Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Wiring | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ISUZU TRUCK. THE WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP OR THE MANUFACTURER RIGHT NOW.*AK
THIS IS ON A 2003 IZUSU ASCENDER (DIDN'T SEE THAT VEHICLE OPTION LISTED) . I'M NOT SURE OF VIN OR ENGINE DETAILS. I'M NO CAR EXPERT. VEHICLE A FEW TIME SPORATICALLY WOULD STALL BUT RESTARTED. THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW WEEKS. LEAD UP TO VEHICLE BEING SHUT OFF A DAYCARE THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER WOULD NOT START (DEAD). VEHICLE WOULD MAKE "TURNING OVER" SOUND IF PLACED IN NEUTRAL BUT AGAIN WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE IGITION SWITCH. NOW - FEB 3RD, 2005 THE SAME VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHUT OFF. THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF BUT THE KEY WOULD STAY IN ACCESSORY. BATTERY NEEDED TO BE UNHITCHED IN ORDER NOT TO DRAIN BATTERY. VEHICLE IN NOW A DEALER. DEALER STATES THEY ARE REPAIRING SHIFTING GEAR AND SOME OTHER PARTS WITH IGINITION. *AK
REAR WINDOW (THIRD ROW SEAT) LEAKED WHEN IT RAINED OR WHEN TAKEN TO A CAR WASH WHICH CAUSED THE PANEL AND SEATS TO GET WET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WINDOW MOLDING WAS WARPED. *NLM CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR OVER A MONTH FOR PART WHICH IS ON BACKORDER. ASCENDER MODEL 2003. *TT
3 of 3 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.