Introduce yourself here!

Thought I would introduce myself here and give my story on my VX experience.
Three years ago I had a 99 VX, I traded in my modified Geo tracker in for it cause I wanted something safer to drive around during the winter months in Pullman Wa. Was listed at the dealership for $10.5K with 71K on the ODO. I traded in my tracker and talked them down to $7.1K out the door because it needed new tires and the battery was corroded up. Had the stock 18" chromes and was light grey with the red/black interior. I instantly fell in love with it!
Well about a year later I was driving from Seattle WA back to Pullman WA(across the state) at about 3AM...I fell asleep at the wheel and ended up rolling my VX. According to the driver who witnessed the incident on the other side of the freeway(heading the opposite direction), he said I rolled a total of seven times!:eekgray: I landed on my wheels and funny thing was the engine was still running/idling like a champ!
I came out unharmed besides whiplash, some cuts on my left shoulder and a seatbelt burn. I had to crawl out of the window as the door was crushed shut.
Not a day goes by that I don't miss the hell out of my VX! I am now on the hunt for another one, and as most of you know it is not easy to find one in decent shape that is for sale. I may have found one decently close to where I live and I am currently going back and forth with him. Hopefully he decides to trade me!

Good luck with that Red and welcome back.

yeah red, welcome back. and many VXers on this forum are willing to go check out a VX for you if it's close to them.:thumbup:

Don't forget the checklist to help ask for info on the truck!

hi there. i'm from europe, Latvia. my story of VX start in 2007, when me and my frend 'have a too much mony in bank accaunt' and we bougth vehi for offroad compation. we modificiated VX with winch, lift, 33" tires and ride offrod for 2 years. from 2009-20012 i'm forget about this car. it was in garage for 2-3 years, because there was a problem with engine electonics, but last year we fix it. last month i bought another demage vx, and at this time i want to make from 2 vx one nice and original vehi for non offroad driving :) I will try to put same pictures how job is going.

P.S.
where i can buy white flashers ??? i have original yellow.
P.S.S.
Sorry for my bad english, i have been in US 10 years ago for 6 months, i forget a little bit.

Thanks

Welcome ANDERS ... nice story.

No worries about your english. You probably speak it better than I do.

Here's one thread on the lenses you're looking for:

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ght=clear+lens

Only taken 4 months of scanning the internet but wow was it worth it!!!

My vx is a 99 3.2 and I can only describe it as.........

Y E A H ! ! ! !

It's totally awesome!!!
Ok this motor is 14 yrs old but other than the registration you wouldn't know. It's mint!!!
Paint work, interior, wheels, underneath, engine bay...... It's like it's 4 months old not 14 years! Did I mention it's got under 40,000 miles on the clock, with a folder full of documents confirming the miles!

Dream come true.

And the sound of that exhaust! (Can't be standard, it sounds like a 4.2 v8 not a 3.2 v6)

I'm so so happy!
"Can't you tell"

I actually own a piece of ultra rare automotive history!
How many Audi, Vauxhall, BMW etc etc owners can say that!

(Now I just don't want it to break down... Lol)

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And the sound of that exhaust! (Can't be standard, it sounds like a 4.2 v8 not a 3.2 v6)

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The previous owner may have installed a Powervault PV1 or 2 catback exhaust. I've got the PV1 and love the sound.

Yeah, you sound like a happy owner, and sounds like you picked up a real winner!

Hey, I'm Tracy. I've had my silver VX a little less than a year now. I've always wanted one and found it way too close to me and way too cheap to pass up, so I got it. I'm in Joplin, MO where there are at least 4 others that I see around. I also have a 1966 Barracuda, 1986 928, and a 1992 850.

hello, everyone. I sure am glad for this site. I am a 55 yr. old male from Penn and love gathering 4x4 Japanese ......oddities lets say. I have so far a 1985 Suzuki samurai Tin Top $500. purchase price. A 1996 Suzuki X90 $1000. and now a 1999 Isuzu Vehicross for $ 900. all three are in decent shap and run and drive. So I am looking forward to everyones input as a bring the VX back to full glory. thanks again

WOW....

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and now a 1999 Isuzu Vehicross for $ 900. a

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.... insanely cheap price for a 'decent shape' runner!

Do tell the story on that one!

Jo

Exactly! We need the story! I got mine for $1000 but "running" included an incredible engine knock (spun bearing) and a fair amount of rust and abuse.

