Isuzu DC New Generation vibration problems

Good day

I was always a Toyota and Navara customer. I buy a double cab bakkie every year of my life because I drive a lot. In 2022 one of my dealers advised me to try a Isuzu and especially work with Westvaal Isuzu in Polokwane as he gets good service from them

So I traded my Navara in which was 1 year old, and bought e DMax 3.0 from them. What a wonderful vehicle and the service from the dealer principal was excellent

Then, in 2023 I advised the dealer principal that it is time to get a new vehicle as the current one’s km’s is getting high

Again, with great assistance a demo 1.9 LS DC was sold to me and again a great vehicle

Until the 30,000 km service…. Then the trouble started: I went for wheel alignment, and afterwards experienced a huge vibration on the bakkie. I went back and was told it was the tyres: those silly Dunlops they fit on the new vehicles

So I replaced the tyres at my own expense due to the vehicle being older than 6 months and warranty from Dunlop is non- existent

I took a trip to the Eastern Cape and the vibration got worse with the new tyres. Whilst in PE, in the time I was there I did the wheel alignment 4 times with no success. To my frustration I went to the Isuzu dealer in PE, and was told by the workshop manager that he isn’t even going to open a jobcard. He will drive with me, but he knows about that problem and it is what it is. At that stage 7 bakkies was already taken back/ replaced in the PE region

On my return I complained to the dealer principal and on their cost he took the vehicle to a fancy balancing institution in PTA, and it was determined that the left rear tyre was unbalanceable. Again excellent service from the dealer principle

The tyre agent then replaced it for me, and the huge vibration was gone.

I went down to StMichaels on sea for the vacation in Dec and it started again. The front tyres were also worn on the inside,I had to replace them. They only had 8000 km on them

When I went to a HiQ tyre agent, he said to me he knows the problem, and he has numerous customers complaining. The stabilizers aren’t strong enough, and the cast & camber adjusts continuously. He knows the problem and was in contact with the local Isuzu dealer, but nobody seems to care. He also reckons there is a problem with the steering rack and the engineering around it

I mentioned this to the dealer principle in Polokwane, and it seems that nobody wants to acknowledge the problem with these bakkies

So what can we do now

I need to get rid of it, and soon

To date with 48,000 km’s on the clock, 1 year old this vehicles trade value dropped by 50% Nobody wants them, and I will have to take the knock

I am not going to and is willing to fight this