Nervous, Worried, Help Please!

[Anita]

Yes, it still could be the mode switch. It some cases it happens sporadically. Hard, even violent gear shifts definitely can be the switch.

[Tone]

An indicator of the mode switch failing is the illumination of the gear selection in the cluster is out.

[nfpgasmask]

Are you talking about in the center of the dash or the on the TOD cluster? I have not noticed any lights out, but I will make a point to watch for this.

Thanks.

Bart

An indicator of the mode switch failing is the illumination of the gear selection in the cluster is out.

[nfpgasmask]

OK, so it seems like this hateful "clunking" takes place mostly when I am in Power Drive. So what is going on when Power Drive is enabled that could cause this shift slamming?

Bart

[etlsport]

power mode lets you rev a little higher than you normally would.. could just be that your gears are spinning faster when the shift happens, so more noticable clunk?

[nfpgasmask]

power mode lets you rev a little higher than you normally would.. could just be that your gears are spinning faster when the shift happens, so more noticable clunk?

I suppose that could be it. It seems to definitely be when I downshift outta 3rd back into 2nd and then quickly back up to 3rd. It clunks and jerks a little.

However, I must say this, the clunks that I am noticing now (probably because I am paying overly close attention to it) do not happen like the day when it was happening really bad EVERY TIME I shifted from 2nd to 3rd. So maybe some of the "normal" clunking of the VX I am indeed mistaking for a problem, however I know for a fact, the occasion when the violent shifting occurred was ANYTHING but normal.

So we'll see.

Bart

[etlsport]

yeah i get some clunking too.. usually when i do something to cause it.. like changes in acceleration around the gear change, either giving more gas or letting off right before a gear change, that kind of stuff is to be expected with a heavier car, i definately have paranoid moments with noises.. like the other day i was on a highway that hadnt been paved in awhile and i kept hitting spots that hadnt settled as much and had a rythmic bumping... and i started freaking out, then i changed lanes and the bumping went away... hahaha

[vrsvx]

I had the same issue a month after I got mine. I drove to a local mall(85 degrees)and when leaving I had the first gear shift was hard like the torque converter was loading up. I am planning on taking it in in a few weeks and have them drain and put synthetic fluid in it. Knock on wood I have not heard the noise since.

[nfpgasmask]

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to swap it out. I've been paying attention to the RPMs, and it seems like when it happens, the gear box is trying to shift up from 2nd to 3rd a tad to early, causing the harsch "clunk" and a few of my nerves getting shredded each time

Thanks - Bart

Yes, it still could be the mode switch. It some cases it happens sporadically. Hard, even violent gear shifts definitely can be the switch.