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WOW....



.... insanely cheap price for a 'decent shape' runner!

Do tell the story on that one!

Jo

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Hi there. I am a new vcross owner. Just bought my 2001 yesterday. 97K miles. I am sad to say that today I had my first mechanical issue. After it warms up it doesn't want to shift through gears on its own. I can manually shift through gears but if I start from a stop in D it revs to 2000 rpms and basically puts forward. As if its trying to take off in a high gear. Any other issues like this? Also, having the intermittent high rpms. I am totally in-love with this little Zombie Assault Vehicle. Want him to feel better.

First congratulations on your new ride.

Second: I had a similar thing happen recently to my VX, this can be caused by low transmission fluid, and/or the neutral safety switch/Transaxle Range switch Circuit

Code:P0705 Transaxle Range Switch Circuit

Go to this page to see the codes: http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ighlight=P0705

If you do not have a diagnostic tool most auto parts store will read the codes for you, if you cannot get them to do it PM me or send me an email I am in Denver and I have a code reader and I can read the codes for you if you can get it to me.

Isuzu does call it a neutral safety switch. http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...?t=7506&page=2
8-96017-511-0 "Neutral Safety Switch"

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...OSS&vi=1373554

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...mString=search

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...hedFrom=header

I am pretty new here so I suggest that you post about this here http://www.vehicross.info/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8

I am sure you get lots of help.

Welcome fellow Colorado VXer!
You may want to search these forums and do a fair amount of reading up on the tranny issues. I think the trans is definitely one of the VX weak points. Another being oil consumption so keep a close eye on your oil level until you know how much it uses. The high RPMs are probably a fuel pressure regulator, if it's a problem replace it.
Cheers,
Scott

The thing with the high RPM is that the NSS (neutral safety switch/Transaxle range switch) did cause mine to have high RMPs and act like it wanted to take off on its own when stopped at a light. Basically when the glitch starts the VX will get a high RMP and then when you let off the brake it kind of takes off like you are giving it gas, it did kind of freak me out I had never had this happen in any other car before so it was new to me.

A few times it would start acting up while driving if I was coasting at say 30MPH it would accelerate on it own and quickly go from 30 to 40 it kind of felt like a runaway VX. I was not a huge deal as you can easily slow it down just by braking but it was strange to say the least.

The other thing was when it was acting up when I put it in park the RMPs would get even higher. If I turned off the ignition and waited a few minutes sometimes I could restart it and it would then act normal again, and stay that way for 10 minutes or a couple of days, so it was hard to find the problem.

I do not know how many miles his VX has but mine only had 60K on it when it did this.

After replacing the switch it was fine for a few days and then it started acting strange again so I rechecked the trans fluid (total pain in the *****) it was only a little low so I filled it and cleared the codes. So far it has been about 2 weeks and has been normal.

I still do not trust it though I am hopeful it is fixed.

This problem caused me to get compulsive reading disorder and I looked up and read anything I could find on this issue, so like I said PM me or email me if you want the whole story I spent at least 3 weeks reading up on this strange anomaly/problem. This post is already too long and I have a lot more I can tell you about this problem from the beginning to today.

Compulsive Reading Disorder - Good one! :laugho: :thumbup:

Is the NSS also called the "mode switch"? - - seems like I recall reading some posts about the irregular/high RPMs and the mode switch was involved.
(but I could be wrong - -just thought I'd toss it out there - - so he would have more reading to do :goof: )

Compulsive Reading Disorder is the only way to describe it, when I do not know something I feel compelled to learn about it even if I am up all night reading everything I can find until I know I have learned all about the said thing.

Yes it is sometimes called the mode switch, so if you are having a similar problem you will have to look for topics on all the different names this switch is called.

I also forgot to mention that I had a remote start/alarm installed before this problem started and I had a problem with a Trooper I had after installing a remote start. Coincidence? Maybe, but I wonder I hade to replace the stitch under the console in the Trooper that also controlled the shifter and allowed the key to be removed, when the Trooper had a malfunction the RMPs were not affected but when the switch went the key would no longer come out of the column.

I am not sure it was because of the remote start but it was confirmed it was the install that caused the problem.

