2000 Isuzu Trooper recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles equipped with 4-WHEEL drive and automatic transmissions built with tod (torque-on-demand). In certain high speed frontal crashes, an interior fuel line and fuel hose CAN be separated, allowing fuel to leak.
💥 The risk
Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install fuel system shields.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V253000
- Manufacturer
- ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
- Vehicles affected
- 13,275
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-643-4070
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Sep 21, 2000
- Built
- Jul 1, 1999 – May 31, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began september 21, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact isuzu at 1-800-643-4070, ext. 343.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).