Isuzu Stylus problems
The Isuzu Gemini is a subcompact car produced by the Japanese automaker Isuzu from 1974 until 2000. The same basic product was built and/or sold under several other names, sometimes by other General Motors brands, in various markets around the world. While the first generation was of a rear-wheel drive design, later versions were all front-wheel-drive, and the last two generations were no more than badge-engineered Honda Domani until the name was retired in 2000.
First generation (1974)
The first Gemini was the Bellett Gemini, first seen in November 1974. It was based on the third-generation Opel Kadett C on the General Motors T-car platform and came in four-door sedan and two-door coupe body styles. The chassis code was PF50, although the later 1.8-liter versions were called PF60 and the diesels PFD60.
In June 1977 the Gemini received its first, light, facelift. The bigger 1817 cc G180 series engine became available, fitted with rectangular headlights rather than the round units used on the 1600. This model offered 110 PS (81 kW), although this output dropped to 105 PS (77 kW) if an automatic transmission was fitted. In November of the same year the 1600 was updated, now with square headlights and an engine with the I·CAS oxidation catalyst ("Isuzu Clean Air System") which could manage the 1978 emissions standards. One year later the Gemini 1800's engine was also upgraded to meet the 1978 emissions standards. Power remained unchanged, and the automatic now offered the same power as cars with manual transmission. The ignition system was now of a transistor less type, and the trunk lid was now opened remotely (not added to the Gemini 1600 until the end of December). The Gemini Black and 1800 Minx were also added, the Minx with a two-tone paintjob and the Black with black paintwork and more sporty yet comfortable equipment including alloy wheels.
In June 1979, the Gemini received a new slant nose with rectangular headlights and a redesigned rear end. The changes were actually more comprehensive than that, also including a redesigned (longer) engine bay and a wider radiator opening for two new engines added in November (the twin cam G180W and the new 4FB1 diesel) which both required wider radiators for more air for cooling.
In Japan, sports models were available originally with the "ZZ" name. Later, ZZ/L (1980), ZZ/R (1981), ZZ/T, and ZZ/E models were added. These were equipped with an Isuzu G180W 8-valve DOHC 1.8-liter engine, most commonly fuel-injected, producing 130 PS (96 kW) at 6400 rpm. These models also came with a shortened remote throw manual shift lever and optional factory LSD differential. There was also a mildly sporting model of the OHC 1800, called the LS/G.
In October 1982 a version of the diesel with Bosch VE electronic fuel injection was also added; this provided 8% more power than the regular version (66 versus 61 PS) and was fitted to the LT-E and LJ-E models. For those who wanted more, a 73 PS (54 kW) turbo diesel appeared a month later. Also featuring electronic fuel injection, this model also received a standard rear anti-roll bar. Counterintuitively, the two more powerful diesels were never available with the coupé bodywork.
The Gemini was complemented in 1981 by the Giugiaro-designed coupé Isuzu Piazza, based on the Gemini's platform, which was introduced in the United States in 1983 as the Isuzu Impulse and in Australia in 1986 as the Holden Piazza. After the front-wheel-drive second generation Gemini appeared in early 1985, the old rear-wheel drive version nonetheless continued to be built. The coupé model was discontinued, and a slimmed down sedan range (including the ZZ and diesel models) continued to be available. This diminished range was produced until February 1987, when the rear-wheel drive Gemini was laid to rest after 768,537 had been built.
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Common Isuzu Stylus problems
Based on complaints from owners of Isuzu Stylus cars, several common problems have been identified:
- No Start Condition with No Spark:
A common problem reported by owners of the 1993 Isuzu Stylus is a no start condition due to a lack of spark in the engine. This issue can be caused by faulty ignition components, such as the spark plugs, ignition coil, or ignition module. Proper diagnosis and testing of these components are essential to determine the exact cause of the no spark condition and to implement the necessary repairs.
