40 mph uphill? Other Armada or Titan TVs?
I’ve been trolling this site for a year. There’s so much info I that haven’t needed to ask a question until now! Tv: 2006 Armada LE 5.6L DOHC V8 with factory tow package. Tow rating 9000lbs. 305...
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PaulandAnn wrote:
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A word about tow mode: Once I was cruising along in Drive at 60mph, on a long straight gentle rise. I looked down and the trans temp was nearly pegged. I down shifted manually and the temp dropped right down. So in tow mode by itself, evidently, I was cooking the torque converter.
That’s where things get crazy. The trans cools best with the converter locked but then you lose your your RPMs and start lugging. Try to run your RPMs up higher, you just need to find the happy medium of where pulls best and not burn things up. If it comes down to it and you can only do 45 on hills then enjoy the ride. You are going to get where you are going safe and without a burnt up TV.
I saw some one else post about power enhancers. Look into that if you’re not under warranty. If they sell programmers for yours it might have different tuning for the trans which could help
