OTHER CAR. NO ONLY AM I FURIOUS ABOUT THE ISUZU CUSTOMER SERVICE I STILL HAVE ONE OF THESE AWFUL CARS, THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED MY ISUZU AXIOM, MY WIFE BOUGHT A BRAND NEW ONE TOO. I HOPE SHE LIVES TO TRADE THIS VEHICLE IN FOR SOMETHING RELIABLE.

WHEN WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE (SAME DAY) WE NOTICED A VIBRATION. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE, THE DEALER BALANCED THE TIRES, AND ON THE WAY HOME WE NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. (09/04/02). WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEY WERE INFORMED. ON 9-19-02 IT WAS BROUGHT BACK IN AND THEY REPLACED THE RIGHT REAR AXLE AND AXLE BEARING AND REPLACED A TIRE AND IT WAS NOT FIXED AGAIN. ON 9-20-02, THEY REPLACED THE DRIVESHAFT, AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. THE PROBLEM WORSENED, AND WAS NOW INVOLVING THE BRAKES. IT WAS BROUGHT IN ON 10-11-02 AND THEY FOUND REAR BRAKE PADS HEAVILY GLAZED, DRUMS WARPED AND THEY CLAIMED WE MAY HAVE DROVE W/THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON (ITS AN AUTOMATIC, AND WE DID NOT). NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE PROBLEM WAS BACK. WE INFORMED THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND THE ISUZU REP TOLD US THAT AS FOR AS HE WAS CONCERNED THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED AND HE WILL NO LONGER TRY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS WAS TED RUSSELL ISUZU DEALERSHIP IN KNOXVILLE, TN. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER WE MOVED TO ALPHARETTA, GA AND THE PROBLEM GOT EXTREMELY WORSE (BRAKES). WE BROUGHT IT TO CARL BLACK ISUZU. THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. AGAIN THEY FOUND THE REAR AXLES WERE OUT OF ROUND, BRAKES OUT OF ROUND, AND TURNED BOTH ROTORS. THIS WAS FOUND ON FEB. 27 2003 AND WAS CHANGED ON MARCH 18, 2003. THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME WAS AROUND 12,000. MY VEHICLE NOW HAS 18,000 MILES AND OF COURSE THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN BACK FOR A WHILE, BUT THIS TIME THE ABS LIGHT IS NOW ON. WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE ALONG W/OUR 2 CHILDREN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS VEHICLE...... *PH **CONSUMER REQUESTS CALLBACK FROM ODI INVESTIGATOR**

WHEN DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE STEERING VIBRATED. THE DRIVESHAFT WAS REPLACED, AND THE PROBLEM STILL RECURRED. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED UP, A THUMP WAS FELT ON EVERY REVOLUTION ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE AXLES WERE REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME. THE CONSUMER FELT A LOSS OF CONTROL WITH THE VEHICLE ON TURNS, AND A SQUEAKING SOUND HAD COME FROM THE TIRES DUE TO PITTED ROTORS. *SCC *JB

2002 ISUZU AXIOM PURCHASED APRIL 2002....AFTER A FEW MONTHS, VEHICLE TAKEN BACK MANY TIMES FOR VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING AND THREE TIMES TO DATE FOR LEAKING GREASE FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. SEPT 2002. RACK & PINION WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. WHEELS WERE BALANCED MANY TIMES BY DEALER AND ALSO ALIGNED. REAR ROTORS WERE RESURFACED IN DEC 2002 AND FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED IN MARCH 2003. FRONT TIRES ARE WORN UNEVENLY, DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY. THESE ARE NEW TIRES THAT DEALER PUT ON VEHICLE IN OCT 2002 TO ELIMINATE VIBRATIONS. WHEELS WERE BALANCED AND ALIGNMENT DONE AGAIN LAST WEEK TO TRY TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS.(I PAID FOR THIS SERVICE) DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY WHAT IS CAUSING PROBLEMS AND AT THIS TIME THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING UNDER THE WARRANTY TO RECTIFY PROBLEMS OF VIBRATIONS. I NEED HELP PLEASE. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ESPECIALLY MORE NOW SINCE FRONT TIRES ARE WORN UNEVENLY. DEALER TRIED ON MANY ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS AND STILL CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEMS. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT SEVERAL STOP LIGHTS AND IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH. IT ALMOST CAUSED 3 COLLISIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER (COURTESY ISUZU) WHERE WE BOUGHT IT. YOU CAN CALL ME AT 813-843-8238 (CELL) OR 813-654-7134 (HOME) OR CALL FRANK BROZNIK - SERVICE MGR. AT COURTESEY ISUZU 9204 ADAMO DR TAMPA FL. 33619. (813)626-4200. FRANK THINKS WATER HAS GOTTEN INTO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ELECTRICAL BOARD AND CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN SUBJECTED TO FLOOD OR OTHER EXTREME EXPOSURE TO WATER. IF THERE IS WATER IN THIS CIRCUIT, THE CIRCUIT WAS NOT PROTECTED ADEQUATELY. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT NEVER SHOWED A PROBLEM AND ACCORDING TO FRANK, THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED NO DEFECT CODES. FRANK EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN HE TEST DROVE THIS VEHICLE. ISUZU IS TRYING TO BLAME GLAZING OF THE BRAKE PADS AND / OR DISCS. FRANK AGREES WITH ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. *JB