What are your fav custom driving mode settings... and why

[bentramer81]

Sorry for the boring thread but I was just curious about this.

So I realize in my truck I usually only use two driving modes majority of the time. Sport mode for fun spirited drives and auto mode for comfort/gas saving and just a laid back drive. This weekend we got slammed with a ton of snow so I used mud and sand to rip through deep snow and it worked great!

Anyway the one thing I didn't like about the Auto drive mode was the suspension seemed a bit off. A few times I thought in the front I hit the bump stops around town on some speed bumps and dips in the road. That seemed odd to me since this truck is designed to do actual jumps. That led me to find this thread which discussed the same issue...

Front suspension knock

So I want to let everyone know the outcome of my issue. My local dealer literally replaced all of the components in the left front suspension and it still popped. FCA got involved and made the truck a lemon. Kudos to them for giving me a fair price. I turned around and bought a new 2023...

www.ram-trx.com

In this thread a few people mentioned that their TRX did this as well but only in Auto mode. This morning I decided to try the same route and speed bumps in Baja mode and it did not seem to hit the bump stops or produce that clunk noise. That led me to creating a custom drive mode with same set up from stock auto mode but changed suspension into baja mode. Seems like a very good and comfortable ride now. Just curious if you guys have ever ran into the same issue and what custom modes you have messed around with.

Thanks

 

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

If custom mode worked like it used to, Custom was our fave.

 

[bentramer81]

If custom mode worked like it used to, Custom was our fave.

What's different after the update compared to before? Just curious because I was still able to make and save the custom mode.

 

[bentramer81]

Also

 

[Krewton]

I set my auto mode to have sport suspension and that’s what I usually drive.

Idk if it is the extreme cold lately and I haven’t used my truck too much last month/few weeks but I’ve been noticing clunks on bumps too recently. Idk if I should be worried.

 

[FastMD]

There was a custom setup someone had posted about 1-2 years ago and i found it was the best setup for the truck, I had to reset the truck because of a check engine light( went into limp mode when hitting the speed limiter too hard) and I lost it and don't remember which were the settings but it gave you the best of all the modes in one.

 

[Todd]

Baja suspension, sport trans, and everything else auto.

 

[nikon2024]

I set my auto mode to have sport suspension and that’s what I usually drive.

Idk if it is the extreme cold lately and I haven’t used my truck too much last month/few weeks but I’ve been noticing clunks on bumps too recently. Idk if I should be worried.

Mine clunks in real cold temps, seems to go away when it’s warmer. Thinking thick shock fluid?

 

[Krewton]

Mine clunks in real cold temps, seems to go away when it’s warmer. Thinking thick shock fluid?

That’s what I’m hoping. Glad to hear I’m not the only one. Seems to be on both sides and no way I could have something failed, especially both at same time. I haven’t been driving the truck too much this last month. And NJ has had subfreezing temps consistently.

Driving the other day, engine oil temp didn’t break 170deg lol

 

[bentramer81]

That’s what I’m hoping. Glad to hear I’m not the only one. Seems to be on both sides and no way I could have something failed, especially both at same time. I haven’t been driving the truck too much this last month. And NJ has had subfreezing temps consistently.

Driving the other day, engine oil temp didn’t break 170deg lol

Hey dude! What do you daily??

 

[Krewton]

I have my old Jetta beater still or my gf’s IS350. But I do usually drive my truck. Just with holidays, PTO and snow, I haven’t been going out much anywhere lol! And I can walk to my gym.

 

[bentramer81]

I have my old Jetta beater still or my gf’s IS350. But I do usually drive my truck. Just with holidays, PTO and snow, I haven’t been going out much anywhere lol! And I can walk to my gym.

LOL got ya man. Hope you have been well.

 

[XSTNKT]

What's different after the update compared to before? Just curious because I was still able to make and save the custom mode.

Also curious about this... Are they referring to it flipping back to Auto when Custom is selected?

 

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

What's different after the update compared to before? Just curious because I was still able to make and save the custom mode.

Mine wont stay in custom mode. I click custom, it stays on for 1.5s and then pops back to auto mode.

So the last 3 months, my fave drive mode is sport lol

 

[Krewton]

LOL got ya man. Hope you have been well.

You too. Hope you’ve been enjoying your Rex so far!

 

[bentramer81]

Mine wont stay in custom mode. I click custom, it stays on for 1.5s and then pops back to auto mode.

So the last 3 months, my fave drive mode is sport lol

It pops back to auto by default but it should still be saving the settings. You can look and see the settings change even though it says "auto".

 

[Krewton]

Mine wont stay in custom mode. I click custom, it stays on for 1.5s and then pops back to auto mode.

So the last 3 months, my fave drive mode is sport lol

That’s definitely weird. But the fact the truck defaults to auto mode each start up, is why I just edit my auto mode to what I want mostly.

 

[Drwalu33]

Baja is my favorite, makes the exhaust do some popcorn. Sometimes custom with baja suspension and sport transmission.

Lucky us who didn't get the RHO update

 

[FULLTHROTTLERICK]

It pops back to auto by default but it should still be saving the settings. You can look and see the settings change even though it says "auto".

Yea it doesnt work on ours. I cant change any of the settings within "custom" mode and i can tell it's not in sport trans/suspension/etc

 

[Russ103]

I set my Auto to Baja Suspension, Rock steering, trans in auto/normal. I call this the plush setting and it’s what I drive in 90% of the time.

I set my custom mode to Sport everything so it’s just one click of a mode change button away. I got annoyed at having to skip through snow, mud/sand from Auto just to get to the much more frequently used Spirt mode.