I was into the dealer to get my 30,000 check up done and I ask for them to do the high idle flash. When I got home I reinstalled SMARTY and the next morning start up and no high idle. Is this because SMARTY does not have this or what? I am using the program that came with SMARTY, and I have the early 06. By the way I had the trans check up and serviced at this time and it is in perfect condition, it is stock and I have been running SMARTY on level 3 for about a year!

 

it would probably be a good idea to update your smarty. i have some of the older programs that are still pretty new, but dont have speed limiter and stuff...

brett

 

did you try the cruise switch? I turn mine on with the cruise.

 

Really! I will have to try that, but I had thought that the dealer said it came on at start up

 

nope. mine was activated by the dealer. what you do is turn the cruise on then hit the set button and it should come up to 1100rpm. to raise it hit the accell button and to lower hit the decel button. it will not go lower than 1100 though. try it out and let me know.

 

Will do and thanks!

 

ah-hah now I understand the question.

the basic high idle comes standard and comes on if it's cold enough and the truck is in park and i think the parking brake has to be on. All of these conditions have to be met for some period of time. Mine didn't do it as soon as I started it but would do it while i was out scraping the windshield.

The other high idle can be activated regardless of temp. This one has to be enabled by the dealer or aftermarket programmer. Manual trucks have to do some hardware stuff, but automatics are all set after it's been enable thru the ecm. Turn on the cruise, then press and briefly hold the set button. The engine will idle up to about 1100 rpm. You can then adjust the idle speed up/down with the accel/decel buttons.


hope this helps,

jeff.

 

The Smarty gave me the high idle function. It wasn't enabled from the factory and the dealer wouldn't do it, but after loading a Smarty it works!

 

why wouldnt the dealer enabe it

 

They had a million excuses as to why. My favorite was their denial it even exists. Same exact thing when I asked to have the ECM reprogrammed for 285's.

This was a big dealer who sold and serviced mostly diesel trucks too.

 

I love it when they don't know their tails from a hole in the ground!

 

OK well I went out and did as per your instructions and it worked, thank you very much for the info. One would think the dealer would inform you of such. . .sure.

 

I hear ya. I was working for a chrysler dealer at the time when I bought mine. I had a tech at work do it rather than going to the dodge dealer. I asked the dodge dealer and they were like, HUH?

 

mine doesn't work with the cruise

 

Should. Hit cruise control on. Then hit Set. Then hit decel or accel to achieve desired Rpm.