2002 Isuzu Rodeo LS from North America - Comments

I just bought my best friend's 2002 Isuzu Rodeo LS from her 2 months ago. It has 67,000 miles and she bought the extended warranty. She has never had any problems with it, and in the 2 months I've had it, I've had to replace the battery, the CD player (the 6-disc in dash player quit working, WITH 6 of my CDs in it), and now it's at the dealership getting a new transmission because it apparently has bits of metal floating around in it and has been slipping when it's in Drive. Luckily they are covering it under the warranty as it's still registered to her as the original owner. However, in reading all these posts, I'm starting to wonder if this will just continue...

I have had my 2002 Rodeo for three years and didn't have any problems until March 2009. My transmission also started slipping and unfortunately it kept getting worse until it completely crashed. I spent $4,000 for a new transmission. Now the "check engine" light is on and I'm told it's the oxygen sensors. Hmm, all that sounds too familiar on here.

Original owner of a 2000 Isuzu Rodeo. Issue started several months ago. At first the truck would shift hard and at times would stall. Took it to a mechanic who could not figure out the issue. Kept on driving it until the transmission started to slip, brought it to AAMCO for a new tranny, worked fine for a week, then the old issue started again. Currently the truck is hard to start and shifting hard again and then stalls. Tried to return the truck to AAMCO, but since the issue is intermittent, they could not reproduce the issue. I found out that the Isuzu transmission is built by GM, and I remember reading about similar (if not the same) problems that plagued the GMC Jimmy and Chevy Blazer.