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1998 Isuzu Rodeo Review, URALE, From Houston, TX, Harri
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Rodeo
| | Model | Rodeo | | | What things have gone wrong with the car? | squished seating, garbage suspension, horrible handling in wind, stiff breaks, valueless interior, I hate the wide swinging 5th door, sounds system sucks, typical GM | | | General comments? | Just say no to Isuzu. I bought the thing for little or nothing from a private owner in September '01 with just over 62,000 miles on it. Little did I know that this would turn out to be a bad investment. After semi-smooth sailing for a couple of weeks I run into engine trouble of the expensive kind. This 4-cylinder, base model decides to jump time (timing belt break) just as the wife & I are headed to the beach. I do a little investigating and come to find that this is a recall repair that I lucked out on. I send it to Charlie Thomas Isuzu and they fix me up a nice recall ticket that requires replacing the heads, two pistons & valves, and timing belt. Minor inconvenience & repairs courtesy of Isuzu mfg. Since then, the check engine light has been relentless. It was diagnosed as a rapid misfire from cylinders 1&3 which I ended up replacing the spark plugs, wires, & coil (real source of problem) and now I'm occasionally graced with a flashing check engine light at speeds over 70mph. I smell lemon. Need I add that this is a powerless standard that struggles to accelerate without the a | | | Previous car | '98 Explorer, '96 2dr Tahoe |
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