HOW CAN YOU TELL WHETHER THE MDS CYLINDER SHUTOFF SYSTEM IS WORKING??
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HOW CAN YOU TELL WHETHER THE MDS CYLINDER SHUTOFF SYSTEM IS WORKING??
I HAVE HAD MY NEW 2009 R/T WITH AN AUTOMATIC FOR TWO DAYS NOW. MY ENGINE IS THE 5.7 HEMI AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE CYLINDER SHUTOFF FEATURE. ("MDS SYSTEM")
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN TELL WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING? IN 100 MILES OF DRIVING, I DO NOT FEEL ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE ENGINE'S OPERATING CONDITION.
THE OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATES THAT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MESSAGE THAT SAYS: "FUEL SAVING" ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE AVERAGE MPG DISPLAY. I HAVE YET TO SEE THIS FUEL SAVINGS MESSAGE APPEAR NO MATTER HOW I GENTLE I DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN TELL IF THE MDS SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING????
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN TELL WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING? IN 100 MILES OF DRIVING, I DO NOT FEEL ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE ENGINE'S OPERATING CONDITION.
THE OWNER'S MANUAL INDICATES THAT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MESSAGE THAT SAYS: "FUEL SAVING" ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEM ABOVE THE AVERAGE MPG DISPLAY. I HAVE YET TO SEE THIS FUEL SAVINGS MESSAGE APPEAR NO MATTER HOW I GENTLE I DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN TELL IF THE MDS SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING????
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RE: HOW CAN YOU TELL WHETHER THE MDS CYLINDER SHUTOFF SYSTEM IS WORKING??
I can't tell you how you can tell, but when I let off the gas after being at hiway speeds, it feels to me like there is a barely perceptible feeling that it is going back to eight cylinders. I don't think that it is a transmission deal but I'm not sure. I have never seen a display saying that it was in MDS mode. My first tank of fuel got 19 miles per gallon.
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Now maybe someone can help me with the engineering here, weight of the vehicle, technology, hence the $90,000 price tag, but why does an SRT 10 Viper get the same "listed" mpg city and more mph highway then the SRT 8 Challenger? I'm sure a lot of that has to do with, as I said, that $90,000 price tag and the technology, but I want to make sure since I'm having a hard time with 10 cylinders and 8.4 liters getting better mileage then 8 cylinders and 6.1 liters.
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Just for starters I would have to think of wieght and frontal area with less coefficient of drag. That big old V10 aint even going to be working when cruising at highway speeds.
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RE: HOW CAN YOU TELL WHETHER THE MDS CYLINDER SHUTOFF SYSTEM IS WORKING??
I've got about 2000 miles on my SRT 8 Challenger, 1st tank, 16.5 (all city), 2nd 16.5 (all city) , 3rd 19.1 (mix), 4th 20.3 (trip) 5th 20.0 (mostly trip some city), 6th 17.6 (City)
And thats driving the car fairly hard, a couple of 140 mph blasts, burnouts at the Mopar Nats... I want my gas guzzler tax money back
And thats driving the car fairly hard, a couple of 140 mph blasts, burnouts at the Mopar Nats... I want my gas guzzler tax money back
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ORIGINAL: DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN TELL IF THE MDS SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING????