*Median odometer reading when the problem happened, where owners gave one. One complaint can name several problem areas.
Vehicle speed control
ACCELERATED FROM STOP AND THROTTLE STUCK. WAS ABLE TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. INSPECTED CABLE AND FOUND THAT RUBBER BOOT ON ENGINE SIDE OF CABLE HOUSING HAD BECOME GUMMY/STICKY/SOFT AND HAD FOLDED IN ON ITSELF, STICKING TO THE INNER CABLE ITSELF. REMOVED BOOT TO GET HOME. LOOKED ONLINE FOR REPLACEMENT, AND FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON EXACT SAME MODEL AND YEAR, BUT AFTER CALLING ISUZU, WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, THOUGH IT'S THE SAME PART NUMBER. OBVIOUSLY THE RECALL WAS INCOMPLETE, AND THERE ARE STILL CARS OUT THERE WHICH, LIKE MINE, HAVE THE SAME FAULTY SPEED CONTROL COMPONENTS. HAD I NOT KNOWN TO TAKE THE CAR OUT OF…
Oct 30, 2014 · 150,000 milesEngine and engine cooling › Exhaust system
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 ISUZU TROOPER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT EXHAUST PIPE HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND FAILED. HE SPECULATED THAT THE COMPONENT FAILED PREMATURELY BECAUSE HE RESIDES IN A SALT BELT STATE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $1,000. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,000.
Mar 19, 2009 · 90,000 milesVehicle speed control › Cables
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 ISUZU TROOPER. WHENEVER THE CONTACT RELEASES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT FEELS AS IF IT BECOMES STUCK FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO DECELERATE. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. SHE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND FOUND RECALL NUMBER 04V199000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CABLES). SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT HER VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE SHE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS NOTED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,053 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.
Aug 17, 2007 · 134,000 milesService brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip › Control unit/moduleCrash
1(A). AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ABOVE 60 MPH) THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEARLY ALWAYS COMES ON. THIS HAS OCURRED HUNDREDS OF TIMES. 1(B). WHEN DRIVING IN SLIPPERY SNOWY CONDITIONS, AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS COMPUTER MAKES A LOUD BUZZING NOISE THAT WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ABS COMPONENT IS SEVERED BY EITHER REMOVING THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE FROM THE BATTERY OR REMOVING THE FUSE. THIS HAS OCURRED MANY TIMES, BUT ONLY THREE TIMES HAS IT CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL WHERE PEOPLE WERE AT RISK OF HARM. 2. UNDER THE BUZZING CONDITION NOTED IN 1(B) ABOVE, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM SEEMS TO FAIL, WITH LESS CONTROL BECAUSE THE…
Nov 18, 2005 · 10,000 milesElectrical system › Alternator/generator/regulator
AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITHIN THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR CAN CONTAIN MANUFACTURING ERRORS. THIS CAN CAUSE EXCESSIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGING OF THE VEHICLE'S ALTERNATOR, RESULTING IN ENGINE CONTROL MALFUNCTION OR EVENTUAL ENGINE STALL. *NM
May 1, 2006 · 155,000 milesPower train › Automatic transmission
1995 ISUZU TROOPER SUV GOES IN TO NETURAL WHILE IN DRIVE AND UNDERWAY DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. *NM
Sep 12, 2005 · 84,212 milesVehicle speed control
ISUZU MOTORS SAFETY RECALL NO: 04V-199000. *BF WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, HE WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO LONGER ANY AUTHORIZED ISUZU DEALERS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT ISUZU MOTORS HAD REVOKED THEIR DEALERSHIP AUTHORITY SHORTLY AFTER THE RECALL NOTICE CAME OUT. THE DEALER DID THE CONSUMER TWO DEALERSHIP THAT COULD PERFORM THE RECALL, HOWEVER THEY WERE VERY FAR AWAY. *JB
Oct 1, 2004Tires › Tread/beltCrash
RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO RIGHT INNER FENDER/ DOOR.*AK *JB
Feb 19, 2004 · 102,000 miles
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