WHEEL LUGS AND NUTS MADE FROM WEAK METAL RESULTING IN FAILURE.
- NHTSA ID
- 538165
Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Isuzu Trooper submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHEEL LUGS AND NUTS MADE FROM WEAK METAL RESULTING IN FAILURE.
VEHICLE HAS SOFT METAL FOR LUGS, EACH TIME WHEEL IS REMOVED SOFT LUGS STRIP OR CROSS THREAD, UNABLE TO INSTALL NUTS. *AK
EACH TIME WHEEL IS REMOVED THE SOFT LUGS STRIP LEAVING THEM UNABLE TO BE INSTALL.
AT LEAST ONE LUG:STUD BOLT STRIPPED WHEN REMOVING AND PUTTING BACK ON. *AK
LUG NUT METAL GALLED/PIECES BROKEN OFF, CAUSING DIFFICULTY REMOVING/RETIGHTENING LUGS. *DH
WHEEL LUG NUTS WILL SHEAR ONCE ATTEMPT IS MADE TO PUT TIRES BACK ON. TT
LUG NUTS CONTINUE TO BREAK REGULARLY. TT DURING TIRE ROTATION AND BRAKE SERVICING 24 LUG NUTS AND WHEELS STUDS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE STRIPPED EVEEN THOUGH LUG NUTS HAVE BEEN TIGHTENEDTO MANUFACTURER SPEC. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT LUG NUTS ARE DEFECTIVE.*JB
DEALER SAID THE STUD AND LUG NUT NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE TIRE IS HARD TO REMOVE COMING FROM MANUFACTOR. *AK
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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