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1998 Isuzu Hombre

Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1997-11-25 97V208002 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD 1,299 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2016-06-07 TIRES No 0 I HAVE HAD 3 TOYO TIRES BUBBLE AND SEPARATE IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS AND TOYO WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I FEEL THAT TH…
2015-09-15 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN GOING TO STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, NO MATTER WHAT SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL GIVES RESISTANC…
2012-03-07 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 BETWEEN 96,000 AND 97000 MILES, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN 3 TIMES, AS IF SOMEONE HAD TURNED THE KEY OFF. FIRST TIME TURNING …
2010-10-10 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY INTER…
2010-09-15 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 THE WIPERS JUST STARTED STOPPING WHILE DRIVING. THEN IT WOULD GO BACK ON, BUT WHEN YOU ARE ON THE HWY AND IT IS RAINING…
2010-01-01 VISIBILITY No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, T…
2007-08-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE No 0 PASSLOCK PROBLEMS. *JB
2007-03-16 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE AND STATED THAT EVERY TIME HE CLOSES THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OR IS PUMPING GAS H…
2006-09-03 VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE VEHICLE WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE VEH…
2005-09-09 EQUIPMENT No 0 THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FAILED AND DROPPED MY TIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOTHING HAS BEEN REPLACED YET. *JB
2005-06-05 EQUIPMENT No 0 DRIVING DOWN US RT 1 IN LAUREL MD, SPARE TIRE CABLE FAILED AND RELEASED TIRE. TIRE FLEW UP IN THE AIR AND CAME DOWN ON…
2005-06-01 EQUIPMENT No 0 RED STICKER COPY OF DISAPPOINTMENT THAT NHTSA DID NOT RETURN HIS CALL. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FA…
2004-11-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS …
2004-08-23 VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLE…
2004-06-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ONLY WHEN ITS RAINING. REPLACE WIRING HARNESS AND WIPER SWITCH. NONE OF THIS CORRECTED THE P…
2004-06-16 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER PROBLEM. WORKS FINE THEN SUDDENLY STOPS. HAS OCCURRED A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE…
2004-04-02 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 EVERY TIME IT RAINS MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WHILE I AM DRIVING. NO ACCIDENTS AS OF YET BUT CLOSE CALLS. MY …
2004-03-04 VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 1 WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED IN RAIN DURING HARD DOWNPOUR. I THINK THE CIRCUIT BOARD CRACKED LIKED THE RECALLED CHEVROLEROL…
2004-02-15 STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 FAILURE OF DRIVER SIDE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE. *NM
2004-01-05 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. *AK
2004-01-02 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING THEN STARTED WORKING AS IF THEY HAD A MIND OF THEIR OWN-- ONLY WHEN IT IS RAINING--TH…
2003-12-29 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. *AK *NM
2003-11-14 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE COULD NOT KEEP OIL IN VEHICLE. OIL JUST LEAVES THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF LEAKAGE ON TH…
2003-09-30 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. 1996-1997 ISUZU HOMBRE WERE RECALLED FOR …
2003-09-12 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH CLUTCH FAILED, PREVENTING VEHICLE TO SHIFT GEARS. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER ATTE…
2003-08-08 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 THE VEHICLE CONSUMED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE WORKED ON. *JB
2003-05-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO WORK INTERMITENTLY. NO PARTICULAR PATTERN BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2002. MY ISUZU DEALER SAID T…
2003-01-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE MALFUNCTIONING -- THEY DON'T COME ON SOMETIMES AND STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, TOO.*AK
2002-06-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM No 0 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE 4X4, 5SPD, 4.3 LITER THERE ARE MULTIPLE ARES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 1. THE PARKING BRAKE DOES …
2002-04-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 IT IS DIIFFCULT TO BRAKE BECAUSE BECAUSE THE FRONT BRAKES ARE INOPERABLE.*AK
2001-12-30 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 THE BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND CROSS THE INTERSECTION SAFE…
2001-07-24 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 ISUZU HOMBRE. IN STORMY OR HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTER…
2001-07-15 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING WHEN IT RAINNING. WIFE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE WINDSHIELD WIPER…
2001-03-06 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING No 0 DT: CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER UNIT WHICH CRACKED TWICE. SHE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTUR…
2001-01-28 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
2001-01-25 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 MECHANICS INFORMED ME 1) ISUZU IS RESPONSIBLE; 2) ISUZU USED CHEVROLET ENGINE WITHOUT INFORMING ME; 3) ISUZU HAS NOT RE…
2000-04-20 STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) No 0 THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WILL NOT ANCHOR PROPERLY. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE, THE SEAT SLIDES BACKWARDS. ALSO, WHEN SITTING STILL…
2000-03-24 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE Yes 2 HEAD-ON COLLISION AT APPROX 30 MPH. BOTH AIR BAGS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) FAILED TO DEPLOY DESPITE THE SEVERITY OF THE …
1999-12-28 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS GONE OUT IN MY TRUCK WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. A FRIEND OF MINE HAS AN ISUZU AMIGO (1998) MADE B…
1999-12-01 SEATS No 0 DRIVER SEAT FAILS TO LOCK IN PLACE, WILL SLIDE BACK WHEN PUSHING ON THE CLUTCH, WHEN THE SEAT SLIDE BACK, DRIVER FOOT C…
1999-09-18 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Yes 0 WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, CAU…
1999-04-05 PARKING BRAKE No 0 INTERMITTENTLY EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. *AK THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, T…
1999-03-06 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM No 0 VEHICLE BACKFIRED SEVERAL TIMES AND LOST POWER WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A TWO-LANE ROAD. MANAGED TO MANEUVER T…
1999-02-28 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Yes 1 WHEN DRIVING DOWN HILL ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED NO LIGHTS WERE ON. VEHICLE HAD LOST ALL POW…
1998-10-20 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Yes 1 CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER. VEHICLE SUSTAINED SUBSTA…
1998-09-12 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES No 0 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WAS ABOUT TO TURN OFF WHEN VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION DUE TO A BROKEN CABLE LINE. D…
1998-01-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR No 0 THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOT STUCK TO ONE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND WILL NOT RET…
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY No 0 POOR DESIGN OF FRONT AXLE CAUSED IT TO BREAK ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN USE . *AK
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER No 0 VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE MALFUNCTIONING.*MR WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKI…
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL Yes 0 PARKING BRAKES FAILED TO PREVENT ROLL BACK ON FLAT SURFACE. DEALER CLAIMS BRAKE IS NOT DESIGNED TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM…