https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Isuzu Stylus. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:32:30 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-1201221 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 ISUZU STYLUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING AND THEN RESTART. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START FOR DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE MANUFACTURER SPRAYED ANTI HEAT SPRAY ON TH https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-504858 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE IDLED POORLY, IT HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN. POWER STEERING WENT OUT. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-500523 Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT 1991 ISUZU STYLUS ECM FAILURE; FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE CAR FAILS TO START. HAS LEFT WIFE STRANDED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. SINCE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR YEARS, TO THE POINT OF MANDATING CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES, I WOULD LIKE EITHER GM OR ISUZU TO MAIL ME THE REPLACEMENT. *NM https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-341928 Mon, 08 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE ECU IS 500 DOLLARS AND THE DEALER WONT FIX IT BECAUSE OF THE VIN # NOT BEING CORRECT. I JUST WANT IT FIXED BECAUSE I DONT HAVE 500 DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE ECU THAT WAS A RECALLED PART.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-322894 Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE STARTED ON ITS OWN AND RAN INTO UR HOUSE AT 7:30 AM NO KEYS, NO ONE AROUND, WE HAVE VIDEO OF IT AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES. NO SAFETYD EFEC TLISTED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-298354 Wed, 20 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT THE CAR SURGES WITHOUT WARNING WHEN IDLING. THIS APPEARS SPORADICALLY AND UNPREDICTABLY. IF THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED, THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD AND STALL. IF NOT ENGAGED, THEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REV'S VERY HIGH. AT TIMES THE ENGINE IDLES HIGH FROM START CONSISTENTLY FOR 5 OR MORE MINUTES AFTER STARTING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED OR NOT. WHEN THE ENGINE REVS HIGH, THE CAR LURC https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-296873 Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. BRAKES WERE ON AND VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. OWNER HAD STARTER REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-296874 Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. BRAKES WERE ON AND VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. OWNER HAD STARTER REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-280449 Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT THE ECU IN THE CAR HAS BLOWN THE ORIGINAL AND A REPLACEMENT MOTOR. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-267358 Thu, 18 Jan 2001 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-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-267359 Thu, 18 Jan 2001 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-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-243375 Thu, 28 Sep 2000 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 . , THE SYMPTOMS MAY FIRST SHOW THEMSELVES AS SOON AS THE WEATHER WARMS AND PLAGUE THE OWNER ALL SUMMER LONG, ONLY TO SUB https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-239745 Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT EXPERIENCED ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE WAS REVVING AND DROPPING, DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE ALMOST DYING. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS SHORT IN ECU https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-237059 Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT EXPERIENCED ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE WAS REVVING AND DROPPING, DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE ALMOST DYING. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS SHORT IN ECU https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-218911 Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT MY REGULAR MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, BUT ON THE WAY HOME IT STALLED AGAIN. WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A STOP THE CAR WILL SHAKE AND IDLE HIGH AND THEN STALL. IF I PRESS THE GAS AND KEEP THE CAR REVED UP IT WILL EVENTUALLY RETURN TO REGULAR IDLE, BUT SOMETIMES STILL STALLS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-218912 Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT MY REGULAR MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, BUT ON THE WAY HOME IT STALLED AGAIN. WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A STOP THE CAR WILL SHAKE AND IDLE HIGH AND THEN STALL. IF I PRESS THE GAS AND KEEP THE CAR REVED UP IT WILL EVENTUALLY RETURN TO REGULAR IDLE, BUT SOMETIMES STILL STALLS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-218913 Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT MY REGULAR MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, BUT ON THE WAY HOME IT STALLED AGAIN. WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A STOP THE CAR WILL SHAKE AND IDLE HIGH AND THEN STALL. IF I PRESS THE GAS AND KEEP THE CAR REVED UP IT WILL EVENTUALLY RETURN TO REGULAR IDLE, BUT SOMETIMES STILL STALLS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-184212 Wed, 17 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT DURINGTHE WARM SUMMER MONTHS THE CAR WILL IDLE SPORADICALLY AND OFTEN DIE FORCING THE DRIVER TO USE THE EMERGENCE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP SO THAT THE DRIVER CAN KEEP HIS OR HER FOOT ON THE GAS TO KEEP IT FROM QUITING. WHEN THE TENPERATURE OUTSIDE DROPS THE PROBLEM STOPS. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-183580 Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT ECU IS DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE TYPE OF ADHESIVE USED INSIDE THE COMPONENT. THIS FAILURE IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO IDLE ROUGH/HIGH/AND SLOW. COULD BE DANGEROUS IF CONDITION PERSISTS. WOULD LIKE MANUFACTURER TO ISSUE A RECALL ON ALL AC DELCO ECU'S EMPLOYED IN 1991 ISUZU AND GEO CARS. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-178224 Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT IDLE CONTROL; THE IDLE DROPS ALMOST STALLING THE CAR, THEN FLUCUATES BETWEEN 900 TO 2000 RPMS AND FINALLY STEADILY REVS AT 2000 RPMS FOR APROXIMATLY 30 SECONDS THEN DROPS SLOWLY TO 900 RPMS https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-170241 Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:00:00 GMT REQUESTS CRASH TEST INFO. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-159035 Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT ERRATIC IDLE SPEED, REVVING AND DROPPING, SPORADIC DYING OF THE ENGINE, HOVERING IDLE SPEED AOURN 2,000 - 3,000 RPM WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT RETURN TO NORMAL, UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION UNDER LOAD ON MANUAL TRANS. DUE TO UNCONTROLLABLE ENGINE SPEED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-158395 Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT THE CONCERN WE ALL HAVE IS WITH THE UNPREDICTABLE ERRATIC IDLE. WHILE SITTING AT A STOP, THE RPMS WILL JUMP FROM A STEADY 900 TO BETWEEN 2000-3000 UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE IS NO WARNING. I HAVE HAD TWO 90+ ISUZU CARS AND BOTH HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. AS THEY WERE BOTH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, I WAS NOT AS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS SINCE WHEN IT WOULD OCCUR I WOULD EITHER HAVE TH https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-158396 Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT THE CONCERN WE ALL HAVE IS WITH THE UNPREDICTABLE ERRATIC IDLE. WHILE SITTING AT A STOP, THE RPMS WILL JUMP FROM A STEADY 900 TO BETWEEN 2000-3000 UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE IS NO WARNING. I HAVE HAD TWO 90+ ISUZU CARS AND BOTH HAVE HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. AS THEY WERE BOTH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, I WAS NOT AS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS SINCE WHEN IT WOULD OCCUR I WOULD EITHER HAVE TH https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-157929 Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT I EXPERIENCE UNCONTROLLABLE ENGINE IDLE SPEED WHICH CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN MODULATING ACCELERATION WHEN LEAVING A STOP. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL FO CAUSING UNAVOIDABLE COLLISIONS WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-156616 Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:00:00 GMT ISUZU REFUSES TO FIX PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-64852 Tue, 31 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMT DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT BUCKLES PRIOR TO RECALL. https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-49273 Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00:00 GMT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON A HEAD- ON COLLISION. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-48881 Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00:00 GMT WHILE GOING 55 MPH THE TIE ROD SLEEVE BROKE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO STEERING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus https://plaincars.com/make/isuzu-stylus#complaint-44995 Tue, 28 May 1996 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 50MPH, WET PAVEMENT, VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO RIGHT, THEN SUDDENLY FRONT AXLE BROKE, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. *AK