Hi All,
For those who don't know me I'm the designer and developer of auto-mate and lockup-mate.
3 years of development behind these products and still I get surprised, and need your collective help to determine when Mitsubishi changed the transmission programming...again.
In the NT and NW (-09-'14) they programmed a flex-lockup mode into the trans. In the NX (2015-?) they removed it. I've now found in a MY20 NX they've put it back in. WTF?
What is flex-lockup mode? Essentially the AISIN transmission in the Gen4 Paj supports a 'half' lockup mode of the torque converter which is used under very light accleration to reduce slip and save fuel.
You can feel it in operation if you're driving slightly downhill at 60-65kph and lightly touch the accelerator (<20%). The RPM will soon drop from ~1500 to ~1250 as flex lockup activates.
Why do I need your help? I'm trying to determine when they re-introduced it after 2016.
My own MY16 doesn't have it, but I've just found the MY20 now does. Knowning if the trans has flex lockup mode help me avoid a CEL in lockup-mate and auto-mate.
Can people try it in their NX MY17+ vehicles and let me know if you have this feature. Please include your vehicle build date.
Thanks for your assistance.. Cheers Marshall
For those who don't know me I'm the designer and developer of auto-mate and lockup-mate.
3 years of development behind these products and still I get surprised, and need your collective help to determine when Mitsubishi changed the transmission programming...again.
In the NT and NW (-09-'14) they programmed a flex-lockup mode into the trans. In the NX (2015-?) they removed it. I've now found in a MY20 NX they've put it back in. WTF?
What is flex-lockup mode? Essentially the AISIN transmission in the Gen4 Paj supports a 'half' lockup mode of the torque converter which is used under very light accleration to reduce slip and save fuel.
You can feel it in operation if you're driving slightly downhill at 60-65kph and lightly touch the accelerator (<20%). The RPM will soon drop from ~1500 to ~1250 as flex lockup activates.
Why do I need your help? I'm trying to determine when they re-introduced it after 2016.
My own MY16 doesn't have it, but I've just found the MY20 now does. Knowning if the trans has flex lockup mode help me avoid a CEL in lockup-mate and auto-mate.
Can people try it in their NX MY17+ vehicles and let me know if you have this feature. Please include your vehicle build date.
Thanks for your assistance.. Cheers Marshall
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