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My 01 ironman is doing the same thing. It "slips" into neutral in between 2nd and 3rd, sometimes seems to stay in a gear too long, and also has the " D" light out on the dash.
Tom, I'll be following your solenoid install, I thought that you said that you were going to do the install yourself. I will be doing the same,so let me know if you come across anything tricky.
Has there been any general consensus about what causes the D light to go out, seemingly at the same time? Creeg, did you ever fix your D indicator?
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Bird Dog 36, it sounds like you are having the solenoid issue- as Im sure you have read through this long post, and seen the symptoms and what fixed it.
My D light has not come back on, I havent looked into fixing it: it may be a shorted out bulb that needs to be replaced, or it should be something else entirely, not exactly sure. Im not much help. :grino:
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Creeg,
If I get some time, I'll yank the gauge cover and see if it is just the bulb, I'll let you know. Maybe the same for you.
I will also use Tom's list and start to get the solenoid parts together as well.
If I remember, you had a tranny shop fix yours. What was the final cost?
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I have done two full solenoid swaps on my VX and I can tell you that the '01 transmission takes almost all the solenoids from the new kit 2000+ Isuzu's except one solenoid in the smaller pan requires a solenoid from the Kit for Isuzu's made before 2000, I think it is the 97-99 solenoid kit. You can easily see which one is the odd one out by visual comparison. Be careful though because you can install the wrong solenoid, it will "fit" in there, but it is the wrong solenoid. The body looks similar but the "head" that is not visible once installed is not the same, and functions differently. Not sure about the 99 and 00 trans solenoids, isuzu changed a lot around that time with the solenoids and torque converters and I found a lot of confusion from people that had not personally opened up the trans in a VX.
Aamco rebuilt my trans with the incorrect torque converter and one incorrect solenoid and it only lasted 1 year after the rebuild and then they did some type of repair after that and it lasted another 5 years but burned out again. I only know this because I personally removed and replaced the transmission with an untouched stock transmission myself and documented the process. I just haven't uploaded any photos here sorry :-)
Also I would like to mention that the bolts to resecure the pan to the tranny once you have put the new gasket on, only need to be hand tighten. Be careful, it is very easy to strip them out.
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I think the shop charged me around $800-900
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So I tore into the dash this weekend to get to the stereo's sub output; and while I was at it I took out the gauge pod. It turns out that my "D" light bulb was burned out. So obviously we can't say that this would be the answer to D light out issues, but it was mine. I don't ever remember coming across those type of bulbs at the parts store, so I just swapped it with the "L" bulb and now my "D" works great, and I figure when and if I go to into 1st gear, I'll know anyway.
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tom, have you installed the solenoids yet? And if so, how was the install? What year is your VX, and the solenoid "kit" did it have what you needed?
Now my '00 is having the "same" issues as my '01. Looks like I'll get to do it twice. :upsetgray
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Sorry, no I haven't done the repair yet. Life has gotten in the way in some fairly major ways. It'll probably be late spring before I'll be able to get to it.
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Thanks for the reply; I hope all is well. I'll start gathering the parts in the next few weeks.
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does anyone still have part numbers for these solenoids - links above don't work anymore - Thanks, Larry
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Gents, I've been reading your posts trying to find the possible solution to my problem. Here we go.....I've left my house ( errands to the store)and the tranny shifts hard between 2nd & 3rd. It happens Up shifting and down shifting. This is the catch, when I return home, there are NO hard down or up shifting and none the the issues you are guys are having; like flickering lights or slippage. This only happen on the first drive of the day. FYI. I had the transmission serviced last week. They cleaned the screen , flushed the system and retop the fluids. I revisited the shop today and talked to the manger about my problem. He insured me that the service they did was text book. He even said that it had been serviced not to long ago and the insides look great. Any idea?
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@TexasVX2015
Might be far fetched but look and see if you have an AutoTrans Interceptor electronic shift modulator, (shift kit), installed.
http://www.vehicross.info/misc/misc_...ptor_thumb.jpg
Good Luck
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A word of caution and something to watch for depending on your mileage if the POs did not flush the system and you have now done so it could be an issue.
Several members have experienced transmission failure after flushing a system that had not previously been flushed.
Hope all goes well for you on this one.
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Also, make sure that the shop topped off the the trans fluid correctly. Our transmissions have a very specific way that they need to be filled. They need to be brought up to temperature, topped off, shifted through the gears, topped off, etc. If all of that wasn't done then you may be low on fluid which might be causing the hard shifts.
