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Isuzu recall 18V235 (V1801): 2018 Isuzu NPR and 2019 Isuzu NPR-HD and NPR-XD

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Isuzu Npr, Isuzu Npr Hd, Isuzu Npr Xd, model years 2018 to 2019. Filed by Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 13 April 2018. 80 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. (Isuzu) is recalling certain 2018 Isuzu NPR and 2019 Isuzu NPR-HD and NPR-XD vehicles. These vehicles have a brake switch and nylon retainer that may not have been properly secured into the steel brake pedal assembly bracket.

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Isuzu's own number for this recall: V1801. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V235 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 18V235 cover?
Isuzu NPR, Isuzu NPR HD, Isuzu NPR XD, model years 2018-2019.
What is wrong with them?
Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc. (Isuzu) is recalling certain 2018 Isuzu NPR and 2019 Isuzu NPR-HD and NPR-XD vehicles. These vehicles have a brake switch and nylon retainer that may not have been properly secured into the steel brake pedal assembly bracket.
What can happen if it is not put right?
If the brake switch and nylon retainer are not properly secured, the switch can detach from the bracket causing the brake lights to illuminate whether or not brake pedal is depressed, the shift interlock will not operate and the accelerator pedal input will be disabled resulting in the inability to...
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Isuzu has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the seating of the retainer, and re-seat the retainer clip or replace the retainer clip, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 24, 2018. Owners may contact Isuzu customer service at 1-866-441-9638.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Isuzu calls this recall V1801, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the brake switch and nylon retainer are not properly secured, the switch can detach from the bracket causing the brake lights to illuminate whether or not brake pedal is depressed, the shift interlock will not operate and the accelerator…”

80vehicles potentially
affected
3models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 13 April 2018owners told 24 April 2018today
The defect reached the regulator on 13 April 2018. Owners were written to 11 days later, on 24 April 2018. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign18V235
Filed byIsuzu Technical Center of America, Inc.
System at faultExterior Lighting:Brake Lights:Switch
Reported to NHTSA13 April 2018
Model years2018-2019
Vehicles namedISUZU NPR, ISUZU NPR HD, ISUZU NPR XD

What the notice says today

The consequence

If the brake switch and nylon retainer are not properly secured, the switch can detach from the bracket causing the brake lights to illuminate whether or not brake pedal is depressed, the shift interlock will not operate and the accelerator pedal input will be disabled resulting in the inability to accelerate. These conditions can increase the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Isuzu has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the seating of the retainer, and re-seat the retainer clip or replace the retainer clip, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 24, 2018. Owners may contact Isuzu customer service at 1-866-441-9638. Isuzu's number for this recall is V1801.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 663 notices in the record whose component field names exterior lighting. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V235, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v235/

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