{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=ISUZU","name":"ISUZU","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-10-03T13:38:24.564Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":767,"deaths":28,"injured":446,"fires":147},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","n":131},{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","n":94},{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","n":40},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":30},{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":24},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:FRONT","n":23},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","n":19},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","n":18},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD","n":18},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","n":15}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"2131011","date_received":"2025-09-16","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","description":"The contact owns a 2002 Isuzu Rodeo. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that as she was coasting to the right to stop on the shoulder, she observed that there was smoke in the cabin. The contact stated that after she stopped, she opened the driver's side passenger door and saw that smoke was emitting from under the passenger seat, which had been folded over in \"cargo mode.\" The contact lifted the seat and saw that the seat back was melted, with a black spot in the center. The contact stated that she had a cooler in the back that was full of water, and she poured all of it behind and under the seat. The contact saw that the water evaporated. The contact then checked out outside of the vehicle to see if there was any heat source. The contact observed that flames had formed under the rear driver's side wheel well. The contact stated that a person who lived in the house near where she had stopped had observed what was happening and came out with a fire extinguisher and extinguished the fire. The fire department was not called. The contact had the vehicle towed to her residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed and was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The contact had researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 05V466000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) due to the location of the fuel tank, which was located on the driver's side rear, by the rear wheel well. The failure mi","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/2131011"},{"cmplid":"2020223","date_received":"2024-08-28","make":"ISUZU","model":"NPR","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"Vacuum pump on the motor that supplies vacuum to the brake booster. We have replaced this pump (Isuzu PART #: 97241035) on this vehicle 3 times in less than a week. These parts were Isuzu brand and the exact part number for our VIN and application. Went to hit the brakes, the brakes were not working and extremely hard to press, and not slowing the truck down. Driver ran into another vehicle. Yes, the problem has been reproduced multiple times by our internal tech and local Isuzu dealer. Also can be found on different forums with exact issue (see attached). Each time the part has failed, we have sent it back to dealer. No prior warning until the brakes were applied and not working.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/2020223"},{"cmplid":"1751199","date_received":"2021-06-08","make":"ISUZU","model":"TROOPER","model_year":1993,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"The contact owned a 1993 Isuzu Trooper. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed. During the crash the vehicle experienced a rollover and the frontend was severely damaged but the airbags did not deploy. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The vehicle was destroyed and the driver sustained severe head injuries and a fractured spine. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was contacted. The local dealer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 3,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1751199"},{"cmplid":"1664077","date_received":"2020-05-19","make":"ISUZU","model":"AXIOM","model_year":2003,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"DRIVING IN A LARGE PARKING LOT, HIT A LARGE CEMENT POLE DOING 20 MILES PER HOUR.AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAD NOT PUT MY SEAT BELT ON YET & HIT & SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD KNOCKING OUT ALL OF MY FRONT UPPER TEETH. FRACTURED MAXILLA .WHY DID AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOY?  