https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Isuzu Impulse. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:56:08 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-466554 Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE A 1991 ISUZU IMPULSE AND IT'S HAVING ECU PROBLEMS. MY MECHANIC SAYS IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I SEE THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS, AND IT SHOULDN'T FALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE CONSUMERS. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-431580 Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT CAR WILL NOT IDLE OR RUNS FOR VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP FUEL PUMP RELAY ETC ETC. ASC CERTIFIED MECH. SAYS NOTHING HE CAN DO. WHEN CAR IS COLD IT WORKS WELL.BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER IT STARTS ACTING UP. BASICALLY UNDRIVABLE https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-431581 Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT CAR WILL NOT IDLE OR RUNS FOR VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMP FUEL PUMP RELAY ETC ETC. ASC CERTIFIED MECH. SAYS NOTHING HE CAN DO. WHEN CAR IS COLD IT WORKS WELL.BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER IT STARTS ACTING UP. BASICALLY UNDRIVABLE https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-422470 Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT CONSTANT STALLING AND/OR HIGH REVVING OF ENGINE. STALLING USUALLY OCCURS WHEN COMMING OUT OF GEAR AND IDLE GOES DOWN TO 500RPMS OR LOWER AND STALLS OUT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGED ECU PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED AND ISUZU NEVER DID.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-360221 Tue, 02 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT CAR RACES ENGINE BADLY IN THE SUMMER WHEN TEMP OVER 80 DEGREES-WONT IDLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-351069 Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME IDLE CONTROL PROBLEMS AS STATED IN PREVIOUS RECALL REGARDING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. *YH https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-343004 Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-335336 Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME IDLE CONTROL PROBLEMS AS STATED IN PREVIOUS RECALL REGARDING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. *YH https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-328438 Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS FAULT ARE MOST NOTABLY ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE REVVING AND DROPPING, IDLE DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE DYING, IDLE HANGING HIGH ABOVE 2,000 RPM, AND ENGINE DYING OR STALLING FOR NO REASON WITH NO TROUBLE CODES. THESE SYMPTOMS WILL OFTEN ONLY OCCUR IN WARMER WEATHER AS THE METAL CIRCUITS OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD SEEM MOST VULNERABLE TO SHORT CIRCUITS AT SOLDER CRACKS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE W https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-317591 Fri, 12 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS A REOCCURRING MANUFACTURER DEFECT. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE ENGINE CONTROL MODULES. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-302216 Tue, 10 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT AS THE WEATHER IS GETTING WARMER THE ENGINE REVS AND DROPS UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CAR ALSO STALLS AT ANY SPEED. I HAVE HAD IT EVEN STALL ON THE HIGHWAY. I HEAR THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF ECM UNIT, PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS FOR ME. IF I HADN'T TAKEN A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE I COULD BE DEAD RIGHT NOW. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-302217 Tue, 10 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT AS THE WEATHER IS GETTING WARMER THE ENGINE REVS AND DROPS UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CAR ALSO STALLS AT ANY SPEED. I HAVE HAD IT EVEN STALL ON THE HIGHWAY. I HEAR THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF ECM UNIT, PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS FOR ME. IF I HADN'T TAKEN A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE I COULD BE DEAD RIGHT NOW. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-301056 Fri, 06 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT THE DEFECTS ARE DUE TO THE IMPROPER MANUFACTURING OF THE ECM MODULE OF THIS VEHICLE. THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE AN ERRATIC IDLE WITH THE IDLE REVVING UP AND DROPPING TO THE POINT WHERE THE ENGINE DIES. THE IDLING WILL JUMP UP TO 2000 RPM, LINGER THERE UNTIL I BLIP THE THROTTLE, SOMETIMES UP TO 3 OR 4 TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO STALL WITH THE IDLI https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-243005 Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE CAR WILL FOR NO REASON STALL, EVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT I HAVE OWNED, AND THE OTHER ONE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, WHEN THE CALL STALLED, AND CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING. A PEDESTRIAN WAS WALKING ON THE STREET CORNER, WHEN MY CAR SMASHED AGAINST THE CURB, JUST BARELY MISSING HIM. IT'S REALLY SCA https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-228169 Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT