Thread for BlueT to file his complaints.

Let's hope so. It's our only chance unless you want to install gauges on your truck.

 

To be honest the only gauge I really need is Transmission Temperature and Exact Coolant Temperature. The Oil Pressure is nice to know but at least the light goes on below a certain pressure, not at zero, so I'd know to kill the ignition fast if the light came on. The other gauges, like Oil Temperature, don't really matter much to me since I run synthetic.

 

To me there is 5 gauge minimum. AT temp, Voltage, Oil pressure, Coolant, Temp ,Fuel on a truck. Display maybe fine but I would rather see those as gauges for easily reading. One thing for sure 2016 will not have them.

 

Gauges usually are dummied to avert warranty calls. They don't want a soccer mom bringing in her Colorado 6 times because the needles keep moving. At least the display gives you true values.

 

I don't know where you getting that info from. I have two other Toyota trucks, with those gauges and never seen any issue. Always bugs me that Tacoma does not have them.

 

The information is pretty simple. Hookup a Scangauge to any vehicle with those gauges. Watch the Scangauge value, which is polled from the same information, and the dial values. The dials aren't reflective of the exact temperature or pressure of any components. Yes, they will tell you when your pressure or temperature fall outside of the range determined normal by Toyota, but by that time the damage is done.

They make the gauges like that because years ago, when the gauges would actually move back and forth with rising and falling values, stupid people would bring there car in thinking it was broken because the gauge "is flying all over the place". So now manufactures make sure the gauges barely move until something is already wrong.

However the digital values are always right. All gauges are digital anyways so I'd rather have the accurate display where I can see a problem happening and avert it rather than reacting after the damage is done.

 

Those gauges are pretty accurate, all they have is one resistor that smooths out the jumps. If thats the problem, you can always do the mod and it will move with every small change. I dont think they are digital. Those are simple sensors atleast on my Trucks. Maybe new one will become digital, but so far all Toyotas I had with them were all manual even if everything else was digital.

 

They have to be digital, or at least electronic resistive, if they are polling data for the ECU. Anyways my point is no mod is necessary to see real values real time on my Dodge and my F150. I would expect Toyota to put the same level of technology into the Tacoma.

Let's be honest, digital dashes don't fail anymore often than the old analogue ones anywho.