Isuzu Hombre

Isuzu Sedan 1996-2002

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At a glance

Vehicle coverage snapshot

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Make
Isuzu
Model
Isuzu Hombre
Year range
1996-2002
Generation
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Vehicle taxonomy
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What is on the record for the Isuzu Hombre

Owner complaints for this model most often concern:

  • Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)40 (46.5%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 1996.
  • Brakes10 (11.6%)
  • Electrical system8 (9.3%)

These are counts of records held, not a failure rate: no vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability score can be derived from it.

Explore Isuzu Hombre problems by model year

Isuzu Hombre is a structured vehicle model hub covering 1996–2002 in US/CA.

Recorded fuel categories: Gasoline, Regular Gasoline. Recorded electrification categories: not yet summarized. Recorded drivetrain categories: 4WD/AWD, 4X4, RWD.

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Structured vehicle data

These fields are read live from the imported v3.1 vehicle tables. They are configuration coverage, not reliability or safety conclusions.

  • Fuel types: Regular Gasoline
  • Electrification: Gasoline
  • Drivetrain: 4WD/AWD, 4X4, RWD
  • Total structured variants: 39

2002 structured configurations

MarketTrim/source labelFuelElectrificationDriveTransmission
USFFV | Pickup | 2WD|Pickup|2WDGasolineGasolineRWDAutomatic 4-speed
USFFV | Pickup | 2WD|Pickup|2WDGasolineGasolineRWDManual 5-speed

Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

4 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

  • 03V210000 — model years 1996

    ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS WITH CERTAIN MODEL-ENGINE COMBINATIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MAY FAIL DUE TO CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS ON THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL.

  • 98V150002 — model years 1996

    VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, 2 AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE. SOLDER JOINTS NEAR THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR CAN CRACK CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY.

  • 97V008002 — model years 1996

    THE TOP COAT PAINT SEVERELY PEELS DUE TO OVERBAKING OF THE POWDER PRIMER PRIOR TO THE TOP COAT APPLICATION. SINCE THE WINDSHIELD PRIMER AND ADHESIVE ADHERE TO THE TOP COAT PAINT ONTHE WINDSHIELD OPENING FLANGE, THE WINDSHIELD DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY…

Official NHTSA source

Manufacturer communications / TSBs

16 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

  • 10237146 — model years 1996, 2002

    This bulletin outlines the procedures for using the Alpine Exchange Program (the "Exchange Program"). The Exchange Program must be used when any Alpine radio or other component covered by this bulletin is repaired under warranty and may also be used for radio and component repairs…

  • 10218932 — model years 1996, 2002

    Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. (ICTA) is providing the following procedural recommendations to improve dealer efficiency when submitting Parts Warranty claims. We strongly recommend dealers follow these procedures in order to avoid delays in Parts Warranty claim payments and/or claim chargeback. This bulletin was…

  • 10218927 — model years 1996, 2002

    Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. (ICTA) is providing the following procedural recommendations to improve dealer efficiency when submitting Parts Warranty claims. We strongly recommend dealers follow these procedures in order to avoid delays in Parts Warranty claim payments and/or claim chargeback.

Official NHTSA source

US defect investigations

2 distinct official identifiers · US

An investigation records a regulator review of a suspected defect. It is not automatically a finding or a recall.

  • EA02006 — model years 1996

    Multiple source assertions are retained for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific details.

  • EA97004 — model years 1996

    Multiple source assertions are retained for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific details.

Official NHTSA source

Canadian recalls

1 distinct official identifiers · CA

Canadian-market records remain separate from US campaigns. Confirm applicability with Transport Canada and the manufacturer.

  • 1997152 — model years 1996

    On certain vehicles, the driver's and/or passenger's front outboard seat-belt webbing could separate during a frontal impact having at least the same dynamics as a 48 kph frontal barrier collision. If a separation occurred and there were secondary crash events or rollover, there would be…

Official Transport Canada source

US owner complaint reports

37 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER: 11 reports
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR: 7 reports
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP: 3 reports

A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.

Official NHTSA source

Evidence is served from a locally stored official-source snapshot. No external API is called to render this page. These records do not replace inspection or diagnosis. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Used-car checks

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Recall/safety notes

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