TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND JERKED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE FRONT BRAKES WERE OVERHEATED AND CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES. RECENTLY, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE RELATED TO A DEFECT WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM UNIT AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,313.
1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ABS MODULE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER FELT THE VEHICLE PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. *MR THE ABS MODULE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE 021002. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE RECALL AND THE FAILURE OF THE ABS WERE NOT RELATED AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. *TT *JB