Results 1 to 15 of 40

Thread: How many owners have noticed engine vibration (around 2500 rpms)?

Hybrid View

89Vette How many owners have noticed... 05/26/2010, 07:55 PM
RamAirZ I have the same thing, I feel... 05/26/2010, 08:36 PM
VX crazy i have so much vibration that... 05/26/2010, 08:36 PM
SuperBoomTurbo Sounds like a cheap date! 05/27/2010, 06:03 PM
SuperBoomTurbo For the actual post:... 05/27/2010, 06:22 PM
RamAirZ lol, saves money on toys huh 05/26/2010, 08:47 PM
89Vette Is the crank pulley... 05/26/2010, 09:24 PM
RamAirZ I remember someone talking... 05/26/2010, 09:43 PM
Triathlete Seems to me that if there was... 05/26/2010, 09:54 PM
89Vette Thanks! (BTW: Who's Jerry?)... 05/26/2010, 10:24 PM
SlowPro48 Then don't buy a vehicle that... 05/27/2010, 12:31 PM
RamAirZ I'm thinking it's more engine... 05/26/2010, 10:05 PM
RamAirZ Jerry is like the GOD of the... 05/26/2010, 11:10 PM
89Vette :thumbup: 05/27/2010, 06:53 AM
MSHardeman Glad to hear that it's not... 05/27/2010, 07:32 AM
RamAirZ Here is a response from... 05/27/2010, 07:58 AM
RamAirZ Like I said, for me it's... 05/27/2010, 12:40 PM
Triathlete I had the pleasure of meeting... 05/27/2010, 01:07 PM
RamAirZ Ya he's an awesome guy! His... 05/27/2010, 01:12 PM
RamAirZ Putting it in drive with your... 05/27/2010, 06:47 PM
SuperBoomTurbo Off topic, but do you... 05/27/2010, 07:58 PM
RamAirZ Well alot of it has to do... 05/27/2010, 11:49 PM
89Vette Thanks. I note this... 05/27/2010, 11:59 PM
RamAirZ Well NEED is a term used... 05/28/2010, 12:10 AM
deermagnet I have an Isuzu tech training... 05/28/2010, 06:53 AM
SlowPro48 Haha! Mark your VX has been... 05/29/2010, 11:52 AM
89Vette Thanks for the reply! This... 05/29/2010, 12:34 PM
RamAirZ Well also a vibration to one... 05/28/2010, 09:38 AM
89Vette I agree this is a DIFFICULT... 05/28/2010, 01:03 PM
89Vette Maybe this 6VE1 really isn't... 05/28/2010, 09:20 PM
technocoy I think this is a car that... 05/28/2010, 10:23 PM
Ldub Well said...:thumbup: 05/28/2010, 10:44 PM
navistar Any problems I've ever had... 05/29/2010, 08:23 AM
89Vette This is my "Man of the Hour".... 05/29/2010, 12:41 PM
SuperBoomTurbo Oh, I don't know. Eighteen... 05/30/2010, 08:31 AM
RamAirZ I avg. about 17 with my lift... 05/30/2010, 12:55 PM
Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Member Since
    Jun 2004
    Location
    99 Astral Silver VX #1872 + 99 Ironman WIP
    Posts
    10,613
    Thanked: 1
    Quote Originally Posted by technocoy View Post
    I think this is a car that you can find any number of things that shoulda woulda coulda.

    Like I've said before it was never a secret that this car was a short run and essentially a prototype that was pushed to a short labored manufacturing run.

    I previously owned a Trooper and an original model Amigo, every single Isuzu I have ever owned or ridden in had a certain "truth" about it for lack of a better term. They are robust and well built but there isn't much of an attempt made to mask every vibration, noise and such and there is always a certain lack of detail when it came to nonessential things such as window tracks.

