How are S and D modes different?

1911tex · Nov 4, 2018

phdog[OP] said: ↑

That wasn't my point at all. I never use ECT and my taco drives fairly well. I don't have the gear hunting, I don't have poor acceleration or shifting. I won't say it's perfect, but for the most part it's fine. I use the S mode in the mountains some to lock out gears.

My observation is that in my truck S and D seem rather similar. If they are different it's not enough to make much of an observable difference.
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tguil · Nov 5, 2018

I find that driving in "S5" and "ECT" is very similar to driving my wife's 2015 TRD Off Road with the 4.0 engine and 5 speed auto when it is in "D". Plus "S5" and "ECT" adds great high RPM acceleration compared to the 2015's 4.0 and 5 speed auto. The automatic transmission in my 2018 TRD Sport is the most erratic shifting transmission compared to the transmissions of any vehicle that I have ever owned in my sixty years of driving...and this is truth, not senility speaking.

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