DTE
Oct 27, 2017 | 06:17 AM
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5th Wheeling
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DTE
My distance to empty with towing is higher in the towing mode than the normal mode. This does no seem logical to me.
Oct 27, 2017 | 06:42 AM
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From: Rocky Face
mine too
maybe someone can enlighten us as to why??
Oct 27, 2017 | 07:06 AM
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My guess is you may have not yet pulled enough miles for the computer to get an accurate reading in both modes for it to normalize.
Oct 27, 2017 | 07:28 AM
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Over 22,000 miles. 6-8000 of that towing.
Oct 27, 2017 | 07:29 AM
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How far off are they? Does one say 100 miles to empty and the other says 500 miles to empty?
Oct 27, 2017 | 07:55 AM
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The amount shrinks as you fuel level goes down. But at 114 miles towing it was 84 normal.
Oct 27, 2017 | 08:00 AM
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Another guess may be that while in towing mode the engine and transmission are working more efficiently...shifting less often and remaining in the more efficient state more often. This could result in a better number for towing mode vs regular mode while towing.
Oct 27, 2017 | 02:24 PM
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Ok, I just filled up. DTE towing 591 miles. Normal 448
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Dec 8, 2017 | 07:54 AM
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Anyone else have reasoning? I just purchased a new 17 and have no towing miles yet but see the difference in towing vs normal DTE.
Dec 8, 2017 | 07:59 AM
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I may be wrong, but I want to say the towing DTE is using a smaller sample of recent miles than normal is. Normal goes back a bit further and is a calculation based on many more miles.
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