Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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
17
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
4
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

17 filed
1
Crashes
2
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    1
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    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.

89V001000·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1989-12-04

DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN A BOLT THAT FIXES THE HEATER TO THE VEHICLE BODY AND A FUEL DELIVERY PIPE AND BETWEEN A REAR HEATER HOSE CLIP, USE UNDER SERVERE CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE PIPE RUPTURE AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

RiskTHIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixINSTALL NEW LINES AND A CLIP.

NHTSA investigations

5 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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