Cags
TECH Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: Connecticut SE shore
With the CAGS in effect, you should get the yellow warning light on the instrument panel in first gear any time you are not accelerating the car "smartly" at operating temps. If you never see it the warning light or have never felt that shift lockout forcing you into 4th gear, it's probably already disabled. It can be disabled either via a tune change or with a 6" jumper cable on the outside of the trans.
I found it quite annoying when I first got my car and often found myself in 4th vs. 2nd. So I installed the jumper. But after a year or two I missed the easy 1-4th skip shift for those times I was just plodding along. So I removed the jumper.
I found it quite annoying when I first got my car and often found myself in 4th vs. 2nd. So I installed the jumper. But after a year or two I missed the easy 1-4th skip shift for those times I was just plodding along. So I removed the jumper.
There 2 common ways to disable skip shift. The first is a device plugged into the harness and the solenoid. The other is to disable it in the PCM through tuning software.
I've also heard of people breaking it.
I've also heard of people breaking it.
