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normal. and then the check trans light came on. now I have to find an honest
shop to take it to.... Cottman and Aamco seem like a rip off shop.
Pete
If anything goes out of the normal in the computers mind it will say 'what the?' and put the trans into a thing called 'limp mode' to help you get the car to a shop for repair.
Sounds like your car may have a sealed trans,that means the trans fluid is a special type that does not need to be changed for a long long time.That does not mean that the trans cannot be opened and repaired.
In your message it sound like your mechanic is just that,a mechanic,a guy that gets paid to change parts and wreak things.You need to find a Technician,a person trained to diagnose then repair if needed.
I'm one of those guy's and if I was experiencing your problem I would find a shop that only works on isuzu that employs only guys factory trained at a dealership.Or I would take it to the dealership.Reason being that unless you have a supercomputer for a brain you cannot know how every car works and repair them,It's better to focus on one car line.
That said,take you broken isuzu to an expert and get a expert repair.
As for the 'mechanic' who 'repaired' your car,do'nt waste any time or money with that guy or his shop.Call the bbb and If you live in california call the bureau of auto repair.And move on,find a good technician and only let that one guy work on your car.
Trooper spark plug Denso
NGK PFR5G-11
Manual:
K16PR-P11
PK16PR11
RC10PYP4
I used the RC10PYP4 Champion plugs, seems they were around $4 each at WalMart 3-4 years ago. It turned out my Trooper had those plugs installed at the factory. BTW, if you have trouble getting the rubber boot off the plugs, a little shot of compressed air will pop them right off.
Good day
Bill
Bill
http://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=1707
also search for the transmission 4l30e
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
First to second: 4500rpm (4200 downhill_
second to third: almost 5000rpm
I don't know if it ever gets into overdrive.
What does the POWER SHIFT do?
Thanks in advance.
HMG.
Also looking for a gray cargo cover and the cross bars for the roof rack.
Thanks!!!
About 2 months ago, the engine would flare between 2nd and 3rd gear while shifting, like it didn't catch immediately. I figured something was starting to wear out but in this economy I didn't have much choice but to drive it until it failed. Which it did, about 2 weeks later. I was on my way to pick up my wife from work and it was shifting into 4th and didn't catch a gear at all and then even as I slowed down it caught nothing. Not fun. I pulled over on the highway and after a minute found that if I would turn the car off and back on immediately I could get first gear...for a minute or two and would even shift into second gear. But after a few minutes of operating in that manner or if I had to stop at a light it was done. So I drove it the 15 miles back home half driving, half coasting (when I hit 10mph I would shift into neutral, shut off the vehicle, restart it and throw into L which would engage with a rather hard jerk. I know that was double-plus ungood, but at that point I figured the thing was toast and it was that or pay $100 I didn't have for a wrecker to tow me home.
I got it to the transmission shop and they took a look at it. Said the filter was clogged with clutch material, they managed to get it operational back to the point I had a couple weeks before (flaring between 2nd and 3rd) for a minimal cost but it needed a full rebuild at $2500. So I started calling around to the other transmission shops and found one that would rebuild the transmission and replace the pump for significantly less ($1400). I took that route.
So the rebuilt transmission is running just fine, except it is still in "limp mode" where in addition to the "Check Transmission" light flashing constantly, it will start very slowly into first and work it's way up to running normally. It's a PITA annoyance more than anything else, and if I'm at an intersection or other spot where I need to start moving quickly I have to manual shift from L to 2 to 3 to D and it works fine.
The shop where I had the work done doesn't have an interface for Isuzu computers so they couldn't reset the thing out of limp mode. And let's face it, that's an expensive piece of equipment to own for a product line that no longer exists except for large commercial vehicles. He told me the computer should figure it out on its own eventually ("couple of days"). I've been driving this thing for about a week now, several hundred miles, and no dice.
I had to put a new cat-back exhaust on this week as well, and my regular mechanic tried to reset it and couldn't do it either. I called around to the other shops and they don't seem to have the right computer interface either. And there are no Isuzu dealerships anymore anywhere near here. Should have thought about this 5 years ago when I bought an Isuzu I suppose.
Anyway, is there a way that I can manually "reset" the computer to clear out this limp mode stuff and get my vehicle operating normally?
Thanks!