To: James.McBride@GDEsystems.COM@INTERNET; LWayneC@concentric.net@cris.
com@INTERNET
Cc: dakota@csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu@INTERNET
From: Clement_D on Thu, Jul 25, 1996 8:44 AM
Subject: RE: Nasty Clanking Sounds (was: Re: Strange sounds)
From: LWayneC@concentric.net@cris.com@INTERNET on Wed, Jul 24, 1996 8:28 PM
> *My 95 SLT 4x4 Ext CAb 3.9l also downshits to second when in cruise
>control when going up a hill. The trip from Roanoke to Norfolk, Va. is
>hilly enough between Roanoke and Blackstone that I tried an experiment
>with Cruise and no Cruise. By not using Cruise, I increased my milage on
>that trip from around 17 w/cruise to just over 20 without (not trying to
>maintain 60/65 going up hill. I too have questioned the dealer (service
>manager himself) about the double shift and was told that that was
>normal. Funny thing though, the service manager of Virginia Beach Dodge
>did not know that the transmission fluid was scheduled for change at
>12,000 for schedule B service. I wonder how much they really know about
>our vehicles!
> Does anyone out there have a dakota 3.9 that does not downshift
>to second gear going uphill in Cruise control.
My 89 4x4 3.9L does not. It will shift in and out of overdrive while using
cruise (also, you can see a couple of hundred rpm change as the torque
converter locks and unlocks) but I have never had it drop down to second
using cruise.
Dave Clement
89 4x4 LE
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