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1664077"},{"cmplid":"1500820","date_received":"2018-09-21","make":"ISUZU","model":"ASCENDER","model_year":2005,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"LETTER FROM CONSTITUENT REGARDING AIRBAG IN HIS 2005 ISUZU ASCENDER WENT OFF FOR NO REASON CAUSING PERSONAL INJURIES. *LD    THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, BUT THE CLAIM WAS DENIED DUE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM REPORTING A CRASH. *JS  *BF","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1500820"},{"cmplid":"1491702","date_received":"2018-08-16","make":"CHEVROLET","model":"LOW CAB FORWARD 3500","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","description":"EXPERIENCED DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TRUCK SLOWLY. TRUCK ACCELERATED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, DRIVER COULD NOT DO SO. THIS TRANSPIRED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD APPROX. A FOOT. SPEED HAD SUCH A VELOCITY THAT DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW BEARING WALL. TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GM IN MAY 2018 WITH NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM GM AFTER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.  THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK 16V-797 THE STICKER ON TRUCK FOR VIN STATES NOV. 2018. GM HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THE INVESTIGATION. *DT  UPDATED 11/02/18*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1491702"},{"cmplid":"1491703","date_received":"2018-08-16","make":"CHEVROLET","model":"LOW CAB FORWARD 3500","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"EXPERIENCED DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TRUCK SLOWLY. TRUCK ACCELERATED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, DRIVER COULD NOT DO SO. THIS TRANSPIRED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD APPROX. A FOOT. SPEED HAD SUCH A VELOCITY THAT DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW BEARING WALL. TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GM IN MAY 2018 WITH NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM GM AFTER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.  THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK 16V-797 THE STICKER ON TRUCK FOR VIN STATES NOV. 2018. GM HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THE INVESTIGATION. *DT  UPDATED 11/02/18*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1491703"},{"cmplid":"1491704","date_received":"2018-08-16","make":"CHEVROLET","model":"LOW CAB FORWARD 3500","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"EXPERIENCED DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE TRUCK SLOWLY. TRUCK ACCELERATED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, DRIVER COULD NOT DO SO. THIS TRANSPIRED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND ATTEMPTING TO GO FORWARD APPROX. A FOOT. SPEED HAD SUCH A VELOCITY THAT DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT OVER A LOW BEARING WALL. TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH GM IN MAY 2018 WITH NO FURTHER CONTACT FROM GM AFTER INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.  THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TRUCK 16V-797 THE STICKER ON TRUCK FOR VIN STATES NOV. 2018. GM HAS NOT RESPONDED SINCE THE INVESTIGATION. *DT  UPDATED 11/02/18*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1491704"},{"cmplid":"1489530","date_received":"2018-08-08","make":"ISUZU","model":"NPR","model_year":2017,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"VEHICLE WILL \"LURCH\" FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATOR NOT IN USE. RPM'S WILL GO FROM AN IDLING 2500, UP TO 4500 WITHOUT WARNING","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1489530"},{"cmplid":"1489531","date_received":"2018-08-08","make":"ISUZU","model":"NPR","model_year":2017,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"VEHICLE WILL \"LURCH\" FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATOR NOT IN USE. RPM'S WILL GO FROM AN IDLING 2500, UP TO 4500 WITHOUT WARNING","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1489531"},{"cmplid":"1473456","date_received":"2018-06-05","make":"ISUZU","model":"NRR","model_year":2017,"deaths":1,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"ISUZU NRR VS RIGHT REAR OF A TRACTOR OF A TRACTOR TRAILER COMBINATION. THE ISUZU'S BUMPER TRAVELED UNDER THE TRACTOR AND FULL IMPACT WAS THROUGH THE \"A\" PILLAR AREA OF THE ISUZU NRR CAB. *TT *JS","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1473456"},{"cmplid":"1466081","date_received":"2018-05-04","make":"ISUZU","model":"NRR","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLOW-OUT AT 68 MPH. TIRE 225/70 R19.5 FS560 PLUS (NOT LISTED ON THIS SITE'S DROP DOWN MENU) THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE WITH THE SAME DOT # IN OUR COMPAMY THAT HAD A FRONT END BLOWOUT USING THIS TIRE. THIS TIRE WAS CHECKED DURING THE PRE-TRIP VEHICLE INSPECTION AND WAS RECORDED TO HAVE 8/32 TREAD LEFT","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1466081"},{"cmplid":"1419572","date_received":"2017-10-30","make":"ISUZU","model":"NRR","model_year":2013,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLOW-OUT AT 68 MPH. THIS TIRE WAS CHECKED DURING THE PRE-TRIP VEHICLE INSPECTION AND WAS RECORDED TO HAVE 9/32 TREAD LEFT","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1419572"},{"cmplid":"1379258","date_received":"2017-05-20","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"BRAKES PEDAL PULSES LIKE CRAZY BUT THE BRAKES DON'T WORK WHEN APPLIED.