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I've had it checked out for over a year by many... and no one can resolve the issue. Does anyone have a solution??
Any help with these problems im having would be awesome.
P.S. It has the 3.1 TBI engine.
MECHANIC SHOWS NO READING THAT THE TRANNY IS GIVING
ANY REPORTS. I DO HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SHOWING
FUEL SENDING UNIT / SENSOR. WOULD THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE OVERDRIVE. OR ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
Check all the ground wires first(alternator to the firewall to begin with).Make sure you get the right one thou. If not, you won't get proper voltage and end up with the same or similar problem.
Good luck.
Good Luck.
I've had the Rodeo for nearly 10 years and love it. However, the trasmission is now not shifting smoothly. I assume low fluid or fluid that needs to be replaced.
The owner's manual says to replace the fluid every "X" miles. I asssume the dealership has been doing that...............I go to a Honda dealership because there is no Isuzu dealership where I live.
The vehicle now has 105K miles on it. I made an appointment for a tune-up and mentioned the transmission problem. When they gave me the keys back saying the work was done they also told me they didn't do the transmission because they don't have the tools. Now I'm assuming the fluid has never been checked or changed...........I'm just a bit on the pisturbed side wishing they had mentioned this 80K miles ago.
This has the transmission with no dipstick or easy-access filler port; basically, non-owner check and topoff/change.
The shop manual says there is a special tool, a thermometer, for checking the temp of the fluid and that the temp has to be in a certain range for the check to be done properly.
The shop manual goes on to say the car should be level and running!!!! So, this appears to be an issue that we can't do by jacking the car up!!!!!
Draining the fluid looks straight forward but then you have the filling problem. Again, the car needs to be level so jacking it up to get at the filler port is out of the question.
The Honda folks say they have a pump to do the job. I can see where that would be good because the funnel and long hose is going to make a big mess!
Any suggestions?
Has anyone taken their car to a transmission shop and been able to get the work done?
Thanks.
Rick
Good Luck
Well, I own a 98 rodeo, great little SUV. I have two little problems - First, I has happened for the past two summers, in the heat. The shifting into 3rd grear and out is rough. This is an intermittant problem. Last year I took it in to a garage(national chain) and they had it for two days, no issues nor did the computer find any error messages(what they told me). So they charged me nothing and told me to wait for it to happen again. All winter long it is OK, but in the heat I notice that the light indicator does not always match the Shifter (auto trans) or it is delayed, ex- if it is in Drive the light might read neutral for a few seconds before it hits drive.
Anyway, could it be some kind of electrical thing that happen only in the heat? some conection expands and does not make contact (something like that?)
Issue number two will be for later...........
Thanks for any help you can give me..........
99 LS, Auto (185k miles, mostly freeway) - been thru the stuck key thing, think I got that solved by popping the top of the steering column cover and adding some graphite to the white plastic thing and the end of the cable that moves it. A few days later and now I can't get the thing out of park. I removed the shifter handle and jiggled the cable, still no luck. Any suggestions?
Thanx
Thanks in advance,
Jan09
Good Luck.
Does anybody have any ideas why this happens only sometimes? Very odd.
Thank You.
Just incase, check the fluid levels and the mounts. Make sure they are not low or in need of replacement(the mounts).
Good luck.
thanks!
I've checked all the electrical connects, etc. underneath the car. I currently have all 4 gears, but when the tranny tries going into Overdrive the RPM's jump like it wants to go but then nothing happens.
Could a servo or other electrical connection be the issue?
thanks everyone!
Most of my issues with the gear were related to the solenoid valves, they either get stuck, kick in slow or simply burn out.
Good luck!
I have tried changing the fluid & cleaning the range sensor, but that has not solved the problem. A guy at a transmission shop told me it could be electrical or a transmission pump.
Any suggestions?
Have you tried shifting manually starting from L and then up, as if you're driving a manual? If that works then probably mechanically your tranny is ok. And the problem could be either with the CPU, wiring, mode selector, speed sensor or valve solenoids.
Best thing to do is have it scanned.
Apinti
TCM?
I had it diagnosed at my local Fairway Isuzu Dealer and he told me that it had totally lost 1st gear and that it worked when engaging winter drive because winter drive starts the car in 2nd gear. He would not agree to rebuild the transmission, but recommended replacing it with an original Isuzu transmission at a cost of $7000 (no that's not a typo, he actually quoted me $7000)
It is supposed to force the transmission to start in 3rd gear in icy road conditions.
It can fail in the closed position which I assume means the contacts dont open.
I was also told that you should be able to shift manualy if this happens. I have not had the problem reoccur so am not sure if this is my actual problem
The switch is on a cable that has another connector on the other end which I assume plugs into the transmission. I have the switch part number on my other computer --send an email if you need it
bill21842@yahoo.com
I am having the exact same problem with my 95 Isuzu Rodeo 4x4 and I would be very interested in knowing if anyone has responded to your question with good answers. I just can't get the tranny to pull from the engine.
I am completely new to this site also.
So if you find the answer, please let me know.
Thanks,
wolfen2n9