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1985 Isuzu Impulse Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 23, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Nov 12, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Isuzu Impulse. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

ElectricalFuel system
Filed Sep 23, 2003

CAR WILL NOT IDLE OR RUNS FOR VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP FUEL PUMP RELAY ETC ETC. ASC CERTIFIED MECH. SAYS NOTHING HE CAN DO. WHEN CAR IS COLD IT WORKS WELL.BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER IT STARTS ACTING UP. BASICALLY UNDRIVABLE

NHTSA ID
10039413
Incident
Aug 17, 2003
Mileage
98,000 mi
Transmission
Filed Sep 4, 1997
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE GEAR SHIFT ON VEHICLE DOES NOT HOLD WHILE IN PARK. OWNER'S CHILD PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL WHTHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. CHILD'S LEG WAS BROKEN IN THE INCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID
815998
Incident
Sep 3, 1997
Brakes
Filed Nov 12, 1996

POOR ABS PERFORMANCE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID
804844
Incident
Nov 10, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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