You're video just explained what I needed to know. Well done! Another display feature I didn't think we could see is the gear the automatic transmission is in as we travel and it shifts. I found out we display it from the steering wheel controls and it will show up on the bottom RIGHT side of the PRND1. THANKS AGAIN!
So funny, i thought theres no way dodge didnt give us a light to show when mds is engaged....yet everything i read on the forums said nope theres no way to know....and then i come across your video and YEP there it is. I have a 2023 classic, display and options are a bit different but there it was. Works great. One thing i noticed, mine has the 3.92 gear option and it will hold eco up hills and i can actually accelerate quite easily without it disengaging. I can only guess this is because of the higher rear end ratio making the engine work less hard. Im averaging 22mpg so who says the 3.92 geared trucks suffer mileage wise. Its your standard well equipped 4x4 crew cab on stock 20's. Thanks for the insight!
@@romper4444 I love that they are still offering the classic style lol. Yours seems to have a bit more pep than normal of it’s actually staying in eco on hills which is nice. Only time I ever saw over 20 mpg was if I did 70 mph or slower in a straight line lol
I have a 21' Ram 1500 5.7 Have you ever been touching options on the touch screen and had your hazard flashers come on? This has happened to me several times. Thanks.
No the only time anything like that happened is if o turned the tire fill assist on and I think the truck honks and flashes the 4 ways when a tire reaches proper inflation pressure.
It’s just an indicator light to let you k ow when the truck is in 4 cyl or not. You don’t even have to turn it on if you want, it’s just an option. The truck will still switch between 8 and 4 cyl even if you don’t turn this on.
I have a 2014 5.7 hemi and it stays in echo mode unless I accelerate it go out for a while but always come back on no matter what speed l love my truck but l hate that feature, the engine appears to be governor down and stop acceleration l hate when it does that. Is it anything could be done to eliminate it period.
To turn it off for good, you’d need a tuner. I know yours is a 4th gen truck, but this truck here MIGHT work. It’s worth a shot since it’s free - ruclips.net/video/8XWhvyYPZU0/видео.html
I may have just reset that at the gas station right before the video or been doing lots of flooring it with the new exhaust haha, In the winter time, I average 9-11 mpg with my 9 mile commute each way to work because the truck warms up 10-15 min each time and the fluids are barely all up to temp by the time I get home or to work. PLus out of those 9 miles each way, I have 5 stop lights. The same trip in the summer time with less idling gets me 12-14 mpg. I also have the 3.92 gears which aren't as eco friendly and I'm not afraid to punch it haha.
I think what most of the people tell you to do is put the truck in 8th gear and then it disables the 4 cylinder eco mode which in most forms tell you it's bad for the truck. And that's whether it be GM or Dodge that have these cylinder shut offs .
I have another video on that as well haha! Turning on tow/haul also works, but you get worse mpg because of all the extra revving the engine does in tow/haul.
I believe the truck will still go into 4 cylinder even with this light disabled, it just doesn’t show you when it’s in 4 cyl. BUT, there are other ways to disable the 4 cyl mode which I do have a video for
I saw it pop up on someone else’s truck so I had to do some research lol. Some people say that theirs is in from the factory, but mine wasn’t, and I know a lot of others weren’t.
Eco should not be on at a stop or while accelerating unless you have eTorque. The only "thump" I ever heard was in the exhaust when switching from 8 to 4 or from 4 to 8 cylinder mode.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy it’s good during deceleration. Say I’m at a stop light or whatever, Stop real quick. Let go of the brake and push in the accelerator and you hear a thump noise like a kick
To shut off Eco mode all together, just hit one gear down on your steering wheel. It does not down shift the trans, it just puts the transmission in a manual setting. Here is a vid on it ruclips.net/video/8XWhvyYPZU0/видео.html The trans acts the exact same as always, it will even show gear 8 but it will not go into the eco mode. FYI
No, it just comes and goes on it’s own. Using cruise control and staying under 70 mph is your best hope of staying in eco, but if you have a strong head wind, that’s probably too fast even.
@@keeganjacobs5913 No problem. Yeah, assuming you have the eco light turned on, it all depends on the load of the engine. It doesn’t try super hard to stay in eco either.
With the ignition on or truck running, and the transmission in park, use the left pad on your steering wheel to find the “screen setup” tab. Click the ok button on the wheel and use arrows to scroll down to “current gear” and hit ok. Then use arrow to go up from the “off” to the “on” position and hit ok again. You should get a message on the cluster saying the setting was saved. Use left arrow to go back to normal menus. It should now display what gear you’re in any time you put the truck into drive.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy Thank you for getting back to me as quick as you did. I have been on the road for the past few days since I drive truck for a living and just got back to my companies terminal and went ahead and changed that just before I got set to leave out for my next run. I think I can say I think I’m gonna like having that gear indicator there now.
I have a 2020 Ram Rebel 5.7 with eTorque. It never goes into eco mode. I'm very familiar with Mopar. I also have 2016 RT Charger and A 2019 Challenger TA 392.So I know about Cylinder deactivation. For whatever reason it never goes into eco mode.
That’s odd unless you’re always getting into the throttle haha. Even with this light enabled it won’t go into 4 cyl? Mine usually won’t if I’m going any faster than like 60 mph. Otherwise there’s too much wind resistance. Most commonly comes on just cruising around down with cruise set.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy I just put her on the highway to see if I could get the eco light to come on. No light. Owning two other mopars you know when it goes into eco. No light no 4cyl sound, nothing.The best MPG I ever got was 15.8
Damn that’s strange. Might have to have the stealership look into it. I can get low 20s around 60-65 mph even with my 3.92 gears but my average is only about 13. Only thing I can think of is if the eTorque trucks don’t have it for some reason but that wouldn’t make much sense. Is your truck in tow/haul or are you using the manual gear shift buttons? I know that disables eco mode.
I have 2019 laramie-sport... that Eco option is checked to show in the cluster .. i've driven about 15400 km ... which is almost 9567 mi .. and still that eco icon didn't show up in my cluster ( driver screen )...any idea how it show it?
I have a 2019 Big Horn (crew) and I am having problems with the radio. Not the typical black screen and rebooting issues that seem to be talked about. When I start the vehicle, my FM radio struggles to find most channels (all but one or two) and/or the volume is incredibly variable on a preset channels. Satellite works fine and as far as I can tell all other digital functions are good (just FM radio). The catch is, it only happens sometimes. One start it is fine, Get to work or the corner store and restart the vehicle and it is not functioning properly. Any help would be appreciated. I've been trying to find the "soft reset" sequence and or considering a "hard reboot" of the system but not sure how to do either. Also, I have asked the dealership to look into it and I get the classic, "our tech can't seem to get the issue to repeat itself." Thanks in advance.
Sorry for the late reply, many comments were "being held for review" for some reason. That's odd, I have not had that issue with my truck. I did initially have issues where I would lose satellite signal when driving under bridges for like the first month I had the truck but not anymore. Did you or the dealer ever figure anything out? Maybe disconnect the batteries for an house and reconnect them?
That's not the case with mine though. Mine is always 100% of the time in Eco Mode and I have no clue how to get out of Eco Mode and in to Regular or Sport Mode ? Not saying there even is a Sport Mode but I would like Full Power to the Tires with as much Power as the Engine could provide without this Fuel Saving Feature always on. I got a 2018 Dodge Ram 1500 (No Hemi).
9.3 average MPG's??? That's REALLY bad! I'm getting around 19-20 avg in my 2022 Ram Laramie 4x4. Honestly, I wish that the ECO mode would engage earlier earlier at highway speeds in the 4x4. I owned a 2020 1500 5.7 non-ETorque 4x2 Lonestar and was averaging 21-22 MPG's. Do a lot of semi-flat highway driving. The ECO mode would engage much earlier in that particular motor.
The 9.3 was either in the dead of winter or just after I had filled up and reset. I averaged 13-15 during the summer if all I did was drive to and from work. 4x4 will always lose an MPG or 2 with the added weight and rotating mass.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy Thank you for your comment. I was completely expecting the 4x4 to not be as efficient as the 4x2. However, the major difference as to why, may not be due to the rotating mass or weight. I truly believe that if my ECO mode would engage the same as my 4x2, I would definitely see better numbers. At highway speeds of 65-75 mph, I could see up to 32 mpg's in my 4x2. Now, I'm lucky if I see 20-21 in my 4x4 at 65mhp due to the ECO mode not engaging at that speed. I've got a call in to the dealership to see if the truck may need to be reprogrammed. It only has 9,300 miles at the moment.
@@oychoppa The 4x4 also sits higher, so the wind drag is more and the engine just can't keep up with all those additional factors. Not sure if your gear ratios are the same or not, but the other factors alone are enough to cause eco not to engage as often.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy Actually, if my 4x4 sits any higher than the other 4x2 then it's not by much. Both just barely fit under my open garage door. I'm thinking my gearing was 3.21 on the 4x2 and 3.92 on the 4x4. That may be part of it. If that's the case, there should be some way to reprogram the ECU to allow the MDS to engage in different gears, at different RPM's. Especially at highway speeds.
