Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility › Windshield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU BOX TRUCK MODEL NPR. THE VEHICLE HAS YKS ALL SEASON RADIAL 235/85/16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BELT FAILED ON THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TREAD TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON JUNE 27, 2007. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE DROP DOWN MENU AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 147,000.
TO START WITH WE GOT AN EXAUST LEAK.THEN ON HIGHWAY LOST POWER PULLED OVER NOTICED ENGINE ON FIRE. TRUCK STILL STARTS BUT WE WILL NOT MOVE IT.GAS IS LEAKING ON EXAUST MANIFOLD. SMOKE IS COMING OF ENGINE WHEN STARTED. GOT TOWED TO A A SHOP. *JB
I OWN A 2001 VEHICROSS BY ISUZU. I BOUGHT IT NEW FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAVE ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT. THE RACK ALIGNMENT ON THE WINDOWS IS STARTING TO MIS ALIGN AND CAUSE FATIGUE AND STRESS UPON THE WINDOW MECHANISM. UPON COMING IN CONTACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED VEHICROSS ENTHUSIASTS I DISCOVERED THAT THIS TYPE OF WINDOW FAILURE IS EPIDEMIC WITH THIS MODEL CAR. SOME OF THE OWNERS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES -- I.E., THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN FIXED ONLY TO FAIL AGAIN, SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR TIMES. AT THE MOMENT I HAVE 22,000 MILES ON THE CAR I HAVE CONTACTED ISUZU BUT THEY DENY THERE IS A PROBLEM. ON THE OTHER HAND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS BY ISUZU THAT DO RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM. SINCE THERE WAS A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL CAR -- SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF 4000 PLUS OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD -- IT APPEARS THE WINDOW FAILURE RATE IS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER. I WOULD ASK THAT THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERNAL ISUZU DOCUMENT MENTIONED ABOVE. IF THERE IS, AS IT APPEARS, A DESIGN FLAW IN THE WINDOW MECHANISM, THEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF VEHICROSS OWNERS WHO HAVE IMPROPERLY BEEN CHARGED TO REPAIR IT, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES. *AK ============
THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ROTORS WERE WORN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MODEL NAME BL15000. *JB
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL VALVE CRACKED AND STARTED TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.