I'm looking for a way to disable MDS, as the new exhaust note when it kicks in does not sound right. Now I'm running 87 octane, and I drove 150 miles via Interstate most of the way and through some towns, and I averaged almost 19mpg. I purposefully drove so that if the MDS kicked in I would accelerate right away to measure how good mpg I would get without it. With the new Carven Competitor you can clearly hear it kick on and off(Specifically sounds like a low reverberating hum that is loud).
Around 2,700 miles atm, and I had E-Torque off for the trip. The most I have seen on the truck is 19.7mpg. So to me w/o MDS your not losing any real mpg.
I have read about a permanent method where a Ram tech hooks up a scanner tool and just makes a simple selection to turn MDS off. Wonder how much that would cost though....
The temporary method seems to be use the + and minus symbols on steering wheel. Not sure if I have this right, but if you select 8 that will turn MDS off and the vehicle will shift automatically as usual....just MDS is turned off? I believe you have to be in drive when you do it.
Another side note on MDS, and I don't understand this, but when it kicks on it seems the vehicle actually loses speed/power at cruise to a point where it causes you to use the gas again within 10 seconds or so. Not sure if anyone else experiences the same thing.
If anyone has more info on disabling for 2019's please share.
Around 2,700 miles atm, and I had E-Torque off for the trip. The most I have seen on the truck is 19.7mpg. So to me w/o MDS your not losing any real mpg.
I have read about a permanent method where a Ram tech hooks up a scanner tool and just makes a simple selection to turn MDS off. Wonder how much that would cost though....
The temporary method seems to be use the + and minus symbols on steering wheel. Not sure if I have this right, but if you select 8 that will turn MDS off and the vehicle will shift automatically as usual....just MDS is turned off? I believe you have to be in drive when you do it.
Another side note on MDS, and I don't understand this, but when it kicks on it seems the vehicle actually loses speed/power at cruise to a point where it causes you to use the gas again within 10 seconds or so. Not sure if anyone else experiences the same thing.
If anyone has more info on disabling for 2019's please share.