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They actually gave you the KBB Private Party value? That's at least a little bit of good news.
The shotty repair job they are trying to do to these car's are stupid! You can't wield to rust! :mad:
Where is the justice in that? In my opinion you should have gotten
nothing! :mad:
It's been sitting at the isuzu dealer repair shop since January 4th and they refuse to tell me anything. All I get are excuses. So I filed claims with BBB, Carsafety.org, the attorney general, and anyone else that would listen. I just recieved a letter from BBB and they are very interested in my case. So I'll be mailing all the pictures, conversation documents etc to them this week. Enough is enough! 2 years fighting and I still have not gone away nor will I until I get a fair offer.
And that is the worse part of all. :sick:
With the understanding ::: from Isuzu when the initial claim was filed::
that if the car was not fixable there would be some remedy.
Speaking with Isuzu yesterday, they will offer nothing for the car.
It is not safe. It can't be sold. Isuzu has essentially left the building, leaving car dealerships and customers holding the bag. I don't know about the rest of you, I don't have an extra $6000.00 to throw away. Isuzu says that any further repairs to the frame are my responsibility. The car is so dangerous that the people in the body shop would not drive it across the street from their shop. I have that on tape. By Ohio law, the car is supposed to be road worthy or the manufacturer is supposed to replace it or give you monetary compensation. Isuzu offered me nothing.
They don't care. Now I have a car that is unsellable, un-safe, uninsurable,
sitting in a car lot. The Mechanics want the car off their lot. To take this to court will cost me more than the car is worth. We need a Federal Class Action Suit. State laws on this vary too much. People are driving death machines. Any suggestions for contacts or any help at all would be
greatly appreciated. The Isuzu claims representative simply didn't care.
Isuzu has left the building.
Anybody have any insight?
I am concerned that if they are trying to repair it and need to take bolts and parts of, they might not be able to get it all back together and then what....
I am not going to pay for any extra parts. If they are offering me money for my Rodeo, I don't think it will be enough to get a car with that in the same running condition. If it wasn't for the frame I am pretty sure everything else would still run for a few more years.
To give a little education on me: I am a Senior master mechanic with 29 years experience under my belt, and am very familiar with what you are talking about.
about 6 months ago I experienced the left top rear shock mount rotting off the frame, and the shock blowing a hole on the rear floor above it. The frame I had discovered was rusting enough I could not fabricate and weld a new mount back on the frame. so I removed the shock for the time being so it would not cause any more damage to the vehicle. I do steel fabricating as a hobby, so I was thinking of a resolution to the problem. While thinking about it I get this recall notice in the mail. So I think GREAT!!! The factory has had these problems, and has come up with a solution and is going to fix this issue, right? Hell no, dead wrong!! I call them and they tell me the recall covers the rear lower control arm mounts only... Hummmm well I asked them what about the rest of the frame? The only rust on the frame is the rear upper shock mounts and the upper coil spring mounts, and the frame cross bars, the side rails seem to be pretty sound, just surface rust and no holes. They insulted me by saying I didn't even know what I was talking about at all to take it to a qualified isuzu dealer, and that they would not cover the issues I just described. They told me they have never even heard of such an issue. SO I did some snooping around and have looked at other rodeos weather they are 2 or 4 door didn't matter and about the same years as my 2 rodeos I have ( 98, and 99). some had the exact same rust issues, some didn't have any at all. turns out they were built 2 differant places up north and out west. My wifes 99 was built out west, and of course mine was built up north. The only ones that have the issue are the ones from up north never out west. An none of them had control arm mount issues. They told me under no circumstances will they cover my issue at all. Hummm well after all the Rodeos I looked at , about 150 of them, not one had control arm mount issues at all, all the ones from up north had the exact issues I have now. SO I gave up on the As* H**es, and fabricated new, heavier duty upper shock mounts drilled the frame and bolted them on, and now have to fabricate upper spring mounts for it as well. There is a little modification I had to make to make this work but it will work very well and out last the truck.
SO Yes to answer you, I too was treated with disrespect and am stuck with a P.O.S. from Isuzu, and has left a very sour taste in my mouth since this happened!
Rich, A.S.E. Master certified Auto mechanic, and of course more than qualified than most of those Isuzu geeks to do any repairs.
Isuzu Motors America, LLC
Some states require arbitration, so you may want to ask about that too:
BBB Auto Line
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