Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 18 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Isuzu Trooper. 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.
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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1986 ISUZU TROOPER. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE FLOOR BOARD CABLE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE SEAT BELT CONNECTOR DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 226,000.
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT TORE LOOSE FROM THE FLOORBOARD WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL BACK WHILE PULLING OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
SEAT BELTS RETRACTING MECHANISM FAILED.
CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY, ATTEMPTING TO ENTER GARAGE WHEN HEATER CORE BLEW UP, CAUSING HOT WATER AND STEAM TO BLOW INSIDE VEHICLE AND ON TOP OF CONSUMER, RESULTING IN BURNS AND INJURIES. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN.HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED TWO YEARS PRIOR. *AK
HEATER COIL MANIFOLD RUPTURED ON INSIDE, DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR LEAKED HOT COOLANT ONTO FLOOR WHERE DRIVERS FOOT IS LOCATED.
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LOCKED IN POSITION, WOULD NOT UNLOCK.
ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED. *AK
THE PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS INTERMITTENTLY LOCK UP SO THAT SEAT BELTS CAN'T BE USED. *DSH
DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT FAILS TO RETRACT. *AK
BOTH FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
HOOD LATCH STRIKER FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO REMAIN IN OPEN POSITION. *AW
THE REAR HATCH DOOR HINGE FAILED WHEN DOOR CAME OFF. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AND HAS NO TENSION IN IT. TT
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT UNREEL. LOCKED UP. TT
EXTENSION-611, DRIVER SEAT WENT INTO REAR SEAT FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TT
FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAILED TO STAY FASTENED. *SKD
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.
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