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2004 ISUZU AXIOM — Complaint #492875

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS filed August 26, 2004

NHTSA complaint #492875 (ODI reference 10088601) concerns a 2004 ISUZU AXIOM and was filed on August 26, 2004. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 26, 2004. The vehicle had 1,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same ISUZU AXIOM cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 ISUZU AXIOM shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2004 ISUZU AXIOM
Component
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS
State
Connecticut
Mileage
1,000 mi

Complaint Description

WE HAVE OWNED OUR AXIOM FOR 3 MONTHS, AFTER APPROX 1000 MILES WE NOTICED THAT WHEN STARTING THE CAR OCCASIONALLY RIGHT AFTER THE VEHICLE STARTED IT WOULD BUCK, BACK FIRE,SMOKE AND HAVE NO POWER AT ALL FOR APPROX THE FIRST 1-2 MINUTES OF RUNNING. WE DID'NT THINK TO MUCH OF AS IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD NOT BEEN BROKEN IN AS OF YET. THEN IT STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN AND WOULD EVEN STALL BEFORE WE GOT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.WE BROUGHT IT IN FOR THE 1ST OIL CHANGE AT 4000 MILES AND HAD THEM CHECK IT AND THE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO CODE ON THE COMPUTER SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN BAD GAS (I DON'T THINK SO) ALSO WHEN THIS OCCURS GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION ACTS UP AFTER IT CLEARS UP LIKE IT SURGES FORWARD AND BACK. I'M WRITING THIS TODAY BECAUSE ON 8/19/04 I WENT TO DINNER AND LEAVING I HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GO HOME. WHEN I PULLED OUT THE CAR BUCKED,BACKFIRED AND CLOSE TO NO POWER AT ALL, I WAS ALMOST "T" BONED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER AND ANOTHER CAR. THE CAR STRAIGHTENED IT

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 492875
ODI Number 10088601
Date Filed August 26, 2004
Failure Date August 26, 2004
VIN 4S2DF58Y044

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.