Right on! As an avid RVer I tow a lot, 6500lbs to be exact. I always turn my OD off no matter where I am driving.
FWIW I have a tuner myself , while its not a Troyer it does the job and constent shifts are not a problem. After reading the posts up to now I think that it is owner/operator diffuculity.

 

Only because hardly anyone here understands the way an automatic transmission can be modified via tune.

Do you know what the value of N/V is equal to and how the PCM uses it.
Do you know about pressure slopes and pressure intercepts?
Do you know how long the transmission stays in cold shift mode and what even happens during cold shift mode?
Did you know there are timers for unlocks?
Do you know what the torque table does and how it effects the transmission?

Your Joe Dirt answer, would be: It just does.

And that's the difficulty we are having in this thread. No one understands that this is BAD, its a high frequency. If it was a low frequency problem and happening every 10 seconds or so back and forth and cannot maintain speed, then yes we would lock out OD.

But in the meantime while we wait for the next Joe Dirt to come along with his opinion...

Guy likes to see homos naked, that doesn't help me.

 

YES to the joe dirte (I put an e at the end to class it up dirt-tay) comment

 

Cool. I can finally use this pic I saved a long time ago.

 

Oh come on now, you've obviously seen the movie, and possibly put in the paint/photoshop time to make that or find that pic, so isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? j/k good work on the pic

 

For God's sake, just push the friggin' button to exit OD and give it a rest already!!

Reading is hard.. words suck... uhh huh huhuh huh huh..

PUSH THE BUTTON!

 

Haha Good ol Joe Dirt
Your my sister, your my sister

 

Just food for thought here, you may already have had someone with experience on the cruise control function either confirm or deny this as a possibility.

My truck had similar problems on a certain steep grade. This truck has no aftermarket tune. After doing some mods (intake, exhaust, ignition, pulleys) the problem was much more pronounced, to the point that I could no longer use the cruise control on that section of road, unless I wanted to feel like an idiot with the truck up and downshifting constantly.

On one trip my wife thought I was playing games keeping someone from passing, it was that bad.

My only logical explanation was that the cruise control is not designed to properly compensate for enough variables, and would try to accelerate too fast, forcing the downshift. With the extra power, acceleration was faster and thus was the upshift. By feeding some gas pedal earlier, I could go up the same grades with nothing other than converter unlock.

 

Thanks for the responses everyone. My intent here is not to stir up trouble. Rather, I have always felt that I have a potentially legitimate point of view on this issue that has not necessarily been adequately communicated or received a fair hearing. Since it can be hard to describe this kind of issue with text, I decided to post these videos as a video is worth 10,000 words. My purpose was to seek out knowledgable responses as to whether my view had any validity or was off-base. That's what these forums are all about. Some knowledgable people see it my way. Others do not. In the end, the vendor and I may just have to agree to disagree on this issue. That would be a shame because there are many aspects of the tunes that I appreciate and enjoy very much. Perhaps I should try to return the product and get a refund. Failing that, I guess I can try sell it.

Thank you to those of you who have put significant effort into this issue and discussion. You provided some valuable information and some thoughtful posts.

 

Just a note to those confused by the fact that the video was during a tow. The same thing does happen when I'm not towing anything. So the argument about whether to tow in OD is moot.

Also, I got a cordial call from the vendor; reaching out. I was told that a number of other trucks are having this same issue. I am expecting some new programming at some point and hope that the issue can be resolved. This is a very positive development so I'm hopeful.

 

So their cutting you some new tunes for free?

 

acadianabob:

Glad to hear everything may be working out for you! Keep us posted.

 

hopefully things get rectified-phil

 

I know I'm stirring the pot, but... You mean the "vendor", in not so many words, said that something might be wrong with their tunes. No way!!! How can someone with 25 years experience tuning these trucks create a tune that is anything but heaven on earth!!??!! I still can't believe it; the "vendor" may actually have to make a tranny adjustment, not just because you're requesting it, but because several other people are also having the same issue?

I think I better go to church - Armegedon is comming!



Yeah, that repsonse from the "vendor" really pisses me off! It's a "fact of life" that the tune/tranny should behave that way? Yeah right! What an ignorant statement!

 

I keep my OD off; only use it on the interstate