Nervous, Worried, Help Please!

[maxw]

ISUZU issued a bulletin about this some time ago to their dealers/mechanics . Apparently the drive shaft length is such that gear changes can induce a clunk which is not necessarily abnormal. This is minimized by driving in the normal mode, ie not in Power mode.
I enquired about the same thing in mine and it is variable.
Just something to think about after you've considered the other above suggestions.
The VX is still a hell of alot of fun to drive tho'.
Safe driving to you.

[Maugan_VX]

my stuff clunks all the time. All of my auto zu's have.

Go get a transmission service if you need to calm your nerves

[nfpgasmask]

Hmmm, yeah, this morning I drove into work with "POWER" turned on, and everything was ok. So, in the last 24 hours, this only happened for the one little drive I made from the post office yesterday. And I know everyone is saying that the shifting is normally a little clunky, but again, this was abnormal shifting, I am sure of this.

Anyway, my little "jumping spider" is driving like a champ at the moment, so I will keep everyone posted.

Thanks everyone.

Bart

[VehiGAZ]

I had a one-time occurrance of really-hard-gearchanges, which sounds like your problem. It happened on one trip only, and only affected the 1-2 and 2-3 gearchanges. The gear changes slammed hard, but otherwise everything worked. It went away after shutting off and restarting the VX, and hasn't been back since.

[nfpgasmask]

I had a one-time occurrance of really-hard-gearchanges, which sounds like your problem. It happened on one trip only, and only affected the 1-2 and 2-3 gearchanges. The gear changes slammed hard, but otherwise everything worked. It went away after shutting off and restarting the VX, and hasn't been back since.

So far, this is exactly my experience, but it has only been 24 hours. When 3 months pass with no issues, then I will consider it a fluke. Until then, I am still worried!

Bart

[Tornado]

Mine did the exact same thing, and off to the dealer it went. It threw the code for the electric do-dad in the side of the transmission. They replaced it under warranty and all has been fine since. I figure it's better to get it replaced on there dime early on then mine later!

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, so it has been almost 2 weeks since I reported this incident, and to date it has not happened again. I have been driving in "POWER" mode mostly (what can I say, other than its better). I am just hoping it stays free of this weird shifting issue going foward.

Thanks everyone for the info.

Bart

[VehiX]

I had a one-time occurrance of really-hard-gearchanges, which sounds like your problem. It happened on one trip only, and only affected the 1-2 and 2-3 gearchanges. The gear changes slammed hard, but otherwise everything worked. It went away after shutting off and restarting the VX, and hasn't been back since.

This happened to me as well, exactly as you've stated. It only happened once and never happened again. It scared the heck out of me too, I'll tell ya that. It tooks a few weeks for me to stop worrying and thinking about it!

BTW, a code was never thrown when it happened to me