WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS do ISUZU CARS HAVE??

Question

just curious

Answer 1

You're taking me back a few years; its been at least ten years since Isuzu manufacturered cars, they stopped manufacturing their own light duty trucks for 2004 model year, the Rodeo and Axiom and concentrated strickly on medium trucks under their own brand and GMC and Chevy.

But, to answer your question, I worked in a large multi-line Japanese import store during the 90's for a few years and the thing about Isuzu was that they weren't very refined vehicles; they just did the job, nothing special. The four cylinder motor used in the Rodeo was a rough runner, needed high rpm's to get the vehicle in motion and got fairly poor economy in the process. The V6 motor was a oil leaker at first, sometimes blew headgaskets and though it produced good horsepower, it too was a rough runner. The early 700R transmissions were trouble prone buggers too; later ones were beefed up to handle the power of the V6.

The few cars we saw mostly had issues with noisy motors; they had mechanical valve clearance adjustments and needed adjustments every 15,000 miles to run quietly and get the most performance out of the motor. The diesel engine used in pick ups and earlier Isuzu autos ran well, lots of low end torque, just very noisy at idle and slightly rough just above idle speed. The diesel motor as I remember, seem to run a long time...

Today the issue with any Isuzu, even the late model one's is the issue of parts and service. If its not a model shared with someone else (i.e., Oasis van, the Rodeo (Honda sold a version as the Passport but at the last Honda store I worked at we wouldn't work on a Rodeo), Ascender etc.), then it will be hard to find either parts or service for it unless you are lucky enough to be close to a dealer. I'm not sure how many dealers are left, but I think there are only about 200 dealers or so left in the US, in the immediate San Francisco area, there is only one dealer that I know of.

Hope this helps, a car nut.

Answer 2

Other than Isuzu car's are not imported to the USA any more? Chevy Full size trucks use CCDI diesel engines made by Isuzu?

Answer 3

The 4cyl cars and truck had alot od head problems. I had a 88 Isuzu trooper, and every third oilchange the valves needed to be reset.

Do that and the run forever (or atleast untill my dumb self doesnt watch the temp guage after loosing all my coolant due to a rock in the radiator and siezes the engine on interstate)

Answer 4

If the engine stalls mutually as utilizing, you have no longer have been given any ability to run the ability guidance and brakes. yet your vacuum pump might choose rebuilding. it relatively is pushed off the engine and generates the vacuum to your ability brakes and different upload-ons. verify your vacuum readings at idle and make confident all your belts are reliable.