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Originally Posted by Kadonny  D and sD with TC off and always, always turn off those daytime running lights! |
I switched over to the TC off, and noticed a smoother ride and shift right away. Any way to get the car to do it by default?
I had to re-educate the tranny this week anyway. That goofy switch in the shift console finally failed. I had this problem about a year ago, where the car wouldn't recognize the shift point. Car locked itself in 3rd gear. While driveable, I couldn't really go faster than about 45mph. Dealer reprogrammed ECU and that worked, but he said it was probably temporary. So when it happened again last week, they replaced all the tranny switches and the ECU. Funny thing about that error, is that it won't let you turn the car off! DIC says to "Shift to Park", but the car IS in park. Had to disconnect the battery until they got all the parts, but working fine now. Except for having to retrain the shift points. Those first few days of clunky shifts were starting to get annoying. All smoothed out now, and the TC off really smoothed it out. No more hesitating on a hard RH turn.
As for a difference in sD and D, I haven't noticed much in the way of gas mileage, but I will certainly try!
Bob