1991 Isuzu Amigo

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs1
000
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly1
102
Parking Brake › Conventional1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000
Electrical System › Ignition1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Trailer Hitches93E023000
Filed Jul 22, 1993670 vehiclesReese Products, Inc

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

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

Remedy. REPLACE THE TRAILER HITCH.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Nov 13, 2000CA

WHEEL NUTS TENDS TO STRIP BOLT THREAD WHEN BEING PUT ON OR TAKEN OFF WITH AN IMPACT WENCH. NUTS CANNOT BE PUT BACK ON, NOR CAN THEY BE TAKEN OFF WITHOUT CUTTING THEM, SOMETIMES DUE TO STRIPPED THREAD. SOMETIMES WHEEL NUTS/BOLTS WOULD FALL OFF BECAUSE OF A LACK OF THREAD. HAVE BOTH BOLTS & NUTS*AK.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 9, 1999CA

ENGINE STALLS OUT SPORADICALLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. *AK

Parking Brake › Conventional
Filed Jul 7, 1997HI

HAD PARKED VEHICLE ON INCLINE & TURNED MOTOR OFF; APPLIED EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKES; WENT TO HELP A FRIEND; HEARD A SOUND; TURNED & NOTICED VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD POPPED OFF; WILL BE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Jun 28, 1996PA

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle AssemblyCrash2 injured
Filed Jan 30, 1995CA

SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED DURING AN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20010100Routine
200010200Routine
199970402Fatalities reported
199878700Routine
19971000Routine
19945210Routine
19932000Routine
19926000Routine
1991 — this page5100Routine
19905100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jul 22, 1993. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.