Isuzu Hombre
Across 4 model years (1996–2000), the Isuzu Hombre has 8 NHTSA recall campaigns and 122 complaints on file.
The component named most often in complaints is visibility (394.4 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by engine and engine cooling (119.7).
The 1998 model year has the most complaints (53). Recall campaigns peaked in 1997 with 4; complaints were received in the largest number in 2003 (23). Within Isuzu, this line ranks 6 of 28 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Isuzu Hombre | 4 | 37 | 121% | 25,340 |
| 1997 Isuzu Hombre | 3 | 25 | 82% | 18,650 |
| 1998 Isuzu Hombre | 1 | 53 | 174% | 1,299 |
| 2000 Isuzu Hombre NHTSA record | 1 | 7 | 23% | 3,672 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Isuzu Hombre complaints (142 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Isuzu model lines
- Rodeo 28 recalls · 2,461 complaints
- Trooper 25 recalls · 573 complaints
- Ascender 18 recalls · 203 complaints
- Amigo 11 recalls · 183 complaints
- Axiom 9 recalls · 155 complaints
- Hombre 9 recalls · 122 complaints
- Rodeo Sport 5 recalls · 107 complaints
- Vehicross 0 recalls · 69 complaints
- Pickup Truck 15 recalls · 67 complaints
- Impulse 5 recalls · 37 complaints
- NPR 52 recalls · 32 complaints
- Trooper II 4 recalls · 27 complaints
- Oasis 8 recalls · 24 complaints
- N Series 22 recalls · 18 complaints
- I Mark 7 recalls · 15 complaints
- I-280 2 recalls · 12 complaints
- NPR HD 54 recalls · 7 complaints
- FTR 50 recalls · 5 complaints
- NQR 43 recalls · 5 complaints
- I-350 2 recalls · 4 complaints
- NRR 43 recalls · 3 complaints
- F Series 6 recalls · 2 complaints
- FSR 6 recalls · 2 complaints
- NPR XD 28 recalls · 1 complaints
- FVR 21 recalls · 0 complaints
- Reach 19 recalls · 0 complaints
- H Series 5 recalls · 0 complaints
- NRR EV 4 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Isuzu Hombre model years have the most recalls?
1996 (4), 1997 (3), 1998 (1). Across model years 1996–2000 there are 8 distinct campaigns.
Which Isuzu Hombre model year has the most complaints?
1998, with 53 of the line's 122 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Isuzu Hombre complain about?
visibility (394.4 per 1,000 mentions), engine and engine cooling (119.7 per 1,000 mentions), service brakes, hydraulic (105.6 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.