    I obviously can't drive the particular vehicle you are interviewing, but even if it did have an issue that can be remedied I can tell you at some point there will be another one. There is a passion for this vehicle that has to be had. I went into it knowing about the engine issues, the window issues, etc, but I also knew I had never seen anything I had wanted so badly and that it used a standard Isuzu powerplant for the most part. I resolved myself to the fact I was going to own this car forever and that if the engine goes that I would, in fact, replace it. Yes, I take it in and try to find resolve to some issues, but for others, it runs like a beast and I love driving it. It's loud, it's rough, but that's what I bought.

    I just think that if you are already finding issues every which way you should either not settle with this particular VX if it's really an abnormal vibration, or it's possible that you may just not want to get a VX. There are features and characteristics that have been mulled over and over and over again on these forums.

    Like you said, one man's vibration is another man's backrub, but I really honestly think that these "issues" (all relative right?) are standard on this model.

    You are right, you couldn't sell the roughness of this engine today. Of course, you probably couldn't work on an engine in most of the cars today in your average garage either. But this car isn't being sold today, it was being sold 11 years ago and it was never a Honda Civic or Ford Ranger. There are less than 10,000 of these unicorns. They were hand assembled and it is essentially a short run prototype.

    You may prove me wrong, but you aren't going to find a perfect VX. They are only perfect to the people who love them above and beyond all the little bits and annoyances.

    Just my two cents, again, hahaha. I really do hope you get in one, it's exciting to still have the VehiCross getting people riled up, but it isn't for everyone. I can tell you know, if you do decide to stick with one, I have NEVER encountered a better support group and honest group of mutual fanatics as those here on this site.

    Cheers.
    Well said...

  2. #2
    Member Since
    Mar 2007
    Location
    2001 black vehicross 1190
    Posts
    339
    Thanked: 0
    Any problems I've ever had with my VX has been more than made up for by the stares I get every time I drive it. Oh, and the great gas mileage.

  3. #3
    Member Since
    Feb 2010
    Location
    2001 VX 1320 -- Ebony
    Posts
    728
    Thanked: 19
    Quote Originally Posted by navistar View Post
    Any problems I've ever had with my VX has been more than made up for by the stares I get every time I drive it. Oh, and the great gas mileage.
    This is my "Man of the Hour". Navi is the one who personally visited and introduced me to the VX concept. Before he was nice enough to visit, I was only able to view/judge from afar. If was his congeniality that helped me move from intrigue to infatuation. At this point, I'm hoping to continue until I hit satisfaction!

    I can't get no..., I can't get no...., satisfaction. Cause I've tried...and I've tried...and I've tried.

    R. Stones

  4. #4
    Member Since
    Mar 2010
    Location
    1999 Hi Yo! Silver Astral #1275
    Posts
    88
    Thanked: 0
    Quote Originally Posted by navistar View Post
    Any problems I've ever had with my VX has been more than made up for by the stares I get every time I drive it. Oh, and the great gas mileage.
    Oh, I don't know. Eighteen highway is pretty thrifty compared to a bench stock 454, which gets 12 highway, 14 if you baby it!

    I tell everyone that you have to remember, when the vx came out, gas was 1.12 a gallon. Who cared about mileage?! Its getting better than 1 hp per cubic inch of displacement, which is the bare minimum of acceptable performance in my mind (an I mean Bare! If honda and ferrari can get 100+ hp per liter and make it last, why can't someone else?) on a vehicle that's pushing 4000 pounds of steel and rubber.

    In that view, 18 doesn't seem so bad!
    "Forum signatures are for fools." ~Anonymous Fool

Similar Threads

  1. A/C only gets cold at higher RPMs...
    By SilverBullet75 in forum VX Troubleshooting...
    Replies: 19
    Last Post: 08/26/2009, 09:34 AM
  2. $2500 Tata Nano Unvieled
    By johnnyapollo in forum VX Talk...
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: 01/10/2008, 06:48 PM
  3. RPMs are over revving
    By Offroad vx in forum VX Troubleshooting...
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 12/29/2007, 06:21 PM
  4. Trans shifting and RPMs?
    By 14erclimber in forum VX Troubleshooting...
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 09/26/2003, 10:11 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
$lv_vb_eventforums_eventdetails