Vehicle profile
1996 Isuzu Trooper
SUV · Special Purpose Vehicles
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 190 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3.2L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 1996 Special Purpose Vehicles
- 0.47× the 4.26 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SEAT BELTS — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1996 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
96V248001
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHERCERTAIN VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH AN INCORRECT REAR CENTER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY BUCKLE. THE MISBUILD INVOLVED FITTING A BUCKLE FOR ANOTHER MARKET WITH THE CORRECT U.S. SPECIFICATION SEAT BELT.
Consequence: SUCH INSTALLATION RESULTS IN A REAR CENTER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IN WHICH THE BELT TONGUE CANNOT BE INSERTED INTO THE BUCKLE AND A CONSQUENT INABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE PROPER OCCUPANT RESTRAINT DURING PANIC BRAKING OF THE VEHICLE OR AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR CENTER SEAT BELT TONGUE AND BUCKLE AND INCORRECT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES WILL BE REPLACED.
12/12/1996
97V092001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGSTHE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE INSTALLED IMPROPERLY AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE LINE AND AN UPPER CONTROL ARM OF THE SUSPENSION.
Consequence: THE LINE CAN BE DAMAGED DURING VEHICLE OPERATION AND CAN RESULT IN BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE, REDUCED BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS, AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE LINE AND THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. IF THE CLEARANCE IS NOT ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS, THE BRAKE LINE WILL BE REPLACED.
03/06/1997
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"year": 1996,
"make": "Isuzu",
"model": "Trooper",
"trim": "Trooper",
"submodel": "SUV",
"horsepower": 190,
"cylinders": 6,
"displacement_l": 3.2,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "AWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Special Purpose Vehicles",
"image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/1996/Isuzu/Trooper/1996_Isuzu_Trooper_ed8a9b07_00001_.png",
"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 2
}Compare
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