Comments on: Mitsubishi Pajero Flashing 4×4 lights fix

By: craig

craig — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:15:55 +0000

Hi Nathan,
Can’t say I have ever heard of that one. Over the years I’ve driven plenty of automatic Pajero’s and Triton’s, both from a cold start and at operating temp and haven’t noticed any problems changing into third or any gear for that matter.
I suggest a call to a auto trans specialist with experience in 4×4 transmissions just to be 100% sure but it does sound like crap to me.

By: nathan

nathan — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:05:56 +0000

hi a friend on mine has brought a 91 pajero automatic and the previous owner says it wont go into 3rd gear until a sensor or something warms up he says its in that model only have you heard of this or is it bullshit

By: craig

craig — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:03:46 +0000

Hi Greg,
It seems that 99.9% of these problems are being caused by the two vacuum solenoids located on the inner drivers side wheel arch and these can be bought from Mitsubishi for around $120.00 from memory.
Do you know if it was these that have been previously replaced or the actuator assembly on the front diff? If it was the actuator assembly on the front diff that was replaced in my opinion I would be looking at the vacuum solenoids before replacing the switches as it is very rare that these fail.
If we can determine what parts have already been replaced I should be able to help you sort it from there.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:38:26 +0000

I am having a similar problem with my 93 model Pajero… when i select 4H or 4LC the lights starts flashing and it will not go into 4WD drive mode. Mitsubishi said it was an actuator which they replaced but did not fix the problem, now they want to replace 5 transfer switched which MAY fix the problem (For another $700.00 plus)… Is there somehow or somewhere i can go who can check what the problem is without being ripped by a Mitsubishi dealership?? Can i get non genuine switches from somewhere? Mitsubishi want $500.00 for a transfer switches… any advice would be much appreciated

By: craig

craig — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:07:53 +0000

Hi John,
Having the ‘flashing green lights’ on the dash won’t actually harm anything, it just means that one part of the ‘Super Select’ system is not working correctly.

Depending on which part is faulty you might find that the vehicle won’t select 4×4 completely or come out of 4×4 completely. But to answer your question, no I have not heard of any cases of this issue causing any harm to the vehicle.

By: John

John — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:56:42 +0000

Hi,

we have a pajero 91 auto and the green lights flash on the dash
does this do any harm to the jeep?..

By: john Gardeniers

john Gardeniers — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:48:44 +0000

This is a bit pedantic and doesn’t really change anything related to the fix but those Paj hubs, at least those on gen 2 models, are always locked. What the actuator does is lock the front drive shaft on the left hand side. In 2WD this shaft is allowed to rotate independently. The lack of locking hubs contribute to the Pajero’s almost indestructible front drive. It’ll play up at times but won’t break like either manual or auto locking have a tendency to do.

By: wilfredo plona.jr

wilfredo plona.jr — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:26:48 +0000

On August 18th, 2008, wilfredo plona.jr said:
hello to every one somebody can help me.pajero 2002 gls V6 3ltr auto trans. my problem is when i continuesly driving, in 30 min. my C/D lock orange light is flashing continuesly ,my 2 wheel indecator green light are shuting off. and try to shift in to 4wd supper select its not working also. when i switch off the engine ang turn it on as in the manaul booklet its ok again but after 30 min. or less same problem occures.
thanks a lot

wilfred

By: wilfredo plona.jr

wilfredo plona.jr — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:24:54 +0000

hello to every one somebody can help me.pajero 2002 gls V6 3ltr auto trans. my problem is when i continuesly driving, in 30 min. my C/D lock orange light is flashing continuesly ,my 2 wheel indecator green light are shuting off. and try to shift in to 4wd supper select its not working also. when i switch off the engine ang turn it on as in the manaul booklet its ok again but after 30 min. or less same problem occures.
thanks a lot

wilfred

By: wilfredo plona.jr

wilfredo plona.jr — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:32:25 +0000

hi! to every one might somebody can help me,i have pajero 2002 gls 3ltr auto.trans, my problem is when i used the 4LC max of 30 min in dune bashing the fuse in reverse is blowing up and my gear will stock on last gear wher i put and or the gear is totaly not working we check all the switches and is ok also the solinoid,vacume,and the actuator.can somebody advise me what else to do.thanks