- Body Rust:
Another prevalent issue with Isuzu Stylus cars, particularly in certain regions, is body rust. Rust can compromise the structural integrity of the vehicle, leading to safety concerns and affecting the overall appearance. Regular inspection and maintenance, including rust prevention treatments, can help mitigate this problem and prolong the lifespan of the car.
- Parts Availability:
Some owners have expressed concerns about the availability of parts for Isuzu Stylus cars. Limited availability of specific components can pose challenges when it comes to repairs and maintenance. It is advisable to source parts from reputable suppliers or consider alternative solutions to ensure the continued reliability and performance of the vehicle.
These common problems highlight the importance of regular maintenance, timely repairs, and thorough diagnostics to address issues promptly and keep Isuzu Stylus cars in optimal condition.
Percentage distribution of complaints by Isuzu Stylus years
We have researched Isuzu problems and analysed all the complaints filed against Isuzu Stylus cars and compiled the top 4 most problematic Isuzu Stylus model years:
Below you can see the percentage distribution of known problems by Isuzu Stylus model years.
Distribution of the number of complaints by Isuzu Stylus years
We've also compiled a chart for you with the number of complaints about Volkswagen Jetta cars of certain model years:
Isuzu Stylus car problems categorized by type of issue
After analysing all complaints related to Isuzu Stylus , it was concluded that the most common issues with these cars are:
- Electrical system problems
- Vehicle speed control problems
- Engine and engine cooling problems
- Service brakes problems
- Hydraulic problems
The graph below shows statistics for all Isuzu Stylus vehicle components and the number of complaints received.
Distribution of the number of complaints where the accident occurred by Stylus model years
A total of 4 complaints were registered in which the accident occurred. In the graph you can see the distribution of the number of complaints by model year.
Distribution of the number of complaints with injuries by Stylus model years
There were a total of 4 complaints that resulted in a injuries. In the graph you can see the distribution of the number of complaints by model year.
Distribution of the number of complaints with deaths by Stylus model years
There were a total of 1 complaints that resulted in a death. In the graph you can see the distribution of the number of complaints by model year.
The NHTSA has received 34 complaints about various vehicle components related to the Isuzu Stylus . Below are the 25 most recent complaints reported for Isuzu Stylus vehicles.
Latest 25 complaints
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 1991-04-04
- Date Complaint: 2015-07-22
- Components: ENGINE
- Summary: TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 ISUZU STYLUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING AND THEN RESTART. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START FOR DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE MANUFACTURER SPRAYED ANTI HEAT SPRAY ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD, CAUSING EXCESSIVE SHRINKAGE OF THE BOARD DURING THE SUMMER AND WINTER WEATHER. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE SHRINKAGE CAUSED THE STRUTTER TO SEPARATE, RESULTING IN THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2004-08-01
- Date Complaint: 2004-11-03
- VIN: JABRT5364M7
- Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Summary: VEHICLE IDLED POORLY, IT HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN. POWER STEERING WENT OUT. *AK
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2004-09-28
- Date Complaint: 2004-10-07
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Summary: 1991 ISUZU STYLUS ECM FAILURE; FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE CAR FAILS TO START. HAS LEFT WIFE STRANDED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. SINCE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR YEARS, TO THE POINT OF MANDATING CHANGES IN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES, I WOULD LIKE EITHER GM OR ISUZU TO MAIL ME THE REPLACEMENT. *NM
Isuzu Stylus 1992
- Date Of Incident: 2003-01-15
- Date Complaint: 2004-01-15
- VIN: JA3XE74C6NY
- Components: SUSPENSION
- Summary: SUSPENSION LIGHT WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING-------------------- I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF 910.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE WORK WAS DONE AND PAID FOR. THE NEXT DAY THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. I WAS THEN GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF 453.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I REFUSED THE OFFER. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED TWICE SINCE 50,000 MILES.
