Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Isuzu Trooper

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
18
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
3
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

18 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    6
  • Seat Belts
    2
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER Core
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    2
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND Attachments
    1
  • Seats
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
93E023000·TRAILER HITCHES1993-07-22

THE WELD ON THE RECEIVER UNIT OF THE TRAILER HITCH CAN BREAK.

RiskIF THE FAILURE OCCURS, THE TRAILER CAN SEPARATE FROM THETOWING VEHICLE, AND COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

FixREPLACE THE TRAILER HITCH.

92V093000·STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS1992-07-27

TRUCKS USED IN THE SALT-BELT STATES CAN HAVE ACCUMULATED CORROSION IN THE HINGES OF THE REAR DOORS. IF THE VEHICLES ALSO HAVE MISALIGNED DOOR LATCHES AND STRIKERS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE DOORS IN A "FALSE LATCH" CONDITION.

RiskIN THE "FALSE LATCH" CONDITION, THE REAR DOORS MAY GIVETHE IMPRESSION THAT THE DOOR IS PROPERLY LATCHED WHEN IT IS NOT. THIS COULD LEADTO PASSENGERS AND/OR CARGO FALLING FROM REAR DOORS WHICH CAN OPEN WITHOUT PRIORWARNING.

FixCHECK THE DOOR LATCHES AND STRIKERS FOR CORRECT ALIGNMENT AND REPAIR IF NECESSARY; ALSO INSPECT REAR DOOR HINGES FOR CORROSION AND REPLACE IF NECESSARY.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
EA92018·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1992-06-02 → 1993-04-02

HEATER CORE FAILURE

DP92005·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1992-03-03 → 1992-06-02

DEFECTIVE HEATER CORES

EA91033·STRUCTURE1991-07-15 → 1992-07-28

REAR DOOR HINGE SEPARATION

Led to recall92V093000

PE91046·STRUCTURE1991-02-19 → 1991-07-15

REAR DOOR HINGE SEPARATION

PE90087·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1990-06-06 → 1990-10-12

DIESEL ENGINE SURGE

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