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Hi there. I am a new vcross owner. Just bought my 2001 yesterday. 97K miles. I am sad to say that today I had my first mechanical issue. After it warms up it doesn't want to shift through gears on its own. I can manually shift through gears but if I start from a stop in D it revs to 2000 rpms and basically puts forward. As if its trying to take off in a high gear. Any other issues like this? Also, having the intermittent high rpms. I am totally in-love with this little Zombie Assault Vehicle. Want him to feel better.

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ZAVior, for the transmission problem, try pressing the "Winter" mode switch.
If that has accidentally been pressed down, the vehicle tries to start off in 3rd gear to prevent wheelspin on icy roads.

Cheap and easy fix if it works, and "someone" might have accidentally pressed the switch when cleaning around it.

PK

The winter button doesn't stay on when pressed. Seems to not like 2nd gear. Had transmission fluid checked while getting oil changed today. They said it was pretty low. Still having same problem though. Guess extended warranty might come in handy.

ZAVior, the "winter" button won't stay depressed when you push it. It should, however, light up a "winter mode" light on the dash but that light could be out. Like PK said, the winter mode starts the VX off in third gear to avoid wheel slippage on slick roads. After about 10-15 mph the winter mode turns itself off and the VX should act normally until you come to a stop at which point it turns itself on again to start you out in third gear. Maybe try pressing the button again (just once) at your next stop and see if it helps any.

I'm hoping that that is the easy fix, but if you had your fluid checked, and topped off correctly (there is quite an involved process for filling a VX transmission) and the issue still persists, then it may be something else. As others have said, the mode selector switch may be going out, but when that has happened to others here, the gear selector lights usually go a little hay wire, flashing back and forth. The mode switch is fairly easy to get to, take apart, clean and put back in so that might be the next "easy fix" to try.

Good luck and welcome. Always good to see another CO VXer in the mix.

I bought my vehicross yesterday. I named it Frankenstein. It has been hacked up and put back together using a dodge 4x4 for all the doner parts. Part of me said don't by it. The other part didn't listen. I need some help, a few parts, & some love. I need to post some pics of Frankenstein its on roids.

Looking forward to seeing those pix. We need to have you park Frankenstein next to Marlin-stein for some pix:)

Help! How do I post pics of Frankenstein? My computer died, all I have is a smart phone with pics.

From Home Page:

Gallery => Gallery Links => Upload Photos

Thanks Tom, I figured it out this morning. I have 2 pics in my gallery .

WOW. I need to see more pictures of that thing. I see a solid axle up front and a different axle out back (leaf springs?). How much of the original running gear is left on the VX or is it all Dodge now?

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WOW. I need to see more pictures of that thing. I see a solid axle up front and a different axle out back (leaf springs?). How much of the original running gear is left on the VX or is it all Dodge now?

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Every thing was cut off the VX frame. Yes its all dodge running gear now, including the 360 V8. I need to get more pics loaded on here. The leaf springs and shock towers look like like Isuzu put them on. :yeso: Most of the welds are very nice.:group:

WOW...... :eek:

Thats an interesting ride, and Frankenstein is so apt!

Pics of underneath would be awesome..and engine...
..... and ......well....EVERYTHING!!

If I read you right..its basically a body swap onto the 4X4 dodge frame.

I'm super interested in this as my eventual goal is to put a VX body...

...on an early ( 70-74 ish ) Bronco / 302 V8 rolling chassis.

May I ask what you paid for it...

...and suggest you open a whole new thread on it!!

Jo

:dan_ban:A thread on Frankenstein is a great idea. It still has the VX frame. I need to take more pics. I found some trxus mt 33" tires in my basement. I will put them on tomorrow. Jo I am a early bronco addic, but Frankenstein has a hook in me. :dan_ban:

Greetings VXers!

Yesterday I finally picked up a VX to call my own, a 2000 Kaiser Silver on Gray interior.

I've owned a '98 Rodeo 5-speed that I've lifted and had many years of fun with in the snow and very mild off-roading with. Unfortunately, 15 years of New England winters have taken their toll on her frame, and I've just about run out of interest (and skill) to properly repair her.

Once I joined the planetisuzoo forums and started lurking around and reading about various members' Troopers, Rodeos, and eventually the rare Vehicross, I knew I had to pick one up should one come up for sale in these parts. I had a near miss a year or so ago - one in great shape on craigslist, but alas the price wasn't within reach (of neither my wallet nor my conscience).

This season I've been more fortunate and I was able to scoop one up practically down the street from my house. She's a little rough around the edges - transfer case might be a time bomb, a couple interior pieces missing or broken, the driver's seatback doesn't work right, etc. But she's mine!

