Just bought a 2004 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab Sport 5 speed and I read in the manual that the shift indicator light is meant to come on. I've put the rpm's to 4-5k and still the light has never come on. Am I missing something or is this feature broken on my truck.

Many Thanks!

 

It wont come on under acceleration. Just when the computer senses a steady engine speed. Honestly you start to ignore it real quick. Personally lights like this really dont belong in a vehicle. To me they are about as worthless and a tach in an automatic.

 

I could not agree more, I was just wondering if there was a problem that could be idicative of a bigger issue. Thank-you for your fast reply!

 

if you want to get rid of the light in your face, simply remove the dash and take the light out. it will take you 10 minutes and you will never see it again. one of the best decisions i made in my life. right behind getting motorcycles and the nfl package.

 

Thanks virused..
my issue was that I was not seeing it...
I'm good with not seeing it..
glad there is not other issue relating to the light not coming on either.

Cheers,

 

It came on in the first gen Dak I drove a long time ago even under accelleration. It was annoying.

Tachs in an auto are only useless if you've never really used your truck. Yeah, you can drive by ear, but you can do that with a manual tranny as well - people still want a tach. It's all about knowing what your truck is doing. With my Ram I've got a 3-speed auto and doing 80 down the freeway it sounds like it's rapping out at 5000rpm. Toss a tach in and you know it's actually closer to 3500.

 

I agree horatio102. I also see where RP Racing940 is coming from.
I've used mine to see engine RPM at highway speed in 4th vs. 3rd. (Quite a differance at some speeds!)
When accelerating in the city, I don't go above 2K RPMs.
I can see what my idle speed is.

I dunno, I just like having a tach.