Read what I originally wrote about what Toyota does with their NTSBs.

Check out websites such as:
Reliability Info

Everyone seems to act like everybody just makes up these statistics - maybe consumer reports boosts brands they like - who knows, but tell me why Isuzu rates lower than the other Japanese manufactuerers in every survey?

Personally when we bought my Isuzu we bought it because we mistakenly equated Japanese with absolute quality- which we should have never done. There is no one that can statistically prove that Isuzu is on par with Toyota/Honda/Nissan.

Everybody can bring up their own personal experiences with these makes, but its statistics that count because each car is subject to completely different factors.


BTW I called the shop today.
The head mechanic was absouletly fuming. They got the fuel pump in yesterday ($285!!!!) and installed it. They cranked it up and it ran fine and they drove it around for about 15 minutes then brought it back to the shop. While it was idling and they were looking for my phone number to call me and pick it up - it stalled out. They were unable to get it restarted so they hooked up the brand new fuel pump to whatever test equipment they use and it was completely dead. So they called up the Isuzu parts place that sold it to them and had to fight with them on the phone for an hour before they decided they would let them exchange it. But they still have to redrop the tank to put the new fuel pump in - now my cost is going to be in excess of $450. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />