My mode position switch came in today!!!

[biju]

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







-biju.

[Zorak]

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

-biju.

Before I order 1 from Merlin...any interest in selling yours??

[VXIRONwoMAN]

Yep!!! Biju's got it! That's what I got! Part number and all!!!

Cece

[SilverBullet75]

Cece,
The part you ordered... does it look like what Biju just posted?
If so, that's what you need.
Look for my PM... coming your way now...

[SilverBullet75]

You answered my question 2 minutes before I posted it...
I was typing it while you posted yours... LOL

[VXIRONwoMAN]

You answered my question 2 minutes before I posted it...
I was typing it while you posted yours... LOL

Great minds think alike...lol!!!

[biju]

Before I order 1 from Merlin...any interest in selling yours??

hi zorak. thx for asking, but not for sale... i have a bad habit of hoarding vx parts over time for the 'just in case' scenario. i think i got this from isuzuparts dot com for roughly 150?

-biju.

[JHarris1385]

isuzuparts (dot) com. haha

[nfpgasmask]

I had the EXACT same problem, with the EXACT same symptoms. Changing my trans fluid and filter made the problem disappear. Its been a year and no harsch shifting from 2nd to 3rd.

Bart

It's called a mode switch, position switch, mode position switch or whatever...it is known to fail on the VX for whatever reason and it causes my vx to shift very hard from 2nd to 3rd gear. It sounds like a hard clunk and then it kicks...it's really weird. It doesn't happen all the time...and it seems to reset everything if you turn it off and then back on again. there are a few other posts about the problem. that's how i diagnosed my problem. My symptoms were identical to the others. I don't believe Tone has it...I ordered my part from St. Charles Isuzu. Be glad you haven't had this problem yet. It makes me cringe everytime i hear it.

[SilverBullet75]

The one symptom that may trump that is the electrical glitch with the dash lights. This is driven by the Trans Mode Switch.
A good idea anyway... changing the fluid/filter.
Thanks,
---JIM---

[Anita]

FYI - When my mode switch went out I had HARD shifts up and down, not just 2nd to 3rd. It came on one morning and shifting was so violent there was no way but limp straight to the mechanic. It did affect the shift point lights on my dash.

[SilverBullet75]

Hi Anita,
Hope you are doing well!

That's exactly what mine did.
When Cece told me the symptoms I knew it was the mode switch.
I'm going to replace it on the 19th... the circle will then be complete.

---JIM---

[VXIRONwoMAN]

I had the EXACT same problem, with the EXACT same symptoms. Changing my trans fluid and filter made the problem disappear. Its been a year and no harsch shifting from 2nd to 3rd.

Bart

I had my fluid flushed a little less than a year ago along with the filter...problem went away up until I moved to Vegas...and then...it came back... Oh well...my baby is getting fixed on the 19th...then no more problems!! YAY!

[nfpgasmask]

Cool. Hopefully it will get you back to normal. Its weird, I almost bought a replacement mode switch too, when mine was shifting bad, but then I just did the trans service and voila, no more bad shifting....

Bart

I had my fluid flushed a little less than a year ago along with the filter...problem went away up until I moved to Vegas...and then...it came back... Oh well...my baby is getting fixed on the 19th...then no more problems!! YAY!

[LittleBeast]

I have been having the same hard shifting problem for a while and since it sarted doing this close to a transmission service I assumed they screwed something up. But they even tried the transmission mode selector shifter thing but that only fixed the problem for a few days. Now everytime it shifts out of 1st it blows my gauge fuse, so for a while now I have had no idea how fast I am going what my rpm's are, but even worse I don't know how much gas I have, nor am I adding mileage to the odometer (that might be a good thing). So I have ordered a transmission harness ($237.34) just in case they can't patch up the old harness. We will see.