Consumer Complaint Detail

ISUZU / TROOPER / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003294807 Incident Date: May, 19 2003
Consumer's City: O'FALLON Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc.
Model Name: TROOPER Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JACDJ58XXX7 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 17 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 14 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1999 trooper with 3.5l engine. after 60,000 miles i noticed that at regular oil change intervals, @3000 miles, that the engine was buring an excessive amount of oil. after an oil change, i drove from st.louis to kansas city, about 240 miles one way. on the return trip, 60 miles from home, the trooper siezed up. no warning lights, no low oil light, it just quit. i had it towed to the dealer in st.charles and they told me that it had hardly any oil in the crankcase and that the engine was ruined. several months later after listening to the price for an engine from the dealer $9500 and rebuilt engines that would take several months because blocks were not available, i with the aid of a mechanic found a trooper that had been in an accident and replaced the old engine with one that had around 72k miles on it. it burns the same amount of oil!!!!!!! i check it weekly and add to it about the same. isuzu needs to make good on this piece of crap. i'm the original owner and now i couldn't get rid of this thing for 1/25th of what i paid for it, except to someone looking for parts for their soon to be broken down 1999 trooper.