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2002-03-02
- Date Complaint: 2002-04-05
- VIN: JABRT5350M7
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Summary: THE ECU IS 500 DOLLARS AND THE DEALER WONT FIX IT BECAUSE OF THE VIN # NOT BEING CORRECT. I JUST WANT IT FIXED BECAUSE I DONT HAVE 500 DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE ECU THAT WAS A RECALLED PART.*AK
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2001-11-12
- Date Complaint: 2001-11-12
- Crash: 1
- VIN: J87RT5164M7
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Summary: VEHICLE STARTED ON ITS OWN AND RAN INTO UR HOUSE AT 7:30 AM NO KEYS, NO ONE AROUND, WE HAVE VIDEO OF IT AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES. NO SAFETYD EFEC TLISTED. *AK
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2001-05-17
- Date Complaint: 2001-06-14
- VIN: JABRT5368M7
- Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Summary: THE CAR SURGES WITHOUT WARNING WHEN IDLING. THIS APPEARS SPORADICALLY AND UNPREDICTABLY. IF THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED, THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD AND STALL. IF NOT ENGAGED, THEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REV'S VERY HIGH. AT TIMES THE ENGINE IDLES HIGH FROM START CONSISTENTLY FOR 5 OR MORE MINUTES AFTER STARTING, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED OR NOT. WHEN THE ENGINE REVS HIGH, THE CAR LURCHES AND DRIVES ERRATICALLY WHEN IN MOTION. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHER ISUZU STYLUS OWNERS WHO REPORT SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT THIS IS AN ECU ISSUE AND THAT THE PART SHOULD BE REPLACED, AS IT IS A DESIGN FAULT.
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2024-11-24
- Date Complaint: 2001-06-11
- VIN: FILL IN
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Summary: VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. BRAKES WERE ON AND VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. OWNER HAD STARTER REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2001-01-05
- Date Complaint: 2001-03-05
- VIN: JABRT5362M7
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Summary: THE ECU IN THE CAR HAS BLOWN THE ORIGINAL AND A REPLACEMENT MOTOR. *AK
Isuzu Stylus 1993
- Date Of Incident: 2000-07-01
- Date Complaint: 2001-01-11
- VIN: JABRT5360P7
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Summary: THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS FAULT ARE MOST NOTABLY ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE REVVING AND DROPPING, IDLE DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE DYING, IDLE HANGING HIGH ABOVE 2,000 RPM, AND ENGINE DYING OR STALLING FOR NO REASON WITH NO TROUBLE CODES. THESE SYMPTOMS WILL OFTEN ONLY OCCUR IN WARMER WEATHER AS THE METAL CIRCUITS OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD SEEM MOST VULNERABLE TO SHORT CIRCUITS AT SOLDER CRACKS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE CAR IS ABOVE 80 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES, THE SYMPTOMS MAY FIRST SHOW THEMSELVES AS SOON AS THE WEATHER WARMS AND PLAGUE THE OWNER ALL SUMMER LONG, ONLY TO SUBSIDE IN THE FALL WITH THE COOLER WEATHER AND THEN REAPPEAR THE NEXT SPRING. CERTAINLY THE FAULTY ECU/COMPUTER SYMPTOMS OF UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION AND VEHICLES LEAVING DRIVERS STRANDED, SOMETIMES IN TRAFFIC, POSE AN EQUALLY SERIOUS HAZARD TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE AC DELCO ECU/COMPUTER AND THOSE AROUND THAT VEHICLE.
Isuzu Stylus 1992
- Date Of Incident: 2024-11-24
- Date Complaint: 2000-09-22
- VIN: JABRT5360N7
- Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Summary: THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS FAULT ARE MOST NOTABLY ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE REVVING AND DROPPING, IDLE DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE DYING, IDLE HANGING HIGH ABOVE 2,000 RPM, AND ENGINE DYING OR STALLING FOR NO REASON WITH NO TROUBLE CODES. THESE SYMPTOMS WILL OFTEN ONLY OCCUR IN WARMER WEATHER . , THE SYMPTOMS MAY FIRST SHOW THEMSELVES AS SOON AS THE WEATHER WARMS AND PLAGUE THE OWNER ALL SUMMER LONG, ONLY TO SUBSIDE IN THE FALL WITH THE COOLER WEATHER AND THEN REAPPEAR THE NEXT SPRING.