@@oychoppa Yeah I'm not sure without looking it up or physically measuring, but the 4x4 is usually an inch or so taller. But yeah, gear ratio would be a big factor. This truck had 3.92 as well and I'm surprised it didn't try to stay in 4 cylinder more.
You're video just explained what I needed to know. Well done! Another display feature I didn't think we could see is the gear the automatic transmission is in as we travel and it shifts. I found out we display it from the steering wheel controls and it will show up on the bottom RIGHT side of the PRND1. THANKS AGAIN!
Thanks for the video. I thought I was losing my mind with this light not turning on.
So funny, i thought theres no way dodge didnt give us a light to show when mds is engaged....yet everything i read on the forums said nope theres no way to know....and then i come across your video and YEP there it is. I have a 2023 classic, display and options are a bit different but there it was. Works great. One thing i noticed, mine has the 3.92 gear option and it will hold eco up hills and i can actually accelerate quite easily without it disengaging. I can only guess this is because of the higher rear end ratio making the engine work less hard. Im averaging 22mpg so who says the 3.92 geared trucks suffer mileage wise. Its your standard well equipped 4x4 crew cab on stock 20's. Thanks for the insight!
@@romper4444 I love that they are still offering the classic style lol. Yours seems to have a bit more pep than normal of it’s actually staying in eco on hills which is nice. Only time I ever saw over 20 mpg was if I did 70 mph or slower in a straight line lol
Got my 2020 a week ago and couldn't figure out why I never saw the eco mode like on my 2015 that I traded. Thanks for this.
Yeah mine wasn’t on from the factory either so I was also confused when I saw other guys with a 5th gen and the light was on haha.
Man I did the same thing, now let’s go back out to the truck and check it. Thanks for posting
This was very helpful thank you!
I have a 21' Ram 1500 5.7 Have you ever been touching options on the touch screen and had your hazard flashers come on? This has happened to me several times. Thanks.
No the only time anything like that happened is if o turned the tire fill assist on and I think the truck honks and flashes the 4 ways when a tire reaches proper inflation pressure.
Whats the purpos and should u always have it on or when to switch it.
It’s just an indicator light to let you k ow when the truck is in 4 cyl or not. You don’t even have to turn it on if you want, it’s just an option. The truck will still switch between 8 and 4 cyl even if you don’t turn this on.
I have a 2014 5.7 hemi and it stays in echo mode unless I accelerate it go out for a while but always come back on no matter what speed l love my truck but l hate that feature, the engine appears to be governor down and stop acceleration l hate when it does that. Is it anything could be done to eliminate it period.
To turn it off for good, you’d need a tuner. I know yours is a 4th gen truck, but this truck here MIGHT work. It’s worth a shot since it’s free - ruclips.net/video/8XWhvyYPZU0/видео.html
very helpful. very well explain step by step thanks
9.3 mpg average? I'm assuming you do a whole lot of start/stop city driving? I'm averaging 16.1mpg with a mix of highway and city driving.
I may have just reset that at the gas station right before the video or been doing lots of flooring it with the new exhaust haha, In the winter time, I average 9-11 mpg with my 9 mile commute each way to work because the truck warms up 10-15 min each time and the fluids are barely all up to temp by the time I get home or to work. PLus out of those 9 miles each way, I have 5 stop lights. The same trip in the summer time with less idling gets me 12-14 mpg. I also have the 3.92 gears which aren't as eco friendly and I'm not afraid to punch it haha.
I think what most of the people tell you to do is put the truck in 8th gear and then it disables the 4 cylinder eco mode which in most forms tell you it's bad for the truck. And that's whether it be GM or Dodge that have these cylinder shut offs .
I have another video on that as well haha! Turning on tow/haul also works, but you get worse mpg because of all the extra revving the engine does in tow/haul.
100% correct sir after a service on my ram 2019 the dealer changed the setting to eco ,I switch it off if I want to drive a 4 cilinder I buy one
I believe the truck will still go into 4 cylinder even with this light disabled, it just doesn’t show you when it’s in 4 cyl. BUT, there are other ways to disable the 4 cyl mode which I do have a video for
What's the video,any help will be appreciated
Had my truck for 2 years didn't even know bout that light !!
