1993 isuzu rodeo winter mode not engaging

SOURCE: 1999 isuzu rodeo 4wd not woking

I had this happen to a 1999 4x4 LS and my sisters boyfriend mentioned to periodically turn 4x4 on/off at least once a month.
What I did was go down a stretch of road slowly and attempt to turn it on/off till it became unstuck.
Drove around 10 miles on a road that was hardly used...to get the stupid light to quit flashing I had to put it in park and try to creep forward ---while using off settiing or put in park then reverse...while using the off -setting on 4x4. My patience paid off. They get sticky...you must be cautious... because there is a way to cause vibration and then it won't start...some deadman feature that I experienced once and the LWD must have slipped in a little and I had to look at everything.
Mine is an Automatic with the shift on the floor...that can get sticky too.

Good luck and hope this helps...mine had lots of growing pains but I get 23 mpg and it runs/idles better and the only gremlin left is some short in the dash which leaves the lights D/3 (one or both on)for the shift indicator on:)

SOURCE: 98 isuzu rodeo 4wheel drive wont egage light on dash blinking

is it because your not at a stop?

SOURCE: 2001 Trooper: Front axle will not engage when I press dash 4x4 switch

hi guys i would check all the small vacume pipes that conect the sol valves toi the vacume actuators having just replaced the engen in mine i found that these do not have any clips holiding them on tight and can get oil on them and become oversized and leak you can test the diaframes in the actuators by putting a length of pipe on one port and sucking by mouth you can hear the actuator move and then find you can put toung on end of pipe and it will hold a vacume if it does not then chances are the actuator diafram id u/s hope this helps bill

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• Posted on Feb 11, 2009

SOURCE: 1993 Isuzu Rodeo engine tick

The stalling cound be your idle control; on the throttle body. The ticking noise is either from the timing belt hydralic tensioner or a valve lifter. If you hear the ticking in the front of the engine on the 3.2 v-6 it is most likely the tensioner. As for changing the timing belt it is a very involved process ( I've done it many times ). Everything on the front of the engine comes off including the engine balancer on the crankshaft.
The idler pully and belt tensioner are located at the bottom of the engine near the crank on the passenger side of block. Now there are two cams, water pump ( Change that also when you are down there ), crank pully to run the belt over. There are timing marks on the cover plate behind the cam pullies and one on the crank a notch that lines up on the oil pump cover. REMEMBER THIS DO NOT MOVE THE CAMS AND CRANKSHAFT WHEN YOU HAVE THEM LINED UP. If you are not sure get the manual and get a good friend who is a good mechanic. This it an advanced repair job; you mess up the timing and you will bend valves at the minimum..

SOURCE: My automatic 96 isuzu rodeo no longer engages in

Hahahaha!... Seriously....!?!?! First off don't try to use a scan tool. The 4WD system isn't integrated into the OBD system. You won't get any codes related to 4WD.

Most likely the problem is defective shift solenoids. There are two shift solenoids which control the engagement and disengagement of the 4WD (locking the front axle gear into the the driveshaft input). These solenoids are located on the front axle. They have their own small skid plate. One is blue, and one is gray. One controls engagement, and one controls disengagement. One is a normally closed electrically controlled vacuum solenoid, and one is a normally open electrically controlled vacuum solenoid.

I'm not blindly recommending changing these, but usually one of these are the culprit of the problems you described. I'm even more confident in those being the problem due to your explanation of the the intermittent problems. At any rate test first.

The other components of the 4WD system are the vacuum lines and the actuator which is also located on the front axle and covered by the forementioned small skidplate. Moderate to serious rock-involved off-roading with a stock suspension usually results in this component being damaged.