FaultScore

Worst years for a Isuzu Rodeo

Owners have filed 3,296 complaints about the Isuzu Rodeo with NHTSA across model years 1991 to 2008. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1999 Isuzu Rodeo

735 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2004 Isuzu Rodeo

68 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Isuzu Rodeo year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2008 1 0 0 Brakes
2004 B 68 4 2 70,691 Suspension
2003 B 19 2 0 42,898 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 121 10 1 85,000 Body & Structure
2001 D 515 24 3 110,000 Body & Structure
2000 D 354 40 12 89,000 Body & Structure
1999 F 735 94 9 74,088 Brakes
1998 F 627 107 3 100,000 Brakes
1997 C 167 17 0 125,000 Body & Structure
1996 C 121 22 2 149,000 Wheels
1995 C 233 38 1 100,645 Wheels
1994 B 122 6 2 136,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 B 41 4 3 176,000 Engine & Cooling
1992 112 8 19 144,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1991 60 2 19 140,460 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Isuzu Rodeo

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 640 19.4%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 558 16.9%

Worst in 2001

Suspension 396 12.0%

Worst in 2001

Engine & Cooling 300 9.1%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1999

Wheels 114 3.5%

Worst in 1995

Airbags 95 2.9%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1999

Tires 73 2.2%

Worst in 1995

Steering 64 1.9%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1998

Exactly what failed on a Isuzu Rodeo

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 404 27.6%
Frame AND Members 337 23.0%
Rear 143 9.8%
Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs 90 6.2%
Engine 88 6.0%
Fuel Gauge System 87 5.9%
Body 86 5.9%
Automatic Transmission 85 5.8%
Gasoline 79 5.4%
Frontal 64 4.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Isuzu Rodeo, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 58 Mar 2026

Isuzu Rodeo problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Isuzu Rodeo

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.