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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002102835 | Incident Date: Jun, 30 2002 |
| Consumer's City: BENTONVILLE | Consumer's State: AR |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: TROOPER | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 18 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 14 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Vehicle uses excessive oil. this is a common problem with the 3.6l in 2000. check the isuzu forum online. on highway trips, uses 1 quart every 200 miles. on shorter trips in town, can go 500 to 700 miles before needing a quart. it doesn't leak, and doesn't burn. the problem is caused by the oil not draining down after being pushed on top the cylinders. it eventually has to be burned, or sent through the exhaust, particularly on long trips. on shorter trips, you stop before to much is burned off or pushed out, so it drains back. the oil drain back holes are to small and to few. i'm told there are 4, but on later engines there are 10 per cylinder. isuzu should be made to own up to the design problem and fix the engines. i bought mine at 22,000 miles, and now have 100,000, and it has always done this, but gotten progressively worse. *jb |
