Faults:

Car has a rattle from the tappets, it comes and goes. Dealer heard it, but didn't tell the mechanic.

Electrical fault that fixed itself after 3500kms.

Weird vibration when you get up it a bit.

Aircon compressor bearings on its last legs.

General Comments:

Besides those little niggles, the Rodeo has been good.

Its easy to drive and park, turning circle could be bigger however.

The clutch is extremely light for a commercial ute. The diff is massive so I'm not betting on any driveline problems for a long time. Gearbox is nice, shifts are as good as you would expect for a light ute.

Ride is hard, tray is 2.6metres so it takes a heap.

The independent coil set up in the front doesn't give a "car like ride and handling" like Holden advertised.

Interior is hard wearing and doesn't look like anything is going to fall off. Doesn't have a clock!?! Seats are uncomfortable. Wouldn't want to go on a long trip in this thing.

I just brought it for a work ute, and so far I'm happy.

The electrical fault was the battery draining if it sat over the weekend. Try explaining why your late every Monday morning because your car needs jumpstarting. But this soon disappeared strangely.

Vibration in the firewall when you get up it a bit. Nothing major though. Air con is icy cold, but will probably break soon when the AC compressor carks it.

Not that good on fuel. Pretty disappointing considering it's only a 4 cylinder. But not horrible.

Overall a tough ute that is very much bias to the tradesman. Doesn't give much in comfort. But feels like it will keep going for a while yet.

Faults:

The vehicle occasionally has trouble starting when the engine is still hot. It's due for a service soon and I will get this looked into. Otherwise, no problems at all after a year of ownership.

General Comments:

I wanted a Hilux, but they were just too expensive. I also wanted a "space cab" type configuration as the larger "crew cab" had a payload area that was too short. The "space cab" basically gives me a small back seat/storage space, which has proved to be very handy.

I like this truck more and more as I get used to it. I'd never owned a pick-up before, and it doesn't handle like a car. It is a large, heavy vehicle, but given that, the handling is quite good. It's quite a comfortable ride, although the seats are a bit flat. I think they're made for fat people!

Quality of plastics inside is a bit ordinary, but nothing has broken.

All in all, my Rodeo LT Space Cab has been a pretty good deal, and is still under its new car warranty.

Faults:

Immobiliser problems, i.e. will not start.

General Comments:

The Truck goes like crazy, will blow any similar truck away, its super fast and even fully loaded accelerates with out much effort, drives like a sedan, very comfortable as far as mid trucks are concerned, however very thirsty! I get approximately 450km out of a 65L tank!

Faults:

As yet, nothing has gone wrong with the car, but I have trouble shifting into and out of low 4. At the 3000k service I explained this to the service technician, and got a demo on how to shift correctly. But I still don't have much luck, and it can take up to 2 to 3 minutes to shift sometimes.

General Comments:

Compared to some of the other 4x4s that I took for a test drive, this car handled very well on the open road.

The thing that didn't fit the 4x4 shopping list were the seats. They had no lateral support, and no hold to stop you sliding forward. Sitting on them in hard driving is a balancing act.

The pedals are very close together, and would be very difficult for someone with big feet.