most reliable jeep

kincaid

hi all,

would the Isuzu rodeo/dmax be the most reliable 4x4 on the road at present.
Im looking to buy one 2006 and told they not too bad on diesel either

thanks

Pottler

My neighbours wife works at an Isuzu dealer in the parts dept and reckons they sell "nothing" for these - just regular service items, filters etc. That sounds like a pretty good endorsement as the woman is a catalogue of what goes regularly on most 4*4's and Tractors.

Eric Cartman

definitley very reliable and if your any way handy with a toolkit you can do most work on them yourself. Bring it to be remapped and it will be excellent on diesel, I have a 2010 D-Max and made it 680km on a trip to scotland before the fuel light came on (80% motorway), so just over 30mpg average.

51000km on it now since new and aside from servicing all it needed was a window regulator (done under warranty)

Juniorhurler

Have one of these. Its an 06 and has 114000 kms on the clock. I have it about a year. The only issues with them are rear spring bushings according to my mechanic who works on a few of them. These are about €50 a set and about 1-2 hours labour to get them in. He reckons about 50000kms per set. I find them a good workhorse about the farm and refined enough on road for me. The other transport in the house is an 08 Accord and TBH I prefer to drive the jeep when just tipping about, obviously not on long spins though.

I do drive her fairly handy and come out at about 30-31 mpg if I'm not towing.

kincaid

great so no engine, turbo, injector trouble at all then,
there is a 2.5 and 3l , is there much difference between the 2 other than the power

Eric Cartman

kincaid wrote: »

great so no engine, turbo, injector trouble at all then,
there is a 2.5 and 3l , is there much difference between the 2 other than the power

the old (pre 2007) 2.5 is underpowered and very slow, fuel economy may actually be worse than the 3.0 if you have anything heavy in the bed

kincaid

ok thanks im on the look out for a 05/06 3l but they are well up in price, could buy them cheaper few years back

Slidey

Having worked in an Isuzu dealership I would give them a thumbs up.

I know Cartman has an auto but the biggest headaches we had were both on autos.

Also check the carpet for dampness. ECUs are under the seat (passenger I think) and the pins can become corroded if water gets in.

Avoid the 2.5 and the 2 wheel drive versions. Both are unwanted really