Excessive oil consumption-denial by Isuzu to replace engine.

- Massanutten, VA, USA

The Trooper of 2000 has the same main problem that thousands of other owners have - excessive oil consumption. What bothers me is that manufacturer absolutely does not care about what consumers say. There is no answer, no explanations, no recalls. Well, here is my answer - I will never buy any Isuzu product again, neither me, nor my friends or relatives. The whole world knows about this major Isuzu Trooper problem which is not comfortable and safe to the owners. But the manufacturer couldn't care less.

- Marietta, GA, USA

: the contact stated while driving 60 mph the oil light intermittently illuminated. The vehicle was pulled over and the contact checked the level of oil. The oil level was not full, and oil needed to be added. The oil light then stayed off. When the vehicle started again, the light illuminated again and the engine began to knock and would not respond. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop which determined the crankshaft had gone bad and the rods and pistons were burned. As a result the engine must be replaced. Updated 3/17/2006 -

- Lake Norden, SD, USA

I was driving home @ 12am had about 76 miles to go I heard a little bit of knocking I was trying to pull over and all of a sudden everything shut down and locked up. I was standing on the brakes and hanging on to the steering wheel trying to get across a lane and off to the side of the road and coast to a safe area. With no warning lights or warning what so ever my vehicle's engine seized and it was over that fast. I have maintained my vehicle with oil changes and now they are saying I had a sudden loss of oil and was lacking lubrication and rod # 1 broke and # 6 in wedged in the block and something else. Hello when they took the engine apart there was 2.5 quarts in the pan and the rest on the engine what do you mean lack of lubrication. They said this was an unusual circumstance and I have to come up with about 4500 to fix it. Get this I bought the extended warranty from Honda care (apco for the used vehicles) they said it is unfortunate this happened to you but we will not cover it! this is a mystery and no one understands what happened but I have read numerous complaint on message boards and this is not an unusual problem. I don't recommend Isuzu to anyone after all I have read. Also Honda care (apco)for used cars they will find a way to tell you no not there problem. Second time they will not cover something for me. I paid $1000 for the warranty and all they can say is sorry for your loss! the dealership is trying and trying to get them to honor it and apco wants what the defected part that caused failure. Nobody knows! dealership is great and a very big dealership @ that and they seem to care about me and my situation and not just telling me to go away. Great people 2nd car I got from them. Dealership who sells this extended warranties believe this is ridiculous and feel it should be fixed.

- Camp Hill , PA, USA

Prior to leaving on trip from Minnesota to Montana I checked the oil and it was fine. Just outside billings, mt my engine made a loud banging sound followed by engine power loss and finally the warning lights on the dash. Zero oil registered in the engine. Diagnosed as a seized crank by the Isuzu dealership. 70,100 miles and a seized engine out of warranty since I bought the truck used. $6,000 for a new engine does not make fiscal sense given the wholesale value of truck was $7500.

- Savage, MN, USA

I bought the truck in October 2004. Noticed it was using some oil. I took the vehicle on a 900 miles trip after an oil change. I kept track of its oil level and on the final 200 miles of driving it used about a 1/2 quart of oil. The truck has 56,000 miles on it and is in otherwise excellent condition. I have looked at other sites and found this to be a common flaw with the 3.5 liter motor. I would encourage others to write to the NHTSA about this problem to possibly have this remedied. Please let others know.

- Hastings, MN, USA

I have been adding 1-2 quarts of oil every 5,000 miles. Dealership says they cannot find problem. Check engine light came on and they say that the problem is the valve which is not covered under powertrain warranty costing me $470. And they still don't know why I had to add two quarts over the last 2500 miles.

- Dover, DE, USA

2000 Isuzu Trooper with 71,000 miles. Excessive oil lost. I am the second owner of this vehicle. I have always changed the oil at 3000 miles. There are no oil leaks. Yesterday the oil light came on and I added 4 quarts. This brought the oil level to the "add 1 quart mark". in 3000 miles my Trooper consumed 5 quarts of oil. I now have to replace the engine... $7400. I have spoken to several mechanics and have done research on the web and have discovered that this is a very common problem. I would like to suggest a recall to hold Isuzu responsible for a defective design.

- Castle Rock, CO, USA