S mode: check..... ECT: [stoopid look]

ECT mode only lets your truck go to 5th gear.

 

Naked farmer is suffering from the missing comma in Jacados post. There’s more than one way to read what is written.

 

Please provide proof

 

Hunh ...? Try increasing your speed. Mine will shift into 6th at 65mph with ECT on.

 

I guess I never went over 55 when in ECT, as I'm towing a trailer with ECT.

 

A good rule of thumb for towing is S4, ECT on. (Unless you’re going downhill with a tail wind ..)

 

Wrongo

 

I always left S mode in 5 with ECT on. It towed a 1500lb trailer down 2 lane highways just fine! I guess I never went fast enough to shift into 6th gear.

 

Then please enlighten me.

 

ECT turns your v6 into a v8. Use at your own risk.

 

Great question! Too bad you can't get an answer.

 

Yes.

 

I don’t understand why folks complaining about the transmission shifting too soon don’t just push that little ECT button. Normal mode = supposedly good milage for EPA rating and wimpy performance during starts. ECT mode= “hey the transmission changes at higher rpm now like a regular real truck!” Lol
I have checked both modes mileage over short distances and saw no noticeable differences. At highway speeds 65-75 mph I run ECT off, about all other times I have ECT on and that solves my concern over early trans shifts and gives me decent performance in my 2019 SR I4, no OVTune required thank you

 

THIS is spot on!!! I drive with the ECT (Electronic Controlled Transmission) on all the time. In my humble non professional taco opinion it makes the transmission shift later in the rpms and makes it run wayyyyy better....for me. Gas mileage is nearly identical. I average 20-21.

 

Tried the ECT thing quit a bit my gas mileage was crappy before I used it and crappy after so it was a wash. I then put on a Pedal Commander and am quit happy with it. So far my mileage is still crappy but I can change it around from a quite peppy truck off the line to holy cow this thing is slow.

 

Yes... I agree. You need help.

 

Wow I used quit or quite a few time didn’t I.

 

i use it 100% of the time, installed the meso "ECT on at start up" mod. best thing i have done to my truck.

 

Me too. Do tell about this mod please........