I saw it pop up on someone else’s truck so I had to do some research lol. Some people say that theirs is in from the factory, but mine wasn’t, and I know a lot of others weren’t.
Does it thump when you go from a stop and eco goes away?
Eco should not be on at a stop or while accelerating unless you have eTorque. The only "thump" I ever heard was in the exhaust when switching from 8 to 4 or from 4 to 8 cylinder mode.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy it’s off when at a stop but letting go of the brake fast it thumps it’s a ram rebel 1500 2019 5.7 hemi
@@Mannyg559 Only from a dead stop when letting off the brake fast? Or during deceleration also?
@@TonyTheTruckGuy it’s good during deceleration. Say I’m at a stop light or whatever, Stop real quick. Let go of the brake and push in the accelerator and you hear a thump noise like a kick
Only happens when I accelerate slow after the stop
To shut off Eco mode all together, just hit one gear down on your steering wheel. It does not down shift the trans, it just puts the transmission in a manual setting. Here is a vid on it ruclips.net/video/8XWhvyYPZU0/видео.html The trans acts the exact same as always, it will even show gear 8 but it will not go into the eco mode. FYI
I have a video on that as well haha.
Wow so thats how thats done.my never comes on but i know now how to activate it!...thanks👋👋👍!
Dude it doesn’t activate anything. It’s simple saying you are driving it nicely.
Thanks for your video I had some difficulty in finding the Eco mode and this will help me , can I turn the Eco mode on 2WD ??
I leave my truck in 2wd or 4wd auto and the eco light comes and goes as it pleases.
Thanks I have a 2019 Classic 5.7 Lone Star and I needed to turn in ECO light on my Truck.
My eco light has never came on. I'm about to go check it out.
is there a way to have ECO mode always on when driving in freeway ?
No, it just comes and goes on it’s own. Using cruise control and staying under 70 mph is your best hope of staying in eco, but if you have a strong head wind, that’s probably too fast even.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy ya i tried cruise control but on freeway , i wasn't getting any ECO but maybe it was because i was going over 70. thanks
@@keeganjacobs5913 No problem. Yeah, assuming you have the eco light turned on, it all depends on the load of the engine. It doesn’t try super hard to stay in eco either.
Just curious, how did you get the gear indicator to show up on the dash cluster next to the PRND? Is there also a way to get it to be on permanently?
With the ignition on or truck running, and the transmission in park, use the left pad on your steering wheel to find the “screen setup” tab. Click the ok button on the wheel and use arrows to scroll down to “current gear” and hit ok. Then use arrow to go up from the “off” to the “on” position and hit ok again. You should get a message on the cluster saying the setting was saved. Use left arrow to go back to normal menus. It should now display what gear you’re in any time you put the truck into drive.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy Thank you for getting back to me as quick as you did. I have been on the road for the past few days since I drive truck for a living and just got back to my companies terminal and went ahead and changed that just before I got set to leave out for my next run. I think I can say I think I’m gonna like having that gear indicator there now.
@@timothywilson8526 No problem! Yeah it’s handy to have!
I have a 2020 Ram Rebel 5.7 with eTorque. It never goes into eco mode. I'm very familiar with Mopar. I also have 2016 RT Charger and A 2019 Challenger TA 392.So I know about Cylinder deactivation. For whatever reason it never goes into eco mode.
That’s odd unless you’re always getting into the throttle haha. Even with this light enabled it won’t go into 4 cyl? Mine usually won’t if I’m going any faster than like 60 mph. Otherwise there’s too much wind resistance. Most commonly comes on just cruising around down with cruise set.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy I just put her on the highway to see if I could get the eco light to come on. No light. Owning two other mopars you know when it goes into eco. No light no 4cyl sound, nothing.The best MPG I ever got was 15.8
Damn that’s strange. Might have to have the stealership look into it. I can get low 20s around 60-65 mph even with my 3.92 gears but my average is only about 13. Only thing I can think of is if the eTorque trucks don’t have it for some reason but that wouldn’t make much sense. Is your truck in tow/haul or are you using the manual gear shift buttons? I know that disables eco mode.
I have a 2020 ram Limited 5.7 with E-Torque, it’s never goes into eco mode at all
Did you turn the light on?
I have 2019 laramie-sport... that Eco option is checked to show in the cluster .. i've driven about 15400 km ... which is almost 9567 mi .. and still that eco icon didn't show up in my cluster ( driver screen )...any idea how it show it?
It doesn't show up even after following these steps?
