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Exhaust note changes in Sport Mode?

JackG23

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yes but I believe this is only from the speakers in the cabin.
 

MikeD

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I believe that Sport mode - at least on my TRD ORP - engages Engine Sound Enhancement (ESE). I rarely change from normal mode but when experimenting with Sport - and switching back and forth - it is clear that the change in engine noise is coming from the speakers. I find it somewhat annoying since it sounds artificial (and it is), but since I don't bother resetting to sport mode very often its no big deal to me. If I'm crazy and ESE is active regardless of mode - but just more "enhanced" in sport, I would be curious to know.

Note that when I had it at the dealer to repair the hanging front air dam at ~700 miles, I asked for some feature adjustments only dealer can do (open all windows holding unlock; timing of unlock all doors when holding drivers door handle). I asked about turning off ESE and the tech said he could not find this. He also messed up the unlock all doors feature so maybe it was just a noob tech not knowing, but he made it a point to say he searched but did not find any mention of ESE.
 

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I don't know if it has it or not either, mine sounds pretty throaty offroading and outside on tape. ????



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