Super VXer
Winter mode is only a start up thing, it makes the car start in second gear to reduce wheelspin on startup. It switches off at like 15mph or something close. You gotta press it each time you start up from a stop. Being in Fla. I've never used it , but I worked for Isuzu when this car came out.Rodeo and Tropper also have this feature.
Super VXer
Hi Chopper,
Thanks for your post! I've had the chance to study how the Winter Mode is supposed to work, and I have determined that it is working properly on my VX. It isn't the Winter Mode that is my problem, exactly...it seems to be just a problem with the warning light on my dash.
The Winter Mode light is ALWAYS on now, even when it isn't engaged. I can get the VX into Winter Mode, and it works fine. I can also take the VX OUT of Winter Mode, and it also seems to work fine.
But the light stays on at all times, all speeds, stopping, going, etc.
Something's up with the warning light!
New Member
Hi,
I don't think your problem is unique. Mine ('99) does too. My new problem is that the TOD keeps turning on randomly. I started experiencing this after a blowout but that's another story.
Ed
Super VXer
That's weird. I wonder if it's a 1999 thing, or just coincidence? I still haven't torn my VX apart to find the gremlin, since it's sort of a lame problem. It DRIVES fine, thankfully. Maybe when I do my stereo tweaking...
Does your light flicker on and off, or is it on all the time, solid?
Last edited by PHO2GR4 : 02/13/2007 at 11:15 AM
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Super VXer
pho2gr4, did you ever get this issue solved/did you gather any other info for it? im going to try to relocate my power/winter mode switches and change the switches they are on, was hoping you might have found a wiring diagram for them
"Engineers believe if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet"
Super VXer
No wiring diagram; sorry. I used a more scientific method: I waited for awhile, until the light just went out on its own.
That was a perfect solution! ...until the light started blinking on and off again sporadically. I knew a tougher solution was needed...so I waited HARDER.
That seems to have done the trick, because the Winter Mode light has been contentedly dark for over a month now. Waiting seems to work. I also found that I didn't notice the light as much in the daytime, or when I was looking out the windows.
Regardless, it's out for now. Seems to be fine. Weird problem, huh?
Super VXer
I don't think waiting had anything to do with it...it's spring now, so naturally the winter light would go off.
Super VXer
Eric, I have the electrical wiring manual. I will try to make some time to look in there and see if there is a schematic.
Bart
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