Window Failure Nightmare

[crager34]

Help us all out with getting Isuzu to recall the V's to fix the problem if you can.

[GoIsuzu]

Help us all out with getting Isuzu to recall the V's to fix the problem if you can.

There's not much that I can do as far as getting Isuzu to recall the VX for a window fix. Most manufacturer recalls involve safety issues. To VX owners this may sound horrible, but I think the window problem is just a fact of owning a VX. Every vehicle on the road has some type of issue, and this is the VX's.

Ford Taurus was known for blowing head gaskets on the 3.8L motor. Owners could also expect to have the transmission rebuilt or replaced every 60,000 miles or so. The transmission was too weak, even for the 3.0L Vulcan motor. Yet not only did Ford not recall the vehicles despite known problems, they continued using the same design year after year.

Chevy Tahoes have an intake gasket problem (partially related to their use of Dexcool) that have cost a *lot* of Tahoe drivers to spend thousands of dollars in repairs. Every 60,000 miles or so you can expect to spend $15 on the gasket and another $650 on labor to replace the intake gasket.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that no vehicle is perfect. Every vehicle on the road has some kind of design flaw. While a recall might seem great for a owner, the cost of recalling every vehicle with a design flaw would make the cost of a new vehicle (as well as parts) unaffordable to the average consumer. Simple mathematics apply here, you can't spend more money (doing recalls) without making more money somewhere else.

With the cost of new vehicles, especially SUVs, as high as they are (almost unaffordable to the average consumer), I'd rather see manufacturers limit recalls to safety-related items. I just don't see the need for a recall on the VX for the windows -- it's a problem that I'll probably have to deal with eventually as well whenever I land upon that "perfect" VX and decide to snag it. It's a problem that I expect to have with my VX and its a problem I'm willing to deal with as an owner of one of the most incredible production vehicles I've ever seen.