Any statistician who is worth their salt can tell you that you can alter the parameters of any study or survey to make the final figures prove pretty much whatever point you care to makeà so citing such things as æfactsÆ really proves nothing in the end
This is true, but it also assumes that the statistician our 'out to get' Isuzu. And what reason would they have to be out to get Isuzu. They would be after Chevy/Ford/Honda/Toyota (Which ever brand poses a threat to the 'bribers' company).
It all comes down to this: YOU possess a vehicle that YOU are dissatisfied with, and that YOU feel it does not live up to the standards that YOU have set.
Also true. If I owned a Toyota right now and had all of these problems I probably would just shrug it off and deal with it. But after just about everybody into cars I know trying to talk me out of buying an Isuzu I was a little antsy. My good friends dad owns a shop and at the time I was buying my rodeo he had 4! 98 models in his garage with blown engines from having no oil. Also I think if I had the knowledge/time/tools to do this work on my own I would not be upset, but there is no way that I can do this so I have to take it to the shop which leaves me without a vehicle and with a large bill.
If this is the last problem I have for a while I will be more than satisfied. My uneasieness comes from three problems in <10 months. I just dont want this to be an ongoing battle to keep the vehicle working. Its also annoying to have everyone who told me not to buy an Isuzu know that mine keeps breaking down while their toyotas/nissans keep right on chugging past 150k and they bought them used at 110~ (3 friends with 97+ 4runners) with not one problem.
I canÆt argue that pointà Hell, no one can. --- From what IÆve read, it appears that you believe your Isuzu is costing you more than it is worth to continue maintaining it, and that things have been failing to last as long as you believe they ought to last.
Again, true - But its $250+ for a fuel pump which is a pretty outrageous price. No fuel pump should fail at 90k, but stuf happens I guess. (My moms Chevy Astro's fuel pump went out 2 weeks ago @ 165k) And now we are installing our 2nd one because the first one that they installed only worked for a few hours.
On the bright side, as many have pointed-out already, piece-by-piece you are nearing the point where you will soon be ahead of the game. --- There are only so many things that can possibly go wrongà and you have already replaced or repaired most of them. --- If you throw-in the towel now, you run the risk of starting the process all over again on another vehicle.
This is what I sincerely hope. I am hypothesizing that all of the minor parts are failing around 100k and once those are replaced it will keep truckin' for another 100k before I have problems with all of those things again. But if the engine or tranny starts getting iffy...
as the original poster put it, ISUZU wouldn't be 41st place in the repeat buyer's market which is absolutely tied to brand name recognition and the nameplate just isn't out in front at the dealerships.
The survey was based on 'willingness to buy another vehicle from the same company after owning one already'. In other words customer satisfaction with what they bought.
I love my Rodeo and hope that she'll be great in the future. Its just upsetting and quite frustrating for when it goes down every other month. I hope I can get her quabbles worked out and then
actually be able to carry out all of the monstrish 4x4 plans I have for her.
Thanks for all of your insights (esp. smiley) and Good Luck!
