{"nhtsa_id":10162995,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-07-22","date":"2019-06-26","document_id":"IB19R001","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ISUZU PROVIDES OPTIONAL ENGINE BLOCK HEATERS AND OIL PAN HEATERS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO WARM THE ENGINE COOLANT AND ENGINE OIL ENOUGH DURING EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES TO ALLOW EASY STARTING. OIL GETS THICKER (MORE VISCOUS) AS IT GETS COLDER, WHICH SLOWS DOWN THE ENGINE CRANKING SPEED. TO ENSURE THAT THE ENGINE CAN TURN OVER FAST ENOUGH TO START WHEN PREVAILING TEMPERATURES DROP, USE THE RECOMMENDED VISCOSITY ENGINE OIL AS SET FORTH IN THE VEHICLE'S OWNER'S MANUAL.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10162995-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10162995-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10162995","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"ISUZU","model":"F SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"ISUZU","model":"H-SERIES","year_from":2005,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_isuzu_h-series","2006_isuzu_h-series","2007_isuzu_h-series"]},{"make":"ISUZU","model":"N SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}