Idiot Owner Ruins Transmission

[Leah]

And I am that idiot! Oh, I am so mad at myself. We have had standard transmissions for so long, I had no clue that I had to flush the VX tranny every 30k or so miles and as far as I know, it was never done, not even one time in 105,500 miles!!! (I heard your collective gasp! And now I can hear you all discussiong how I should be banned from this website and my VX should be taken from me and my hands should be slapped. Hard!) I don't know how many times I have taken my truck in (to various places we trusted) to have it serviced, handed the tech the owner's manual open to the page of listed items to be done at x number of miles, but apparently, no one else saw "Flush transmission" on that list - ever! Now Isuzu tells me the transmission is clanking because it's ruined and I need a new one. Can somebody please help me and tell me what to do and where to go - I heard that!

[transio]

Leah,

The tranny flush is supposed to be a part of the 30k service. I don't know why they didn't do it at those intervals! That really sucks! I think you can get a transmission from any old Trooper. Considering that you're more comfortable with a stick shift, though, you might want to look for compatible manual transmissions that you can slap in!

[Leah]

Slap is right, but it's my face that should be...slapped, that is. Will the Trooper transmission work with the VX's power and winter drive modes and TOD? Also, does the length of the vehicle have any bearing on transmission transplantability? I know nothing about transmissions - clearly - other than that they make the car go...or not if one doesn't take care of them.

[SPAZZ]

$900

[psychos2]

what exactly is it doing? when is it doing it? need more info.and like anything else ,get a second opinion. shawn

[SilverBullet75]

You mentioned it was "Clanking"...
Are you experiencing a slamming into gears?
If so, you may want to do a search on Transmission Mode Switch.
EASY fix... and the part is around $200.... fairly common part failure.