Got truck early Jan and only 550 miles. Finally got to drive to cabin, just got there (4 hour drive) (still warming it up)

Drove great, love the truck, what a great ride. Can't wait to tow.....

- What the heck is that little compartment under the 12v outlet on the drivers side for? Best I could think was a place to put floss? Wish it would hold a cell, but not....

- Mileage was ok. From born date I was at 16.1 and it went to 16.3. Ok. /first highway driving. (at 70) thought I might have done better, probably should have reset on of the tirps...

Edit: third question..

- Was disappointed with the heaters on the mirrors. Don't know if they are not working or are weak... On my '04 the snow/ice would turn to water after a 1/2 hour or so. I had Ice on them for 3-4 hours (at 35 degrees) think the sun and temp finally melted them. Are they weak or should I have it checked?


Anyway, just rambling........

 

I'm just asking (not insulting), but did you have the mirror heater button on? Its right next to defrost button. I've used my mirror heaters and they seem to work okay.


You're mileage is what I'm getting right now this winter. I haven't seen 19mpg since we switched to winter diesel. It should go up this summer.

That pocket is used for the ash try option if you get the option. Otherwise, its a useless hole....


Glad you are enjoying your truck. I still love mine.

 

Arent these trucks great?!?! We finally got to tow last weekend, see my post in the trailer towing section. Yep, a reset would have given you your highway mileage only. Under my 12 volt outlet is the keyslot for disabling the passenger air bag. You must have a CC which deletes this and they must put in a little cubby hole. Can you post a photo or two? Always been curious about the cabin from reading your posts!

 

I put my radar detector mute button in there and a few business cards...filled it right up.

 

Toyhauler Tug has the correct answer.
The regular and extended cab trucks have the option to disable the front passenger seat air bag.
You can safely put a child seat in the back of a crew cab so there is no need to have the front passenger air bag disabled in the CC.

 

I wondered why there was a plug with two wires attached to the back of the plastic cubby with NO CONTACTS to it. Thought it might be a power wire for an ash tray light or something but no power on it with or without ACC. The key switch now makes perfect sense.

I learned my one thing for the day...I can go to sleep now.

 

Sounds correct, it is a little cubby, as you describe. Will try to do pics....Thanks.

 

Really? duh......... I thought they were always on..(on the 6.0 they were)..Will go out and check........

 

Got, love this place and the truck

 

Don't feel bad. I did the same thing.

 

So far I have found no use for the cubby hole in mine. I tried the business cards and I end up dunking them all over the drivers side floor mat. Nothing else fits in there so its just a waste of space for me. That cubby hole container thingy needs to come out if you are trying to get behind the dash, though. Same for the outlet on the other side of the console. There are screws behind those that hold down the bottom part of the dash panel. Without pulling the screws you'll never get behind it.

 

I was thinking it would make a nice mounting location for the rheostat if I ever do the high idle mod.

 

Not exactly true. The 12v outlet on the left and the sync/usb panel on the right need to come out to expose the screws to the center dash panel. The cubby is in a different part of the dash.

 

I keep a small microfiber cloth stuffed in there. Use it to wipe the fingerprints off the NAV screen.

 

Now that's a good idea................