WHEN CAR WARMS UP YOU CANT DRIVE OR IT WILL STALL. ONCE WARMED UP IT WILL NOT START. I SAW AN ARTICLE ON THE ISUZUPERFORMANCE WEB SITE THAT SAID OTHER VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IT ALSO STATED THE REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM IS A FAULTY ECU COMPUTER MADE AND INSTALLED BY AC DELCO. I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS INFORMATION BEFORE I WENT OUT A BOUGHT PARTS TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF. IF ITS THE CO https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-217257 Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS THE 2ND IMPULSE THAT I HAVE OWNED, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN TO MY FIRST ONE, BUT THIS ONE IS THE SAME WAY. WHEN IT GETS WARM OUT, THE ENGINE HAS IDLING PROBLEMS. THEN OTHER IMPULSE I HAD (1990) DID IT FROM DAY 1 AT 55000 MILES. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-217555 Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-217770 Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT INSULATIVE SPRAY ON ECU BOARD CAUSES ELECTRICAL SHORTS IN HOT WEATHER. THIS LEADS TO IDLE SPEEDS FROM 400RPM TO 2000RPM. MAJOR CONCERN IS RANDOM STALLING. UNABLE TO START CAR AFTER STALLING. KNOWN TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAN BE QUITE A HAZARD AS THE CAR IS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOT SAFE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. - HTTP://WWW.ISUZUPERFORMANCE.COM/ISUZUWEB/RECALL.HTML. *A https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-209697 Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT NO SUMMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-203149 Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE VEHICLE FAILS TO RUN AFTER IS WARMS UP. I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL MECHANICS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE MANUFACTURER USES AN INSULATING SPRAY ON THE ECU THAT CAUSES IT TO SHRINK AND BRAKE CONTACTS IN THE UNIT ITSELF. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN THAT IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ONCE ALREADY AND WITH LOOSE CONTACT IT MY CAUSE A FIRE. I DO NOT EXPECT THE MANUFACTURER TO https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-201153 Wed, 08 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-189451 Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT ECU HAS ERRATIC PROBLEM. WILL PUT THE CAR INTO HIGH IDLE AT ANY GIVEN SPEED AND WILL NOT RESET UNLESS CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. REPLACE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND RESEATED ECM SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. TRY RESETTING THE ECM TO GET THE CAR OFF OF HIGH IDLE WHILE YOU ARE IN TRAFFIC. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-189452 Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT ECU HAS ERRATIC PROBLEM. WILL PUT THE CAR INTO HIGH IDLE AT ANY GIVEN SPEED AND WILL NOT RESET UNLESS CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. REPLACE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND RESEATED ECM SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. TRY RESETTING THE ECM TO GET THE CAR OFF OF HIGH IDLE WHILE YOU ARE IN TRAFFIC. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-188457 Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT MY ADDRESS IS IN ONTARIO,CANADA POSTAL CODE L5J-3N5. THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS FAULT ARE MOST NOTABLY ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE REVVING AND DROPPING, IDLE DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE DYING, IDLE HANGING HIGH ABOVE 2,000 RPM, AND ENGINE DYING OR STALLING FOR NO REASON WITH NO TROUBLE CODES. THESE SYMPTOMS WILL OFTEN ONLY OCCUR IN WARMER WEATHER AS THE METAL CIRCUITS OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD SEEM MOST VULNERABLE TO https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-185208 Wed, 24 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT WHILE MAKEING A STOP ENGINE WOULD STALL OR IDLE. EALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ,CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-178422 Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT ENGINE IDLES VERY HIGH, WILL SURGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT ON THESE CARS. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-177490 Thu, 07 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT FAILURE OF INTERNAL CPU CONNECTIONS CREATES FAULTY IDLE AND DRIVEABILITY. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-165066 Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT FAILURES INDICATES NUMBER OF FAILURES PER WEEK, NOT REPLACEMENT PER SE. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-165088 Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT THE NUMBER OF FAILURES IS RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE CAR SURGES ON ME PER WEEK, BUT NOT HOW MANY TIME THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-impulse#complaint-158560 Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ONE TOO MANY TIMES, AND IT IS STARTING TO GET ANNOYING. I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER CAR RIGHT NOW AND I WOULD'NT WANT ANYONE ELSE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH A CAR. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. MY CAR CAN TAKE OFF AT ANY TIME IT WANTS TO. IT ALMOST MADE ME GET IN AN ACCIDENT IN A TRAFFIC JAM. THE DEALER WON'T COVER THE DEFECT. *AK