Andrew01

There are some automotive tasks that are more or less impossible the first time you attempt them, no matter your skill level. Remember the first time you had to back a trailer into position? Yeah, you'd have more luck disarming a nuclear bomb than getting the trailer where you're aiming.
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/21/w...backup-assist/

PawPaw

That would take all the fun out of backing!

Tystevens

Funny how it is called "Pro" -- most pro's probably will never even look at it.

I cannot really even remember not being able to back a trailer -- I used to practice on my grandpa's riding lawn mower and little landscape trailer when I was 8 or 9 (I was a weird kid, I know), and was backing up trailers on the farm where I worked since 12. It has always made sense to me.

But for someone like my father-in-law, who finally got his first trailer (5th wheel) at 60 yrs old or so, this would have been a welcome option!

shortride

iTrader: (1)

I wonder if this system fails and you run over someone's vehicle or other property Ford is going to pay for it. I think insurance companies may have a problem with this.

johnday in BFE

iTrader: (1)

For sure. For some reason, I've got an uneasy feeling about it, maybe I'm just way too olde school. LOL

All Hat No Cattle

No more liability than if you back into someone without this system. If you can't see what is behind your trailer, you need a spotter. This system just aims the trailer, you must still apply the gas and brakes.

Willard5.0

Trick feature. Trailer backing kicks my @55 every time. Just dont do it enough I guess.