1999 Isuzu Amigo problems
Owners have filed 77 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Isuzu Amigo. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. Next are suspension (22%) and body & structure (19%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 77 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 125,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 44 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 125,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 4 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 80% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Left rear tire treads at highway speed, vehicle rolls over, leaves highway, killing belted driver. The tire was the former spare tire and lightly used. It was 6 years old and may have degraded over time pursuant to information in comment to docket 03-15400 filed with NHTSA on 11-5-04 by sean kane of safety research.
While driving on a curve at 20 MPH brakes failed upon application. Brake pedal went straight to the floor, causing the vehicle to run off the road and into a ditch. The dealer was not contacted.
A vehicle stoped in front of me, I hit the brakes, heard a grinding noise near the brake pedal, hit the rear of the vehicle in front of me. There were no skid marks at the scene.
Left side of frame rotted out causing control arm to fall off and differential to sway which put the vehicle in ditch.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 isuzu amigo. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle became very unstable. The contact discovered that the rear sway bars separated from the subframe of the vehicle. An independent mechanic stated that the subframe was severely rusted. The contact also stated that the rear passenger side strut also separated from the subframe due to severe rusting. The manufacturer was notified. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Other model years of the Amigo
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