Just wondering if I am the only person noticing this. The throttle response on the tundra seems to be a little lethargic or slow when first stepping on the gas pedal. I mean that to really get the truck to come alive you really need to put your foot into it. I have the TRD CAI and the TRD exhaust. Don't get me wrong, the truck has plenty of power, but it just seems like you really need to put your foot into it to get the power down.
What made me notice this is this weekend I was driving a new ford with the ecobost, and that power seemed to be a lot more instant and linear. Same with the 5.0 l v-8 in the new fords.
Anyone else notice this with the throttle response ? And is there a way to make the throttle response more instant in the tundra.
This was one of the 'improvements' that Toyota made after listening to 'customers' (beginning with 2014 model). They smoothed out the throttle response. Good bad? I don't know. I do like how my 2010 drives though.
Good points. I have had all my scheduled maintenance intervals completed and have had 0 problems with 21,000 miles on the odometer. Don't get me wrong, I love the truck. I just noticed that off the line it seems a little dogish or if you are driving say at 50 MPH and you need to accelerate or speed up to get by someone, you really need to put your foot on the gas and get the rpms's way up. I am not drag racing my tundra at every stop light. I average 16-17 mpg. This really came to light last weekend after driving two f150 pickup's.
This has been discussed many times since the 2014 came out. The Tundra runs a drive by wire pedal system. They have reduced the throttle response because MANY people complained about the touchy throttle on the pre 2014. You have to really get into it to get a huge response. However the EMC will learn how you drive and will reduce the effort it takes for the response you want. In other words, drive hard and it will get easier to drive hard. That, or put it in tow haul mode. You'll get instantaneous response from the pedal. I chirped the tires the first time I used tow haul pulling away from a stop light.
Some have said that running the shiftier in manual shift mode makes it better. I don't know that it does.
I personally believe they did it for better gas mileage too. Not that it made much of a difference. Heck, they're coming out with stop start tech in many 2017 Toyotas in hopes of getting a gnats rearend better mpg. Along with direct injection and varying cycles. Sounds like to me that Toyota might be getting themselves into trouble on the reliability end.
The throttle response is absolutely less quick on the 2014+ than earlier ones. It does make for a much more comfortable drive in traffic, drive thrus, tolls, etc. I wish Toyota hadn't slowed the response quite as much as they have. When I really need funny car throttle response...I push the NOS...er....Tow/Haul button :drive:.
whats even more noticeable press the tow haul button once it already on(to turn it off) while accelerating from a dead to lets say 15-40mph it feels like you just added a travel trailer.
You could always try an APEXI throttle controller too. I've been meaning to try it, but have heard great things about these in the sport compact market, and have heard of tundra people using them.
Sprint booster is another one. I believe ninja ed's '08 build had one....i don't see the point tho. I've gotten used to it. And I love when people try out my 2012 and chirp the tires and are like...woah.
My 2007 was almost dangerous the pedal was so easy to push and the thing would just launch. I learned to deal with it and I think there was a TSB related? Now my 2016 has the opposite problem. Pretty dead feel and very weak unless you're in tow/haul. Overall it's probably better, but I wish they would have just made tow/haul the default and clicking it on is the "economy" mode. Standard mode is a good "wife" mode I suppose, hah!
In terms of throttle response, a machine that will make newer Tundras feel like slingshots is a late model Duramax. So lethargic that entering traffic streams / passing / merging is downright dangerous.
My 2013 seems very sluggish at shifts when used in "D" and almost seems to bog down. As I understand, and I may be incorrect, slow shifts add additional wear on the clutch packs. I have checked my mileage and have not noticed any difference. 13 mpg city and 17 mpg highway.
I actually like the way the throttle is calibrated on my 2016. The gradual response from stop with light throttle both makes it easy to crawl along off road, as well as slowly tow or drag something. If I want serious get up and go, I just put my foot in it. It takes a bit of driver retraining (since so many drive by wire vehicles are so touchy these days), but once I got used to it, I find it very useful on a pickup/utility vehicle.
agreed, much better than my really jumpy 2010 tundra
when I use it in the field where your bouncing all over the place the softer throttle tip in is so much better. If you want to go, just put your foot in it, or if you want stupid fast throttle response just hit tow/haul (ass) mode.
I'm glad I found this thread. I've only had the truck since May and I tried the tow/haul mode today and WOW!!! First time I've ever made the tires chirp
Fuel Mileage? WTF is that? 10.5-11mpg and lovin' it.....never above 12mpg yet I think. I do love the 38gal tank though so it kinda seems like I get really good mileage!!
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