Experimenting with bypassing the AT 4th gear prohibition when cold - Toyota Yaris Forums

12-20-2011, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bronsin

Since manual transmissions can be shifted into fifth right away whatever the lockout feature is "helping" doesnt apply to them. Are manaul transmission cars suffering premature failures because of this. Seems unlikely.

Actually I am not sure if the AT cars do this to the same degree, but the ECU runs the car rather rich while it is in warmup mode, for the same reason of getting the cats up and running...

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