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1379258"},{"cmplid":"1364695","date_received":"2017-03-21","make":"ISUZU","model":"TROOPER","model_year":1994,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"22 YEARS AGO, ON FEB. 22, 1995 I WAS DRIVING DOWN SILVERADO CANYON RD., WHICH IS A VERY CURVY 2 LANE ROAD. AFTER A CURVE I SAW 2 CARS DRIVING TOWARDS ME, ONE PASSING THE OTHER, COMING TOWARDS ME IN MY LANE. I DID THE ONLY THING I COULD AND MOVED ~5-7 FEET TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. MY TRUCK DID NOT HAVE TAKATA AIRBAGS (SO THEY TOLD ME) BUT MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEN I TOLD THIS TO THE ISUZU SPOKESPERSON (2-3 YRS LATER) HE TOLD ME THAT NO CAR'S AIRBAGS DEPLOY IN ROLLOVERS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PROGRAMMED TO DO SO. WHEN I ASKED WHY HE SAID THAT IN STUDIES THAT WERE DONE THERE WASN'T ANY INCREASE IN SURVIVAL IN ROLLOVERS EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW I FELT. WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DO SURVIVE? WHAT ABOUT ME AND EVERYONE ELSE IN A LEFT HANDED (COUNTERCLOCKWISE) ROLL.  I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS IN A CLOCKWISE ROLL TOO AND MY HEAD STAYED STRAIGHT UP AND I SURVIVED BETTER. IN A LEFT ROLL THE DRIVER'S HEAD HITS THE WINDOW AND THEY OFTEN DON'T SURVIVE. IF THEY DO THEY WILL HAVE A SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND ARE USUALLY DISABLED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I WAS IN A COMA FOR TWO WEEKS AND SPENT TWO YEARS IN NEUROREHABILITATION. I WISH I WAS ABLE TO WRITE THIS TO YOU MUCH SOONER BUT PLEASE WHEN THE NEW AIRBAGS COME IN, MAKE SURE THEY DEPLOY IN ROLLOVERS TOO. I HOPE THIS LETTER MAKES UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN ROLLOVERS IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. YOU SEE I'M A MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO HOPES TO SEE SOME GOO","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1364695"},{"cmplid":"1364941","date_received":"2017-03-21","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT BECAME DISTRACTED AND CROSSED THE YELLOW LANE LINES. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID AN ONCOMING VEHICLE, THE CONTACT JERKED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THREE TREES AND ROLLED OFF A CLIFF. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO BE THROWN AROUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED STERNUM, A CONCUSSION, AND INJURIES TO THE RIGHT KNEE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1364941"},{"cmplid":"1364942","date_received":"2017-03-21","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT BECAME DISTRACTED AND CROSSED THE YELLOW LANE LINES. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID AN ONCOMING VEHICLE, THE CONTACT JERKED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THREE TREES AND ROLLED OFF A CLIFF. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO BE THROWN AROUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED STERNUM, A CONCUSSION, AND INJURIES TO THE RIGHT KNEE THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1364942"},{"cmplid":"1351639","date_received":"2017-01-26","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 ISUZU RODEO. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DUE TO SEVERE FRAME CORROSION, THE FRAME DETACHED AND STRUCK THE REAR DRIVER WHEEL, WHICH ULTIMATELY CAUSED THE CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000. ...UPDATED 03/08/17 *BF","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1351639"},{"cmplid":"1296878","date_received":"2016-07-09","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"I PULLED INTO A HANDICAP PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF A SUPERMARKET, PUT IT IN PARK, SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.  GOT OUT OUT VEHICLE, LOCKED THE DOORS.  STARTED TO WALK AWAY AND A GUY THAT WAS SITTING AT A TABLE IN FRONT OF STORE YELLED THERE GOES YOUR CAR.  I RAN BESIDE THE CAR TO TRY TO OPEN THE DOOR TO NO AVAIL.  THE CAR CRASHED BACKWARDS INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.  THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND WAS TOLD BY THEM TO CALL INSURANCE COMPANY AND TO LEAVE IF BOTH VEHICLES WERE OKAY TO DRIVE.  I FEEL THE PARK GEAR FAILED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED.  THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE JUST IN PARK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1296878"},{"cmplid":"1197572","date_received":"2015-07-10","make":"ISUZU","model":"RODEO SPORT","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ISUZU RODEO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S AIR CONDITIONING UNIT OVERHEATED TO THE POINT THAT IT FRACTURED THE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL UNIT AND MELTED THE WIRES. THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE UNIT ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1197572"}]}