Sixth Gear in 200 Series Diesel

yep.

You could always mail that result to harold screwby and his fax machine every time the wanker opens his trap about gas guzzling 4x4.

LOL, so you want to take your foot completeley off the go pedal, Do 100k per hr, at 1200 revs, (idling)up hill and down dale!!

Just give Toyo An other Year!!....lol

" Oh What a Feeling"


Cheers Axle.

That's exactly correct Jeff.

Only read that detail myself today.

It reverts to "normal" if you turn the engine off then you have to do it all again.

But that's OK, it's worth it.

Steve
Running around down here I am using 16l per 100k.40% on the freeway and 60% around town
On a run I have been averaging 13l per 100k..It will be interesting to see how much difference it makes.

Personal attack.

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No, not at all. I found it very interesting that the 6th gear problem with the 200 has been remedied.

Also 31 mpg is most impressive for such a vehicle.

Regards,

Jim.

Yes, you'd wonder a bit about the point of a 6spd auto if the top gear only gets used when cruising at over 120km/h - how often do you do that *legally*?

Yeah, your right GoneTroppo, the fact that 6th gear didn't work at 100km/hr and the vehicle was doing a whopping 1800rpm in 5th is shocking!!! Toyota should have designed it only for us Aussies to compensate for our low speed limits and ignore the other places where 130+ km/hr is legal. And they should ignore its Euro4 emissions compliance at low rpm/high speed and just allow 6th at ~90km/hr regardless.

Wouldn't want an "arrogant" organization like Toyota to take the time to allow a work around to our emission laws and have a legal 6th speed activation, ensure the NVH meets their standards and that all that torque doesn't impact the drivetrain. And this should be done immediately on the very first complaint from a customer, not wait until it is judged a concern by many. Surely this large organisation wouldn't have bureaucracy that requires all the checks and balances to be met before being released to the public?

I should have stuck with Nissan, they are much more straightforward to deal with - they simply say NO immediately and deny things that are genuine warranty claims (Nissan doesn't have a 3.0 engine problem - ask them!!!).

And as Land Rover, GM or Ford, I just can't quite recall the sheer number of times they have taken the time to respond to customer concerns on a vehicle thats works, just not quite how the customer would like it to and then spend considerable engineering time developing a fix for free?

Cheers

Captain :)

Thank you Captain you've supported my argumant far more eloquently than I coud have. You don't by any chance own a 200?

Couple of thoughts you may want to consider.

Despite our tiny population Australia is among the biggest markets for Land Cruiser for Toyota. (It's possible that other markets have not succumbed quite so readily to Toyota spin)

As they have been here for some 50 odd years, one might have hoped that they may have noticed that Australia has a 100k limit.
and has had since the '60's.

"Considerable engineering time" I think not, more like a few yen to reprogram one of the settings in the computer.

Supported your argument... perhaps my sarcasm was too subtle :)

If you think it only costs "a few yen" to reprogram "one" setting, then think again. I am currently over in Florida doing PLC (Programable Logic Control) Functional Acceptance Testing, so perhaps I might have a tad more knowledge than the average person on what is involved...

What costs "a few Yen" could cost in the tens of millions of Yen if Toyota got it wrong. Already the ECT downrates peak engine torque under certain conditions, imagine the cost if this upgrade resulted in transmission or drivetrain damage? The quantum of testing required for such a "simple" change is incredibly high - trust me! To provide this for free is indeed a remarkable thing.

Cheers

Captain

Yes I did miss your sarcasm, maybe my antenae were not up.

If we're talking a few yen or a lot of yen is perhaps not that relevant. The point is it should neve have been sold in the first place.
Fixing it free is the least I would have expected.

On another note, I would be surprised if different mapping had not been considered and available for different markets in the first place, (ie during develpoment) so there may not have ben ANY yen spent.
What are your thoughts on that?