NHTSA Campaign 00V058000

SUSPENSION:REAR

Issued by ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED · Reported Mar 2, 2000 · 213,736 vehicles affected

What's wrong

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. PAINT WAS APPLIED UNEVENLY ON THE REAR AXLES, RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT PAINT HARDNESS. SHOULD THIS OCCUR ON THE SURFACE THAT CONTACTS THE REAR AXLE LOWER LINK BRACKET BOLT HEAD AND/OR NUT, THE NUT MAY LOOSEN.

Consequence

THE BOLT COULD DETACH FULLY, CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE LOWER LINK FROM THE REAR AXLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

Remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR AXLE LOWER LINK JOINT NUT AND BOLT.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
HONDA PASSPORT 1998 213,736
HONDA PASSPORT 1999 213,736
ISUZU AMIGO 1998 213,736
ISUZU AMIGO 1999 213,736
ISUZU RODEO 1998 213,736
ISUZU RODEO 1999 213,736

Source: NHTSA Campaign 00V058000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.