While driving South on us interstate 89 near montpelier, vt, pulled over to adjust stuck windshield wiper (due to snow). After exiting highway via exit ramp and parking in a parking lot, returned towards highway after about a 5 minute delay. As was accelerating up the on ramp, transmission "let go" and engine revved. Transmission would no longer shift and remained stuck in 2nd gear. Limped to nearest service station. Vehicle was towed to Isuzu dealership where metal was found in the tranny pan upon inspection indicating transmission failure. Vehicle had 79K miles, was serviced at 60K as per manufacturer's recommendations, no other drivetrain problems or indication of imminent failure before incident. Transmission (4L30E) had to be replaced with new transmission.

- Newport, RI, USA

Alternator problems: I was driving on an interstate the car just shut down in the middle of traffic, had it towed, took 3 days to get car back, put in the second alternator, it quit also, again in traffic had to have it towed. Transmission: Was driving the in traffic, tried to drive, and the car just sat there, wouldn't go, had transmission put in, two weeks later transmission went out had another transmission put in. 1999 Trooper-apparently these have GM transmissions..

- Bucyrus, KS, USA

I bought a 1999 Isuzu Trooper limited edition 1 year ago this month. Since buying it I have had the starter replaced, the alternator replaced twice, the small block was bad because of a failure with the dipstick to read the correct amount of oil. My son was involved in a mva due to the fact that the vehicle would not stop as the engine decided to race while he was coming to a slow stop. Thank god no one was injured in the accident. The car revs up at an idle at a stop or slowing down position, and now the vehicle is in the garage because the transmission is bad and the alternator went again. The front windshield is not properly sealed and the window fogs up if you don't run the defroster. The draft that comes from the floor on the drivers side is unacceptable. I bought this car with less than 30,000 miles on it and it now has less than 50,000. I really don't understand why a vehicle with this low mileage has so many problems and it is in the shop more than it is out. I expected to have some problems with a used vehicle but not this many and not this costly! I have been reading about many similar problems with this year of Trooper and I'm wondering what it's going to take to have the company stand up and take responsibility.

- Parkersburg, WV, USA

The vehicle was shut off in park. After some time the vehicle rolled out of the parking garage and hit a drainage poll. The consumer made an appointment with the dealer for diagnosis and repairs.

- Colorado Springs, CO, USA

I purchased my Trooper new. I have all of the print outs of the oil changes made which are at or below recommended intervals. At approximately. 25000 miles I reported a shifting problem and they replaced the transfer case because metal filings were found in it. Then 2000 miles later the problem re-occurred and they replaced the entire transmission. It was bought in back 500 miles later for and adjustment on this again. At 40000 miles the cd player jammed and they replaced this with a new one that took 8 weeks to receive. We had followed the directions in the manual. Following this, the cd player again jammed @ 51,000 miles and they refused to repair it -out of warranty- at this point we realized that part of the directions in the manual were faulty. We did report this to the dealership to no avail. It is still not fixed because they will not release the code to repair it. Each of the times that we have had this in while still under warranty, we have had to complain to receive a rental/loaner car while it was in for several days at a time. Then at 60000, there is an evap. Code that indicates there is an issue with the vent valve and it is not performing correctly, but the dealership has told me 3 different times that it has been in 3 different causes. Now at 74,000 miles, I have just been informed that the short block has to be replaced and the heads may be cracked. The last oil change was at 71,800 miles and the oil light did not come on. They claim that there was no oil in the engine but, the oil dipstick says that there is a proper amount. This is a 7400+ repair. This is the 12 the time this vehicle has been in to the dealership. All repairs have been done by an authorized dealer.

- Elk River, MN, USA

Vehicle was parked on slight hill when it popped out of gear. Also, emergency brake failed, causing it to roll down into a tree. Isuzu engineers claimed vehicle passed all specifications, but consumer knew for a fact that it did not hold. Vehicle will only brake at the ten O'clock. Also prior to incident, consumer had complained about transmission noise, and that it was difficult to shift.

- Piedmont, SC, USA