Total Complaints
3 filings
Isuzu Trooper II · model year
3 NHTSA complaints, 2 crash reports. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The verdict
The 1990 Isuzu Trooper II posts below-average complaint volume among its own model-year siblings.
The 1990IsuzuTrooper II carries 3 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 2 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.
The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 1990 Trooper II is power train:automatic transmission:park/neutral start interlock switch with 1 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:cooling system:hoses/lines/piping/fittings (1) and tires:tread/belt (1). Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause.
NHTSA currently has 5 investigation files overlapping the 1990 Trooper II. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.
PlainCars' own composite of NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings and rollover-risk assessment, each dimension normalized against the federal scale or the full national model-year corpus. Not an official NHTSA figure, and not a substitute for a specific vehicle's VIN-level recall check.
Total Complaints
3 filings
Crashes Reported
2 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS | 1 |
| TIRES:TREAD/BELT | 1 |
BLOW OUT OF A FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN A SET OF REPLACEMENT TIRES. THE TIRE WAS INSTALLED ON A 1990 ISUZU TROOPER.*AK
MANIFOLD BURNED A HOLE THROUGH OIL COOLER HOSE, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT OF ENGINE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *AK
CHILD TOOK THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION, RESULTING IN A ROLLAWAY. *AK
Data vintage: August 2026. 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.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 1990 Isuzu Trooper II; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.