Losing power/ cutting out more regularly
#1
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Losing power/ cutting out more regularly
Well I posted about my loss of power while launching at the track but now I'm getting it under other conditions. I was on the highway for 15 minutes then parked for 15 min. i pulled onto the street and stopped at a redlight. I mildly accelerated from the redlight then floored it. It's when the truck downshifts and breaks traction. I can duplicate it. Is this the condensation issue or something else?
#2
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Sounds like the traction control kicking in and reducing engine power.
#3
Sounds like traction control to me. I have to quarter throttle mine off of a light and squeeze the throttle the rest of the way to keep the traction control from turning on. If I just jump on it halfway it'll spin and the traction control will kick on and bog.
#4
Keepin' the lights on!
Sounds like TCS to me too. See if Rick can cut out some (or all) of that traction control. I installed a supercharger on a '08 F150 and had to have a custom tune made because of the TCS kicking in on launch.
#5
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It does it with traction control off. Maybe theres still some traction control even though its turned off. I just want it to go when I press the gas. If traction control is off it should break traction and not die.
#7
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I did read somewhere that there is more to the traction control then just the button on the dash and there is a way to shut it off. I will try and find it. With all the mods you have you are pushing a ton more HP so it has to be the TC kicking in.
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#8
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Are you pressing and holding it for 5 seconds or just pressing it? Even if you hold it for 5 seconds, RSC and ESC turn back on at 35mph, TCS stays off (but single wheel spin control stays activated).
#9
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Yes 5 sec. Hold down. Maybe Ill just stop hammering it from a dig. I'll be in the market for a new truck by the end of the year. Who knows what I will end up in.
#10
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I second trying to get them to cut out the traction control, that should cure the slipping...I think you hammer it enough to avoid the condensation problem. Psssst, don't tell anyone I said this but the new Ram looks pretty tempting if I would've waited about a month longer, lol.