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Isuzu Rodeo Electrical System Safety Report | Dec 14, 2012
Reported on Dec 14, 2012
| WE PURCHASED A 2001 ISUZU RODEO ON NOVEMBER 23 2012 WE DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE VERY MUCH AND DECEMBER 14 2012 I TURNED A CORNER AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH THE CODE SHOWED UP FOR THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND THE AGR VALVE WE REPLACED BOTH AND THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM I LOOKED UP ONLINE ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN WIRING ISSUE AND WE FOUND THE KNOWN AREA (DIAGRAM)ONLINE AND WE DID FIND WERE SOMEONE HAD TRIED TO FIX THE WIRES AFTER MOVING THE WIRES AROUND SLIGHTLY THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT WENT OFF. THE CAR WAS UNUSABLE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO USE IT IN JAN. OF 2013 BUT WE WERE USING THE CAR IN FEB 2013 WE WERE GOING UP AN INCLINE AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND AGAIN WE COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH WE GOT HOME AND WE MOVED THE WIRES AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF WE USED THE CAR A TWICE THEN THE THIRD TIME WE USED THE CAR WE HIT A SMALL POT HOLE WHILE TURNING A CORNER AND THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND AGAIN COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE THE CAR SINCE THIS. I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND WHILE IN PARK IT TRIED TO EXCELLERATE ON ITS OWN AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE WIRING PROBLEM YET .IF THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL . *TR | |
| Make: | Isuzu |
| Model: | Rodeo |
| Manufactured by: | ISUZU MANUFACTURING SERVICES OF AMERICA |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | SOUR LAKE TX |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 4S2CK58W414 |
| Mileage: | 153000 miles. |
| Speed: | 10 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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