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2000-09-05
- Date Complaint: 2000-09-10
- VIN: JABRT5363M7
- Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Summary: EXPERIENCED ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE WAS REVVING AND DROPPING, DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE ALMOST DYING. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS SHORT IN ECU
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2000-09-05
- Date Complaint: 2000-09-10
- VIN: JABRT5363M7
- Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Summary: EXPERIENCED ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE WAS REVVING AND DROPPING, DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE ALMOST DYING. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS SHORT IN ECU
Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Date Of Incident: 2000-06-22
- Date Complaint: 2000-06-28
- Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Summary: MY REGULAR MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL. SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, BUT ON THE WAY HOME IT STALLED AGAIN. WHEN I SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A STOP THE CAR WILL SHAKE AND IDLE HIGH AND THEN STALL. IF I PRESS THE GAS AND KEEP THE CAR REVED UP IT WILL EVENTUALLY RETURN TO REGULAR IDLE, BUT SOMETIMES STILL STALLS.*AK
Isuzu Stylus 1994
- Date Of Incident: 1999-07-01
- Date Complaint: 1999-11-17
- VIN: JABRT5358M7
- Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Summary: DURINGTHE WARM SUMMER MONTHS THE CAR WILL IDLE SPORADICALLY AND OFTEN DIE FORCING THE DRIVER TO USE THE EMERGENCE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP SO THAT THE DRIVER CAN KEEP HIS OR HER FOOT ON THE GAS TO KEEP IT FROM QUITING. WHEN THE TENPERATURE OUTSIDE DROPS THE PROBLEM STOPS. *AK
Recalls Isuzu Stylus
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued 2 recalls for different components of the Isuzu Stylus.You can explore the year of the Volkswagen Jetta you are interested in by selecting it from the list.
- Model: Isuzu Stylus 1991
- Report Received Date: 1992-07-06
- Manufacturer: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
- Components: AIR BAGS
- Summary: THE STEERING WHEEL CENTER HUB CAN FRACTURE DURING CERTAIN FRONTAL AND NEAR FRONTAL VEHICLE COLLISIONS.
- Consequence: FRACTURING OF THE STEERING WHEEL HUB CAN DECREASE THEDRIVER'S CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND COULD REDUCE THE CRASH PROTECTION OF THESTEERING SYSTEM AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG.
- Remedy: A STEERING WHEEL REINFORCEMENT PLATE AND NUT WILL BE ADDED TO THE STEERING WHEEL HUB.
- Model: Isuzu Stylus 1992
- Report Received Date: 1992-07-06
- Manufacturer: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
- Components: AIR BAGS
- Summary: THE STEERING WHEEL CENTER HUB CAN FRACTURE DURING CERTAIN FRONTAL AND NEAR FRONTAL VEHICLE COLLISIONS.
- Consequence: FRACTURING OF THE STEERING WHEEL HUB CAN DECREASE THEDRIVER'S CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND COULD REDUCE THE CRASH PROTECTION OF THESTEERING SYSTEM AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG.
- Remedy: A STEERING WHEEL REINFORCEMENT PLATE AND NUT WILL BE ADDED TO THE STEERING WHEEL HUB.
Latest positive Isuzu Stylus car reviews
Are you having problems with your Isuzu Stylus?
Ezra Zemlak 2024-10-07
Vehicle year: 1993
Hi there! I hope you're doing well. I just wanted to share my experience with my Stylus. I've had it for 6 years now and it still runs great, even on the coldest days! It's been super reliable and I've only had to make a few major repairs since I got it back in 1999. It handles well on most roads and does pretty well in the snow too. The only downside is that it can be a bit cramped for taller or larger people, but I personally love the small size. The only thing to keep in mind is that since the Stylus isn't too common, parts can be a bit pricey to order from the dealer. But all in all, I would definitely buy this car again! Let me know if you have any questions.