1993 Isuzu Pickup Truck

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control › linkages. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages1
000
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Seat Belts1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Exterior Lighting06E026000
Filed Mar 23, 200661,944 vehiclesPro-A Motors, Inc.

Defect. CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Risk. WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy. PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Aug 4, 2006155,000 milesSC

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON A NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES ENGAGED. UPON INSPECTION, THE RUBBER CAP OF THE RESERVOIR HAD NOT RETRACTED THEREFORE THE BRAKE FLUID COULD NOT GO BACK TO THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE RUBBER CAP WAS TOO SWOLLEN TO PUT BACK INTO PLACE. THE AUTO PARTS SHOP CONFIRMED THERE WAS A RUBBER CAP DEFECT.

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Feb 16, 2005AZ

TREAD SEPARATION OF A FIRESTONE TIRE ON 1993 PU THAT CAUSED PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO BODY OF TRUCK. WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGED TIRE THAT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THAT WE WERE NEVER TOLD BY THE TECHNICIAN AT THE RETAIL STORE, WAS NOT COVERED UNTIL WE SENT DAMAGED TIRE IN TO BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE FOR INSPECTION AND THEY DENIED THE CLAIM. BUT TECHNICIAN THAT REPLACED TIRE DID NOT TELL US THERE WAS A PROBLEM, HE WASNT GOING TO CHARGE US FOR THE TIRE AT FIRST, THEN DID BECAUSE HE FELT WE WOULD GET OUR MONEY BACK AFTER THE INSPECTION. NOW WE HAVE OVER $1000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGED PROPERTY AND HAD TO PAY FOR NEW TIRE AND SENDING OLD TIRE IN FOR INSPECTION, WHICH COSTS OVER $30.00 AND RECEIVED NO COMPENSATION FOR ANY OF THIS. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 8, 1996WV

FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAN NOT REACH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 18, 1995MI

ABS: WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH BRAKES PULL TO THE RIGHT ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. BRAKES FIXED THREE TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Aug 10, 1995MO

EXPERIENCE LONG STOPPING DISTANCE AND VIBRATION, REPLACE ROTORS 5 TIMES WITHIN 1 1/2YEAR. TT

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Jan 20, 1995FL

UPON SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, THROTTLE CABLE STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL, SPEED 30 MPH. *AK

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19971000Routine
19961000Routine
19958300Routine
199410300Routine
1993 — this page6100Routine
19929100Routine
19917210Routine
199010200Routine

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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: Mar 23, 2006. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.