Isuzu Rodeo

Which Isuzu Rodeo years should you avoid?

Going by 2,477 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Isuzu Rodeo years to avoid are 1999, 1998, 1992, 2001 and 2000.

• 1999550 complaints, 5.4× a typical Rodeo year, most often about the brakes.
• 1998478 complaints, 4.7× a typical Rodeo year, most often about the brakes.
• 19924.7× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (16 fires, 8 crashes, 3 deaths).
• 2001389 complaints, 3.9× a typical Rodeo year, most often about the body and frame.
• 2000274 complaints, 2.7× a typical Rodeo year, most often about the body and frame.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →