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Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 2 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Fuel System, Gasoline. Review the 1 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 1 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
0 crash reports1 fire reports0 injury reports
What owners actually said
5 reports
147,000 miles · Jun 27, 2007
Tires
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU BOX TRUCK MODEL NPR. THE VEHICLE HAS YKS ALL SEASON RADIAL 235/85/16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BELT FAILED ON THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TREAD TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON JUNE 27, 2007. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE DROP DOWN MENU AT THE TIME OF THI…
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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ISUZU BOX TRUCK MODEL NPR. THE VEHICLE HAS YKS ALL SEASON RADIAL 235/85/16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BELT FAILED ON THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TREAD TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON JUNE 27, 2007. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE DROP DOWN MENU AT THE TIME OF THIS COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 147,000.
NHTSA ODI #10194802
Mileage unknown · Apr 3, 2007
Engine And Engine CoolingFuel System, GasolineFire
TO START WITH WE GOT AN EXAUST LEAK.THEN ON HIGHWAY LOST POWER PULLED OVER NOTICED ENGINE ON FIRE. TRUCK STILL STARTS BUT WE WILL NOT MOVE IT.GAS IS LEAKING ON EXAUST MANIFOLD. SMOKE IS COMING OF ENGINE WHEN STARTED. GOT TOWED TO A A SHOP. *JB
NHTSA ODI #10186956
12,000 miles · Apr 4, 2005
Visibility
I OWN A 2001 VEHICROSS BY ISUZU. I BOUGHT IT NEW FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAVE ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT. THE RACK ALIGNMENT ON THE WINDOWS IS STARTING TO MIS ALIGN AND CAUSE FATIGUE AND STRESS UPON THE WINDOW MECHANISM. UPON COMING IN CONTACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED VEHICROSS ENTHUSIASTS I DISCOVERED THAT THIS TYPE OF …
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I OWN A 2001 VEHICROSS BY ISUZU. I BOUGHT IT NEW FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAVE ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT. THE RACK ALIGNMENT ON THE WINDOWS IS STARTING TO MIS ALIGN AND CAUSE FATIGUE AND STRESS UPON THE WINDOW MECHANISM. UPON COMING IN CONTACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED VEHICROSS ENTHUSIASTS I DISCOVERED THAT THIS TYPE OF WINDOW FAILURE IS EPIDEMIC WITH THIS MODEL CAR. SOME OF THE OWNERS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES -- I.E., THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN FIXED ONLY TO FAIL AGAIN, SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR TIMES. AT THE MOMENT I HAVE 22,000 MILES ON THE CAR I HAVE CONTACTED ISUZU BUT THEY DENY THERE IS A PROBLEM. ON THE OTHER HAND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS BY ISUZU THAT DO RECOGNIZE THIS PROBLEM. SINCE THERE WAS A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL CAR -- SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF 4000 PLUS OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD -- IT APPEARS THE WINDOW FAILURE RATE IS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER. I WOULD ASK THAT THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERNAL ISUZU DOCUMENT MENTIONED ABOVE. IF THERE IS, AS IT APPEARS, A DESIGN FLAW IN THE WINDOW MECHANISM, THEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF VEHICROSS OWNERS WHO HAVE IMPROPERLY BEEN CHARGED TO REPAIR IT, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES. *AK ============
NHTSA ODI #10116356
10,000 miles · May 26, 2004
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ROTORS WERE WORN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MODEL NAME BL15000. *JB
NHTSA ODI #10074289
Mileage unknown · Jan 15, 2003
Engine And Engine Cooling
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL VALVE CRACKED AND STARTED TO LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
NHTSA ODI #10003881
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