The concept of paddle shifters is pretty straightforward. When you hit the plus paddle, the transmission shifts up, and the minus paddle makes it downshift. This is the case for most cars with paddle shifters and traditional automatic transmissions. However, when the Chevy Silverado is equipped with paddle shifters, those paddles do something a little different.
The paddle shifters on the steering wheel of a Chevy Silverado operate a feature called Electronic Range Select (ERS). Drivers can enter manual mode by pulling back on the shift lever to “L” (Low). When the L in the shift pattern lights up red, ERS is engaged. From there, the left steering wheel paddle reduces the highest gear available and the right paddle increases it. For example, if the dash says “4L,” that means gears 1-4 are available, and it won’t shift higher than that.
GM recommends using this mode while driving downhill or towing a trailer to limit the trucks’ top gear and speed. Electronic Range Select is intended for truck purposes rather than for performance or driving engagement, like most vehicles with paddle shifters.
Notably, this only applies to Chevy Silverado models with a console-mounted electronic shifter. Trucks with a mechanical column shifter have what’s called Range Selection Mode, which effectively does the same thing as Electronic Range Select. In lieu of paddle shifters, there are plus and minus buttons on the column shifter. When the truck is shifted to L, the plus/minus buttons select the desired gear range.
Speaking of the paddle shifters, they can do a little-known trick that V8-powered Chevy Silverado drivers might be interested to know. When you shift the truck to L9 using Electronic Range Select, the Engine Control Module (ECM) disables Dynamic Fuel Management (DFM), the truck’s cylinder deactivation system. It also deactivates the auto start/stop system, ensuring all eight cylinders are firing the whole time the truck is running.
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Yup do your city or suburban driving in L9L7 or L5 and save your engine.
You must be a Ford troll considering the 5.3 DFM is the least recalled engine on the market today (even over Honda's) and the 6.2 has the markets best warranty.
Far from it. Know a guy that installs the $2,000 Texas speed. AFM dfm eliminator kits. Just because it's not subject to recall means it's all that.
Wow! What a waste of 💰. You are aware that the AFM engines (LS/LT truck engines) are the #1 engine for engine swaps right? That's cause more than BMW, Ford modular, Ecoboost, Toyota I force, or Honda J35, these engines Are available in junk yards in high numbers from cars and trucks that outlived their car bodies, and are reliable enough that they all contain original motors VS Ford/imports where often the case junk yard motors are going into cars that have blown their unreliable motors while having usable life on the body/transmission, hence very few junk yard engines are available.
Your asking me to believe internet annecdotes from a "friend" vs a known cultural movement where even old Celia's and Mustangs are going Chevy for their powerplant due to a lack of viable junk yard engines.
You want an undisputable fact???? More Chevy V8 engines make it to the graveyard in working condition than any other engine on the market. Now tell me these engines are probalatic.
And FYI, he's also asking for trouble with AFM disabled as that removes oil flow to the AFM side of the lifters. They're intended for normal oil flow, but now there's a whole passage that never gets flow and Is subject to high engine heat, guaranteeing sludge and break down. He'll have premature lifter tick now.
When I drive my wife’s 2019 Equinox 6-speed I put it in L then advance it to L6. The transmission shifts normally and the start stop BS is disabled.
You just lose overdrive, no big deal right? So no, it does not shift normally. There is a button to turn it off, not sure the hate on this feature. 95% of the time it is no problem and saves fuel. That other 5% of the time (like creeping in a parking lot or into a spot) there is a button for that. Keep telling yourself you found a loophole though...
There’s no button to turn it off in the 2019, that came later and yes it shifts normally 1-6.
I got you both beat...on my 2019 Equinox I installed a $15 dollar plug sold on Amazon that eliminates the start stop feature for good. You open your hood un clip the harness for engine start/stop plug in the harness you bought on Amazon tie wrap the excess wire and it's done no more engine start/stop. My wife's 2019 Buick enclave also has this little plug harness installed. Where we live in upstate NJ by highpoint State Park there is no need for this start/stop feature when your stopping mostly for stop signs, people walking or biking or wildlife!
there is no reason for stop/start at all. just another epa piece of crap.
Take it to a shop or dealership, or if you have a friend with GM SPS, have start stop disabled in the firmware. All GM vehicles have this as often fleets/gov vehicles have to use the same ECU, but don't want those features. You can also disable lane departure warning, Seat belt alert (for now at least) and auto lock. It's way easier than fidling with the gear selector each time.
GM is messing around with controls just too much. The new Equinox/Terrain and others have the wiper stalk on the left side, which is confusing and disliked. So is the gear selector on the column - just look at Hyundai forums and you'll see all the complaints. They need to stop the nonsense.
Why is this an issue? Trucks have been like this since the 70's, since they moved the windshield wiper off the dash. My real complaint is that Japanese cars have controls very different from American and European standards. If I'm at a rental place, I got to relearn where all the controls are if its a Japanese car.
Mary needs to be let go because of this.
Not quite. Let me count the real reasons
This is the least of the reasons Mary needs to be let go.
Mary decides market mix and leads the company. This “ all in on EVs “ has cost billions in retooling costs to go back to gas engines. Tonawanda was going to be thrown under the bus but now has a huge investment because flint can’t make enough of the next gen v8s to meet demand.
My cam and lifters on my L86 were done at 176,000. They only lasted that long because I ran Amsoil Signature. Everyone I talked to had to deal with it much earlier. FYI, Range makes a plug in device for $230 that eliminates DOM and Start/Stop. I did that in the first 2000. I can take it to the dealer and take it out and no warranty fuss. I still get 22mpg at 70+ in my LTZ Max Tow with the L87 without DOM.
i know this is off topic but i believe their only doing all this new bs to cut out the men that used to do their own work on their cars/trucks so you have to go to the dealer to get it fixed im poor so i Rely on my husband to fix things so if i get a car/truck with all the bells and Whistles i dont think i can afford it if it breaks down