My mode position switch came in today!!!

[VXIRONwoMAN]

I'm not saying it ISN'T the switch you ordered...& this is just a long shot, but a possibility.
I had the same symptom with mine while in the "fine tuning" stages of installing the previously mentioned shift kit from Tone.
It's possible that the previous owner installed the kit & it needs adjustment.
The likely location of the adjustment module would be on the drivers side, up under the engine, where the exhaust pipe comes down from the manifold.
You would have to crawl under & look really hard to find it.( I have a difficult time finding mine sometimes, & I installed it. )

Just throwing it out there as a "maybe", in case the new switch doesn't solve your problem.

Thanks Big Brother!!! We will see if the problem persists after installation...I am still waiting to hear from SilverBullet. My problem has gotten progressively worse and is an eveyother day occurance and is now shifting slightly funny from 1st to 2nd, really bad between 2nd and 3rd and slightly funny between 3rd and 4th...so....i really hope this works. if not...I am going with Plan B (what ever Big Bro says! ) OH...it also randomly says that my Winter Drive is on when it isn't and It says it's in reverse/neutral/Park when i put it in drive when i have this aweful problem...any suggestions? I can't wait to have it fixed!

[Ldub]

OH...it also randomly says that my Winter Drive is on when it isn't and It says it's in reverse/neutral/Park when i put it in drive when i have this aweful problem...any suggestions? I can't wait to have it fixed!

NOW ya got me scratchin' my head little sister...hope your new switch is the fix!

[Cyrk]

I bet it is your mode switch.

I had the same symptoms and one of the tell tail signs is the reverse/neutral/Park thingy and hard shifts in the gears.
I also have the shift kit and it was unrelated to that.

Good Luck with it.

-Dave

[cyronman]

IRONwoMAN-

did you diagnose this problem from searching around here @.info?
I thought I had heard of all the issues to expect on the VX, but I hadn't heard of this one.
Also, was the switch easy to find?

JOHNNYAPOLLO-
Thanks!
it was the AutoTrans Interceptor Adjustable Electronic Shift Kit I was thinking of. That does sound better than shift thingy, doesn't it...

[VXIRONwoMAN]

IRONwoMAN-

did you diagnose this problem from searching around here @.info?
I thought I had heard of all the issues to expect on the VX, but I hadn't heard of this one.
Also, was the switch easy to find?

JOHNNYAPOLLO-
Thanks!
it was the AutoTrans Interceptor Adjustable Electronic Shift Kit I was thinking of. That does sound better than shift thingy, doesn't it...

I did diagnose the problem from searching on vx.info. There are quite a few other threads on it...

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ht=mode+switch

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ht=mode+switch

I haven't yet installed it...so easy to find on the car? I will let you know...I hear it is really easy to find... Easy to locate as a part? Yes! I called St. Charles Isuzu, talked to Merlin, and they knew exactly what i was talking about. They charged me $135 shipping was included. It's normally $158 and some change...They gave me an "internet discount" because I mentioned vx.info.

oh yeah...AutoTrans Interceptor Adjustable Electronic Shift Kit does sound better than shift thingy... :bgwg:

[etlsport]

i could be wrong about where the mode position switch is.. i was taking a semi educated guess, vxironwoman would know better than me what it looks like

edit.. yea looking though those other threads it looks like its on the side of the transmission.. not sure what the thing im thinking of is lol

[biju]

funny you should post this. i have one sitting around. Here's what a mode selector switch looks like:







-biju.