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1to4 Shift light?
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1to4 Shift light?
OK, I have driven it a few days and wonder what's up with the 1to4 Shift light? Why have a 6 six speed if it's telling me to skip 2nd and 3rd?
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OK, I found out it's a CAGS deal? And never knew what it meant until I saw some references to the 1to4 light and something about gas mileage.
What a pile of nonsense.....
Edited:
OK, I found out it's a CAGS deal? And never knew what it meant until I saw some references to the 1to4 light and something about gas mileage.
What a pile of nonsense.....
Last edited by sfc rick; Apr 18, 2010 at 07:56 PM. Reason: finally found the info.
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I think it was to make the car have better MPG. Mines been gone for awhile. You can buy the CAGS shift skip eliminator. Or have it tuned and they can turn it off.
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gm's answer for you to save gas! Pain in the *** feature, you can get rid of the shift change but not the light. You can buy a plug-in part to elimate the the shift. Like driving a new car when you elimate this feature.
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i believe it had a lot to do (at least initially) with the CAFE numbers (corporate average fuel economy) and the general's fight to get "under" the required number. the way i remember hearing (and reading in maclean's book and perhaps even all corvettes are red), GM was able to convince the EPA guys that they could reach the number by forcing the 1-4 shift pattern under certain speed limits to boost the vette city mpg numbers.
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[QUOTE=Y2Kvert4me;1573801756]No, It was GM's answer to save new C5 buyers from paying a gas guzzler tax.
Either get the cags bypass or have it programmed out. Programming will also keep the light from coming on. The bypass only keeps the solenoid from engaging the shifter linkage, but the light still comes on. I beleive they change the RPM range to something that can't ever occure and thus it will not come on.
Either get the cags bypass or have it programmed out. Programming will also keep the light from coming on. The bypass only keeps the solenoid from engaging the shifter linkage, but the light still comes on. I beleive they change the RPM range to something that can't ever occure and thus it will not come on.