After being inspired by VT_Maverick and BigMeatVX's 5-speed swaps, I'm even more excited for the future of this girl. Surely I'll be wandering through the salvage thread to repair her many blemishes, but I can't wait.

PS. I would appreciate any attention my thread on the transfer case you guys would be willing to give! :bwgy:

My name is Angela and I have admired and adored these cars since they were introduced. Finally at a place (Montana) and point in my life to buy one! :yesy: Found mine on ebay....it was in Madison WI so me and a buddy flew out from Bozeman this past Saturday and got home on Tuesday night. My VX is a 2001 Proton Yellow, #1095, and in perfect condition! Has all manuals and a dealer brochure too! 85K on the odo......I'm madly in love...drives awesome and getting new tires tomorrow! Found this forum from Facebook page. Glad to be an owner finally! Its gonna be a great rig for MT....snow tomorrow...oh yeah:winky:

My son and I are afflicted with the "car" disease. VX's were always interesting. I would look around, CL, eBay, etc. And finally found one near by in Spokane Washington. My afflicted son is an engineering student at gonzaga and we put together a scheme to get a look before the seller showed the rig to the masses. He took some cash and was suppose to call me when he was getting introduced to the rig. He texted me on the way back to school and said "done deal dad". Two weeks later I was there, drove our prize back to Olympia, a little shop time getting some sorely needed service and its off to the races. Still needs some nagging repairs. The windows suck, no sound system. That really about it except for the exhaust.

Welcome jarruda, VXN8N, falknvx. I liked reading your different stories on how Y'all became VX'rs. You should fit in our little family quite nicely. Best of luck on your approaches to making your rigs unique to you.

I am currently living in the Lowcountry of SC and planning to spend the winter in the NC Blue Ridge. So I'll need a vehicle that can handle snow, ice, and mountains. Once the VX appeared on my horizon, I haven't been able to see anything else.
Any purchasing advice will be greatly appreciated!

It's alla way out in AZ but VX KAT is selling hers. Probably one of the best maintained VXs out there so you'd be getting a reliable rig. IIRC, hers was originally from VA so if you get it, it'll be coming back home.

There's also an Ebony for sale in Philly that looked pretty good.

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I am currently living in the Lowcountry of SC and planning to spend the winter in the NC Blue Ridge. So I'll need a vehicle that can handle snow, ice, and mountains. Once the VX appeared on my horizon, I haven't been able to see anything else.
Any purchasing advice will be greatly appreciated!

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VX Kat's thread re her car for sale

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=24956

Hi, all! I joined way back when and then lost this site. My 99 VX is still running well. Other than some minor normal maintenance issues and some cosmetic stuff, she's holding up. I'm thinking about doing a little restoration work to get it back to it's original state. Perhaps I'll look in the parts threads to see who has what and post what I need.

Hey everyone. My name is Don. Currently looking to buy a VX. I'm kind of an attention whore when it comes to vehicles so the VX is right up my alley. I've owned a 2002 Axiom (ex wife got it) & currently own a 1990 Amigo that I use for playing in the dirt. I have wanted a VX as an upgrade for the Amigo for some time. I was really interested in Kat's but I contacted her the day it sold. (I would have even kept the purple accents) :yesy: Hope you don't mind if I lurk about.

Hello all,

Hmmm...where to begin. The name's Jeffrey, but family calls me Eppy. Friend call me Epex or just "E".

I had an accident in Pasadena, CA on October 6th, 2013. The other driver ran a red light and T-boned my just bought used car (Toyota Corolla S)of 2 weeks, 150 miles driven and still a full tank of gas (sigh... on that last one).

The accident left me a bit weary of smaller cars. I've been looking for something a bit beefier. Choices are Saab 9-3 2.0T and a Volvo XC90/S60.

I was look at reviews and say an article saying something about "ugly cars that never should have been made" or something like it. Lo and behold, I fell in love with the VX. I just found this site the other night and only today did I registed and quickly looked at the sales thread.

I was looking at member skcorssorcihev's sale thread. http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=25019
Hopefully my claims check arrives and I can make a deal. It's in my price range and I have to account for an additional $1000 for transporting to SoCal.

I would be appreciative for any info/advice I am given regarding matters such as the VX, transport to SoCal, life in general, and etc. :D