I have a 2019 Big Horn (crew) and I am having problems with the radio. Not the typical black screen and rebooting issues that seem to be talked about. When I start the vehicle, my FM radio struggles to find most channels (all but one or two) and/or the volume is incredibly variable on a preset channels. Satellite works fine and as far as I can tell all other digital functions are good (just FM radio). The catch is, it only happens sometimes. One start it is fine, Get to work or the corner store and restart the vehicle and it is not functioning properly. Any help would be appreciated. I've been trying to find the "soft reset" sequence and or considering a "hard reboot" of the system but not sure how to do either. Also, I have asked the dealership to look into it and I get the classic, "our tech can't seem to get the issue to repeat itself."
Thanks in advance.
Sorry for the late reply, many comments were "being held for review" for some reason. That's odd, I have not had that issue with my truck. I did initially have issues where I would lose satellite signal when driving under bridges for like the first month I had the truck but not anymore. Did you or the dealer ever figure anything out? Maybe disconnect the batteries for an house and reconnect them?
Which RAMs does this work on? I have a 19' Big Horn 5.7. Thanks.
Should be all 2019+ Ram 1500’s with the hemi. Mine is also a 2019 big horn 5.7!
Tony The Truck Guy Sweet. I’m gonna try it out on the way home. Thanks bro!
No problem man, let me know if it works!
@@TonyTheTruckGuy It worked, thank you sir!
Perfect!
I have a ram 2019 but I can't find that box on my settings.
Do you have the 8.4" display like me, or do you have the smaller one?
That's not the case with mine though. Mine is always 100% of the time in Eco Mode and I have no clue how to get out of Eco Mode and in to Regular or Sport Mode ? Not saying there even is a Sport Mode but I would like Full Power to the Tires with as much Power as the Engine could provide without this Fuel Saving Feature always on. I got a 2018 Dodge Ram 1500 (No Hemi).
You have the eco diesel or the pentastar?
How to keep in 4cyl mode always?
Can’t. It only goes into 4 on deceleration and light load situations
Static throttle on 2024 gets 10pg dynamic engine retarding throttle gets 45 mpg round 110 down to 100
9.3 average MPG's??? That's REALLY bad! I'm getting around 19-20 avg in my 2022 Ram Laramie 4x4. Honestly, I wish that the ECO mode would engage earlier earlier at highway speeds in the 4x4. I owned a 2020 1500 5.7 non-ETorque 4x2 Lonestar and was averaging 21-22 MPG's. Do a lot of semi-flat highway driving. The ECO mode would engage much earlier in that particular motor.
The 9.3 was either in the dead of winter or just after I had filled up and reset. I averaged 13-15 during the summer if all I did was drive to and from work. 4x4 will always lose an MPG or 2 with the added weight and rotating mass.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy Thank you for your comment. I was completely expecting the 4x4 to not be as efficient as the 4x2. However, the major difference as to why, may not be due to the rotating mass or weight. I truly believe that if my ECO mode would engage the same as my 4x2, I would definitely see better numbers. At highway speeds of 65-75 mph, I could see up to 32 mpg's in my 4x2. Now, I'm lucky if I see 20-21 in my 4x4 at 65mhp due to the ECO mode not engaging at that speed. I've got a call in to the dealership to see if the truck may need to be reprogrammed. It only has 9,300 miles at the moment.
@@oychoppa The 4x4 also sits higher, so the wind drag is more and the engine just can't keep up with all those additional factors. Not sure if your gear ratios are the same or not, but the other factors alone are enough to cause eco not to engage as often.
@@TonyTheTruckGuy Actually, if my 4x4 sits any higher than the other 4x2 then it's not by much. Both just barely fit under my open garage door. I'm thinking my gearing was 3.21 on the 4x2 and 3.92 on the 4x4. That may be part of it. If that's the case, there should be some way to reprogram the ECU to allow the MDS to engage in different gears, at different RPM's. Especially at highway speeds.
@@oychoppa Yeah I'm not sure without looking it up or physically measuring, but the 4x4 is usually an inch or so taller. But yeah, gear ratio would be a big factor. This truck had 3.92 as well and I'm surprised it didn't try to stay in 4 cylinder more.
9.0 mpg?
Haha idk if I just reset it at the gas station or what. But I don’t average much better than that. 10-11 in the winter time and 13-15 in summer
yeah,Killswitch🤘🤘
9.3 mpg...lmao..I guess your in the boost instead of eco..
😂😂 I think I was flooring it around a bunch cause I had just got my exhaust haha
Lmao 5.7 hemis just ask to get floored all the time