1992 Isuzu Rodeo LS from North America - Comments

Oil leak.

I loved the car, it was great, rode great, I even went through a few cornfields with it. It had a mild oil leak which I had repaired at acceptable cost, but other than that I never had a problem with it.

I ran into a problem however one day on my way to work. I was headed down the road when a car came into my lane, I swerved one way, swerved the other, and then the car proceeded to flip 3 times. I was doing 45 miles per hour on dry pavement. So.. that was the end of my experience with the car. They've got two choices on how to fix the car, either fix it so it's not so darn top heavy so it doesn't flip during ordinary driving (it got a 2.9 out of 10 in safety) or at least make it a little lighter up top so that when it flips it lands on the tires. It cost me an extra $300 because they had to right the car off of the roof before they could tow the piece of junk away. Oh yeah, and there was oil all over the place.

#1 SUV NO! NO! Swerve one way then the other, dealers should educate people that these things cannot be thrown around like cars.

All and I mean all SUV's are prone to roll within the conditions you describe not just rodeos. Most consumers like yourself drive SUVs' like they are cars and often find out the hard way that they are not! Cannot believe the rules, regulations, and hoops I jumped thru (oops spelling) through to be bothered to make a post on this site! Regards Robert.