Do you ever use the driving modes on your Yukon?....Sport, Off-Road..

[Joseph Garcia]

Basically, the driving modes adjust the transmission shifting points based upon the activity. For example , in sport mode it shifts at higher RPM. Normal will shift at lower RPMs to conserve fuel. I wasn’t aware it shifted ride height unless you are equipped with air suspension and then maybe it adjust that as well.

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Pics of the truck, please.

 

[Rangerdeepv]

Have used auto mode when a little icy and tow a bass boat so use tow mode.

 

[Eusibius2]

I've used sport mode once or twice just to see what it was about. In most vehicles this usually tightens the suspension, changes shift points (as mentioned above) and tightens the power steering. Any idea if this is true for the Yukon (besides the shift point changes)? Seat of the pants made me feel the suspension was tighter in sport but not sure if that's true. I use tow haul when towing of course and it makes a huge difference, however, sometimes it just hangs in low gear for way longer than my liking so I have to manually intervene to get it to shift into a higher gear to help with mileage.

I've tried sport mode several times and each time I'm left disappointed ('22 Z71 with a 6.2L). Not much of a gain anywhere to be felt. Trans shift points do change, but that's about it. I'll play around with it this week a bit and report back...

 

[R32driver]

Sport mode is such a useless gimmick on these. There is no argument that will change my opinion that a 6k pound square brick is not sporty just because it has a powerful v8 and has decent acceleration

 

[NYisles1]

Sport mode is such a useless gimmick on these. There is no argument that will change my opinion that a 6k pound square brick is not sporty just because it has a powerful v8 and has decent acceleration

Agree completely. Maybe the Escalade-V will be able to pull something off.

 

[Baja_Bob]

I've tried Sport mode too and didn't notice much change in performance. GM could eliminate this feature and use the microchips for something else.