wat on earth is ECT-S Power and ECTS manu buttons, define what they do while drving Options

[NzLatino]

ok guys i just recently got my Celica liek 2 days ago its a black 96 ss1....now its automatic but plan to got for a transmission transplant later on...but i realise on the gear box of the automatic car theres to buttons...PWR..when i click it on it says ECT-S POWER next to the speedometer ...then theres MAnu ...i press it and next to the speedometer it says ECT-S Manual, but when i turn either of them on the cr feels exactly the same ...now the prob is t heres also sum sorta crazy looking red button with japanese writing on it i darre not push it but culd sum1 tell me what the hell it says or wat it does at all ??? please

[macavely]

have you tried calling a toyota dealer they might be able to help you out, doesn't it say what that is on the owners manuel??

[NzLatino]

no i didnt even get an owners manual to b honest, ill try calling a toyota dealer...but prob is i dunno if ne of u wuld know bout this hence im the only one i think newayz here all the way from the tiny island of new zealand... ill see and test it tout pushing the pwr button then the red button i dunno wat it says on it just jap writing and see if it makes any diff

[macavely]

i'm just taking a guess here but ect-s could be the electonic tracksion contral system

[jontechie]

I don't believe traction control is employed on celica's, I'd say that being a Jap import
its an "overdrive" on their automatic gearboxes, its quite common to
see these on the supra's, the idea of the overdrive is to reduce the stress on the
gearbox at higher speeds, it engages a fourth gear.
The "manu" manual button allows the gearbox to be placed into power or economy
mode.In power mode the car is held in 1st and 2nd gears longer for more grunt
and sportier drive. Hope this answers your question, Oh yeah the red button isn't
a James Bond ejector seat button , its a park release, when you press it it allows
you to shift from the park position without having to press the brake,

Jon

[bonzaisushi]

the ect power increases the shift a little longer like instead of the auto shifting at 5900 with it off it will shift right before redline like at 6200 i used to have that on my camry, its realy useless for street racing since are powerband stops at like 5800, but thats what it does, does this make sense? sorry all my thought are out of order

[spawn]

Hello, I got a silver auto Celica '95 (hatchback)
I have the same buttons you mention - These also exist in my RAV4

So,
the overdrive you all know what it does it's thoroughly explained in another topic. Now about manual and power.

For manual: Switch it on when you're parked and shift to L. By having MANU enabled L, 2 and D act like 1,2 and 3rd gear. So you launch the car with L and push the stick to 2 when you want and again to D. It will NOT shift unless you push the stick

For power: It just makes the car gruntier and all. More responsive throttle control and all that. For the sportiest possible behavior switch on ECTS-PWR and turn off your overdrive Not gas-mileage friendly but it gets much faster and sportier

Dont forget to use the kick-down future. Pedal to the medal and it will give you quite a push

P.s. forgive me for bringing life to a dead topic but I was searching for more details on these 2 modes I hope this helps.

This post has been edited by spawn: Apr 20, 2005 - 8:36 AM