Vehicle

Isuzu Trooper

The older ladder-frame four-wheel drive, sold under several badges and still working in numbers in Africa and the Middle East. Mechanically simple by current standards, with a transfer case that is genuinely mechanical — which removes a whole branch of drivetrain codes from consideration.

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Generations

First generation 1981–1991

The original ladder-frame Trooper with the 2.3 petrol and the 2.8 diesel, largely mechanical and setting no codes.
- MU / MUA / MSG 5-speed manual
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Isuzu ladder frame
Engines
2.3 four-cylinder — 4ZD1 · petrol

2.6 four-cylinder — 4ZE1 · petrol · 85–90 kW (114–121 hp)

2.8 turbo diesel — 4JB1-T · diesel · 74–85 kW (99–114 hp)

1.9 — G200Z · petrol · UBS13

2.8 V6 — petrol

2.2 — C223 · diesel · UBS52
Transmissions

4-speed Isuzu MSG manual · 5-speed Isuzu MSG manual · 5-speed Isuzu MUA5C manual · 4-speed Aisin Warner automatic

Drivetrain

Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
Second generation 1991–2002

Ladder frame with a genuinely mechanical transfer case, which removes a whole branch of driveline codes.
Body styles

SUV

Platform

Isuzu UBS
Engines
3.2 V6 — petrol

3.5 V6 — 6VE1 · petrol

2.8 diesel — 4JB1-T · diesel · 74–85 kW (99–114 hp)

3.0 diesel — 4JX1 · diesel · 117 kW (157 hp)

2.6 — 4ZE1 · petrol · 85–90 kW (114–121 hp)

3.1 turbo — 4JG2 · diesel · 70–84 kW (94–113 hp) · UBS69
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic

Drivetrain

Part-time four-wheel drive with low range

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