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1990 Isuzu Trooper problems

The 1990 Isuzu Trooper has 30 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns engine. After that come electrical system (10%) and body & structure (10%).

At a glance

Complaints
30 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Engine 20% of complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 5
Injuries and deaths
11 and 0

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%.

  • Engine 20%
  • Electrical system 10%
  • Body & structure 10%
  • Tires 10%
  • Transmission 10%
  • Brakes 7%
  • Cooling system 7%
  • Fuel system 7%
  • Cruise control 3%
  • Drivetrain & axles 3%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% of model years in our database.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Isuzu Trooper with enough data (9 complaints in that window). 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.

Experienced a rollover while driving down hill, the car started to fishtail and turned around into on coming traffic and the trooper rolled over onto the right side. Consumer was injured in accident. *slc

November 1993 CrashInjury

The back left tire was defective (steel showing) causing the driver to loose control and run across the s/b lane of traffic and struck a guardrail, the vehicle the overturned going over the gouardrail down into a creek bed, the vehicle then flipped rear over front one complete time, all 4 occupants were injured (bridgeston/firestone p235/75r15, radial atx m/s, vdhl1m0254, left rear). Nlm

May 1999 Injury

Rear passenger side tire tread started to separate, causing the consumer had to pull over. Sears, trail handler, size#p235/75/r15, DOT#3dhllbe488.

Reported at 130,000 miles, July 2003

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