FaultScore

Ford Aspire vs Isuzu Trooper

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure Ford Aspire Isuzu Trooper
Complaints on file 289 713
Model years covered 1987–1997 1985–2002
Worst model year 1994 1999
Best model year 1996 2002
Crashes reported 60 72
Fires reported 8 43
Injuries reported 39 45
Deaths reported 3 3
Most complained-about part Airbags Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 38.1% 22.9%

Ford Aspire by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 60 20.8%
Fuel & Propulsion 20 6.9%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 19 6.6%
Brakes 18 6.2%
Steering 14 4.8%

Isuzu Trooper by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks