Eco Mode Indicator Light

[RAMBS]

I was having the same experience with the ECO light. Is it possible that FCA programed the truck to stay in 8 cylinder mode until all cylinders are evenly broke in? Mine is coming on more, now that I have the first thousand miles on it.

 

[Mason1217]

1300 miles now and today I had the cruise set at 74 and the eco light came on for the first time ever at that speed.

 

[ExcursionDiesel]

Mine comes on all the time...whenever I let off the gas a bit on the highway, tooling around town, etc. And I have <100 miles on the truck

Same here. You can coax the truck into Eco on flat ground after acceleration by backing off the throttle enough to achieve 22mpg for more than 1 second on the instantanious readout. I changed my lower left dash display to current mpg so I can see it all the time. With a little practice I've learned to reduce engine load and keep Eco/MDS on even in rolling hills....as long as nobody is following me. Speed will vary some. I'm at 1800 miles now. I'm not sure if it ever came on before 500.

 

[DeanKing]

I have seen it multiple times with less than 150 miles. The issue is that the light is tiny and lost in a lot of other information in the center info screen. If you are spending that much time looking for it you aren’t really keeping your eyes on the road. I am not accusing anyone of being a bad driver. I am saying that as a good driver it may be easy to miss. I guess I am also saying that since I have seen it multiple times perhaps I need to stop looking at all the doodads on this truck. But that’s a different point

 

[Kmcdonald1104]

Where in the settings is it?

 

[Mason1217]

Settings, display, fuel saver in cluster

 

[RAM Patriot]

You do have to enable it on the 2019 model.

It is turned off be default.

 

[CNRETIREE2020]

Anything is possible. But your truck is still learning and breaking in. I didn't see much of the eco light for the first 500 miles or so. Now it's on all the time and I can feel the MDS in the pedal... but not as strong as my 16 which is a nice change. I hated that bog and girgle. Nothing like that now, very smooth transition.

Curious what would you consider the break in period on new 2019 ram1500?
Ty

 

[RAM Patriot]

Most experts consider the first 500 miles as a reasonable and sufficient break-in period. I doubled that for my truck.

 

[riccnick]

Curious what would you consider the break in period on new 2019 ram1500?
Ty

Most experts consider the first 500 miles as a reasonable and sufficient break-in period. I doubled that for my truck.

The experts at Ram say this, which can be found in the owner's manual.

 

[JJRamTX]

Curious what would you consider the break in period on new 2019 ram1500?
Ty

Congrats on the Truck! The Break in to get better gas mileage is around 4,000-7,000 miles and my mileage continued to improve up to about 15,000 miles.

 

[TheDutchRAM]

4000 KMs and so far no ECO in the display. Can I check somewhere if MDS is enabled or not.

 

[Bo3liwe]

4000 KMs and so far no ECO in the display. Can I check somewhere if MDS is enabled or not.

My truck 5500 Km and no ECO in the display

 

[SpeedyV]

4000 KMs and so far no ECO in the display. Can I check somewhere if MDS is enabled or not.

Yep - as described in your owner’s manual, there’s a setting for “Fuel Saver Display - If Equipped”.

 

[TheDutchRAM]

It’s enabled, but so far I have not seen the ECO light. Time will tell...

 

[SpeedyV]

It’s enabled, but so far I have not seen the ECO light. Time will tell...

That's definitely abnormal. Mine was lighting up on my drive home from the dealership.

 

[TheDutchRAM]

That's definitely abnormal. Mine was lighting up on my drive home from the dealership.

Mine is running on LPG, so perhaps the system measures a higher fuel consumption. Will do some testruns on petrol.

 

[Kob0583]

Mine comes on often while under 50 mph but almost never on the high way, I’m at 2000 miles. Some say it takes awhile for the system to fully engage. I wouldn’t mind it kicking in a little more at cruising speed.


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[TheDutchRAM]

Mine comes on often while under 50 mph but almost never on the high way, I’m at 2000 miles. Some say it takes awhile for the system to fully engage. I wouldn’t mind it kicking in a little more at cruising speed.


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I drove 30 minutes on normal petrol, various speeds, but no sign of the ECO light. Will give it another try later on. At the moment i don’t see any disadvantages other than a possible higher fuel consumption.

 

[Prodat]

Same here, 17000 kilometers on the truck, never ever seen ECO light, and its on in settings.

Same as mentioned above, my ram is on LPG, and out system ( for Europe ) is way less then USA model / settings.

Figured out it's because export truck.

Never less, been thinking to remove the whole airdam on the front bumper, to create more height in combination with a 2.5 inch level, just for the looks