Did a trip to York Peninsula her in S.Aust yesterday, about 250kms , switched on cruise control at 110kms/hr and it sat on 2000rpm , waited and waited but no shift into 6th, terrain was flat and no head wind , fuel tanks were 3/4 full and 2 people ,engel with emergency supplies ( snags and Coopers pale ale , only just found room for the snags ).
I thought " whats the point of 6th if it wont click in ", so tried a different approach .
I left the cruise control on but wound the speed up to 120kms and after a few seconds !!! WOW revs dropped as it slid into No 6, then slowly eased back to 110kms/hr and the convertor locked on . It was a happy motor at 1650RPM at 110kms/hr.
once that was achieved we found that even when it shifted back to 5th for road levell variations it still shifted back into 6th witout the need to reach 120 klicks again.
Fantastic trip and the same thing happened on way home .
The only thing we did notice was it wasn.t vey happy in hilly terrain with constantly shifting out of 6th so we switched off cruse control until the terrain was flat and then reset the 6th at 120kms/hr , then all way home to the lower speed zone it sat in 6th gear for about 90kms.
Cheers Graham & Cathy
I'd highly recommend speaking to your local Toyota dealer and having the 6h gear ECU modification installed.
Drops in to sixth gear much earlier and holds a lot longer.
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I'd highly recommend speaking to your local Toyota dealer and having the 6h gear ECU modification installed.
Drops in to sixth gear much earlier and holds a lot longer.