1999 ISUZU AMIGO

CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE ROAD AT 20MPH WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ONTO A CURB WHERE ONCE STOPPED THEY WERE ABLE TO DRIVE IT INTO A PARKING LOT BUT ONLY IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. ONCE INSPECTED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR PART OF THE FRAME WAS SO BADLY RUSTED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TRAILING ARM AND MOUNT BROKE OFF THE FRAME CAUSING THE REAR AXLE TO SHIFT BACK IN FORTH UNCONTROLLABLY. WHEN TAKEN TO

Mileage: 175,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH ON SLIPPERY ROADS THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING. THE ABS ACTIVATION RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THERE WAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE ABS CONTINUED TO ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS. ON OCTOBER 14, 2005 THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 02I002000. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEAL

Mileage: 62,000

LEFT REAR TIRE TREADS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE ROLLS OVER, LEAVES HIGHWAY, KILLING BELTED DRIVER. THE TIRE WAS THE FORMER SPARE TIRE AND LIGHTLY USED. IT WAS 6 YEARS OLD AND MAY HAVE DEGRADED OVER TIME PURSUANT TO INFORMATION IN COMMENT TO DOCKET 03-15400 FILED WITH NHTSA ON 11-5-04 BY SEAN KANE OF SAFETY RESEARCH.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT LOW SPEED I PUT ON THE BRAKES AND HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND THE BRAKES FAILED. I CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL, CAUSING FRONT-END DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THE BODY DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED (5/20-6/03/04) AND THE CAR WAS SENT TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES (6/02-6/03). THE BODY SHOP WENT TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE (6/04) AND WHEN THE PORTER DROVE IT TO THE FRONT, THE BRAKES FAILED AND HE CRASHED. THE DEALER

Mileage: 73,990

WHILE WAITING TO HAVE THE ABS RECALL 02I002000 REPAIRS PERFORMED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK *NM

Mileage: 32,000

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT ON 1999 ISUZU AMIGO.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AT A LIGHT, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED IN THE PAST ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES.*JB *NM

Mileage: 13,164

MY 99 ISUZU AMIGO WAS IN A CRASH IN 6/03 WHEN A DRIVER TURNED LEFT AT AN INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF MY ISUZU. BRAKES WERE FORCIBLY APPLIED ON THE ISUZU, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP. A 16-MTH OLD IN THE TURNING CAR WAS FATALLY INJURED & LATER DIED. OTHERS WERE HURT & MY ISUZU WAS TOTALED. ISUZU SENT ME A NOTE 7/03 THAT STATED THE BRAKES REQUIRE LONGER THAN NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE & SHOULD BE REPLACED. I RESEARCHED & FOUND ISUZU KNEW OF THE DEFECTIVE BRAKES IN 6/02, WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE UP

WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED UNDER WET CONDITIONS, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A POLE.*JB

Mileage: 25,000

IN A CAR CRASH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM OF JUMPING OUT OF PARK AND ROLLING BACKWARDS SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE. ON JULY 24TH, 2001, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION IS TO BE REPLACED AUGUST 20TH. *SLC

A VEHICLE STOPED IN FRONT OF ME, I HIT THE BRAKES, HEARD A GRINDING NOISE NEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL, HIT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS AT THE SCENE.

THE ABS SYSTEM IN MY TRUCK ENGAGES AT TIMES WHEN IT SHOULD NOT AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCES STOPPING DISTANCE. ON SEPT 6TH THIS RESULTED IN MY CRASHING INTO A LIGHT POLE CAUSING SOME MAJOR DAMAGE. PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE MAY BE VIEWED ON MY WEBSITE, HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/TREADING_LIGHTLY/DAMAGE.HTML THIS ABS SYSTEM HAS CAUSED QUITE A FEW CLOSE CALLS FOR ME. ONCE, IT ENGAGED WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR A TOLLBOOTH ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. WHEN MY TIRES HIT A WET METAL EXPANSION JOINT IN THE BOO

WHILE DRIVING ON A CURVE AT 20 MPH BRAKES FAILED UPON APPLICATION. BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK