Total Complaints
1 filings
ISUZU N-SERIES · model year
1 NHTSA complaints, and 1 active recall for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2010ISUZUN-SERIES carries 1 consumer safety complaint in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2010 N-SERIES is service brakes with 1 filings. Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability. This model year has 1 active recall campaign, which means the manufacturer is obligated to remedy the covered defect at no charge for the life of the vehicle — the full NHTSA campaign numbers are listed below.
NHTSA currently has 3 investigation files overlapping the 2010 N-SERIES. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Isuzu Manufacturing Services of America, Inc. (Isuzu) is recalling certain model year 2001-2013 Isuzu N-Series; model year 2001-2010 Chevrolet and GMC W-Series; model year 2001-2004 Isuzu FRR and model year 2001-2004 Chevrolet and GMC WT5500 trucks. The affected vehicles are equipped with an option
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 ISUZU NRR. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND ABS BRAKE MODULE FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RETURNING TO WORK AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED AN ODOR IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE SHOES IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SEIZED ONTO THE BRAKE DRUMS DUE TO OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HFI TRUCK CENTER (LOCATED AT 1463 US-22, MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ 07092, (908) 232-4600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS BRAKE MODULE FAILED AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ABS PUMP, BRAKE SEALS, BRAKE DRUMS, BRAKE SHOES, AND WHEEL CYLINDER AT THE COST OF $7,500. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,750.
Mileage: 179,750
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.