FaultScore

Isuzu engine problems

Owners have filed 683 complaints with NHTSA about the engine on Isuzu vehicles — 12% of everything reported about the brand, across 27 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Isuzu Rodeo, worst in 1999.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

683

Complaints

12%

Share of all Isuzu complaints

14

Crashes

41

Fires

Which Isuzu models have the most engine problems

Rodeo 300 43.9%

Worst in 1999

Trooper 199 29.1%

Worst in 1999

Amigo 29 4.2%

Worst in 1998

Axiom 27 4.0%

Worst in 2004

Worst Isuzu model years for engine problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1999 Isuzu Rodeo 60 8% 60,800 A
1999 Isuzu Trooper 59 56% 70,689 F
1998 Isuzu Rodeo 42 7% 80,000 C
2000 Isuzu Rodeo 40 11% 58,500 D
2001 Isuzu Rodeo 27 5% 60,000 B
2000 Isuzu Trooper 26 43% 63,550 F
1995 Isuzu Rodeo 22 9% 87,253 B
1998 Isuzu Trooper 19 40% 59,172 F
1998 Isuzu Amigo 18 18% 101,660 B
1992 Isuzu Rodeo 17 15% F
1997 Isuzu Rodeo 17 10% 77,019 A
2002 Isuzu Rodeo 17 14% 46,500 B
1994 Isuzu Rodeo 15 12% 145,000 A
1991 Isuzu Trooper 14 20% F
1996 Isuzu Rodeo 14 12% D
1994 Isuzu Trooper 13 22% 112,000 F
2004 Isuzu Axiom 13 52% 62,500 F
1991 Isuzu Rodeo 12 20% 140,460 F
2002 Isuzu Axiom 12 6% 95,665 B
1996 Isuzu Trooper 10 15% B