2000 Isuzu Trooper

ENGINE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY BACK IN OCTOBER (ABOUT ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS) TOLD THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH OUR FOOT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR BEFORE STARTING THE CAR. CAME ON AGAIN AND I DROVE IT RIGHT IN AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. WATCH OUR DRIVING HABITS! CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR 9 DAYS STRAIGHT. BROUGHT IT OUT AND DEALER SAID IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN THEY HAD IT BUT AFTER DOING THE OIL CHANGE THEY STARTED UP THE CAR AND SAID THAT IT CAME ON AND NEEDED A THROTTLE ADJUSTMENT. BROUGHT IT BACK OUT FOR THE THROTTLE ADJUSTMENT AND PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE DISSAPPEARED. ONE DAY IT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. BROUGHT IT OUT AND THE COMPUTER ACKNOWLEDGED ANOTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO THE THROTTLE WAS NEEDED. THEY DID THIS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE GONE AWAY. MONDAY, JANUARY 29, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, IT CAME ON AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME ON. THIS TIME DEALERS CAME AND GOT THE CAR AND FIVE TROUBLE CODES REGISTERED ON THE COMPUTER. FIXED PROBLEM AGAIN AND RESET THE COMPUTER. I HAVE HAD IT! THERE IS NO RHYME TO REASON AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL! I CANNOT RELY ON THIS CAR!*AK

THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NOTE FROM ISUZU: "ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED HAS DETERMINED THAT A DEFECT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2000 TROOPERS HAVING 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS EQUIPPED WITH TOD (TORQUE-ON-DEMAND). IN CERTAIN TYPES OF HIGH-SPEED, FRONTAL CRASHES, AN INTERIOR FUEL LINE AND FUEL HOSE CAN BE SEPARATED, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. FUEL LEAKAGE COULD CAUSE A FIRE AND RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH". I TRIED TO CONTACT TWO ISUZU DEALERS IN MY AREA. ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ONE IN SANTA ROSA, WHICH IS WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER IN S.F. SAID THEY WERE TOO BUSY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, AND THE ONE IN SANTA ROSA DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BUT PROMISED TO LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO ME. A WEEK AND A HALF LATER I STILL DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM. WHEN I CALLED THE ISUZU CARE TEAM, I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THEY CAN DO IS HELP ME LOCATE DEALERS IN MY AREA BUT CAN NOT FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING - BASICALLY USELESS. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IS NOT RECEIVING THE PROPER ATTENTION.