Tachometer appears to show what gear I am in, as opposed to what my current RPM

Im not sure if this is a normal feature for some models, but I have watched some other videos and other Tacomas show the RPM. As I accelerate, you can clearly see how the tachometer, goes from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. and when I decelerate it shifts down. Was this likely something a previous owner did? I bought my 2010 Prerunner V6 around 6 months ago with 119,000 miles on it. Only 2 previous owners I think. How can i fix this? Or is this even a problem?

 

Pic's, video of what it's doing? I have a 2011 and I'm not sure of what you're referring too.

 

Thats neat!

 

I will post a video after I get out of school

 

Not really, I’m wanting to know if it’s a problem or not.

 

I can see where it would be disconcerting, not knowing it was setup that way. I'm more interested in how he accomplished it than anything.

 

I see what you mean now. I’ll upload a video this evening and I’ll see what y’all think of it

 

Can you link us the video's you were looking at that had this type of behavior?

 

Must see to understand what's being described.

Awaiting video.

 

Would be interested in seeing this.

 

+interest

 

Don't all modern automatics downshift by themselves, thereby changing the RPM's at each shift?

 

To me it sounds like the RPM gauge is showing what gear he is in vs the actual RPM's of the engine. I've been looking and I can't find any modification to make this happen.

 

Awaiting video

 

So, how is is showing what gear your in? Like 1st gear tach show 1k and 2nd gear is 2 and so on?

 

I'm thinking OP is used to seeing a tach on a CVT.

If so, yes they appear to behave differently, ours will show a definite drop in RPM at every gear change whereas a CVT (used in most modern small economy cars) shows a steady rise in revs.

 

Both of these are correct

 

so 5th gear is running 5k and 6th gear is 6k. Hmm interesting, going to hang around for more info.

 

So here is a pic of a 2010 automatic prerunner cluster.

What's different on yours?

 

Suspense is killing me.