Checklist of problems needing solutions!
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Checklist of problems needing solutions!
2017 F150 Screw 4x4 3.5 EB with auto s/s
So first order of business - What does a quick double tap of the traction control button do? I see it says "sport mode traction control" - just trying to see what that all does/changes over the standard traction control. I'll poke through my manual later this afternoon but if someone has an easy answer I'll take that. Also is it something I should activate when drag racing or general sport mode in my daily city driving?
THE DAMN FUSES IN THE CAB! Auto start/stop is screwing with my dash cam. Dash cam doesn't have a battery so those quick on/off starts are screwing with the power feed to the camera. Not causing damage - I think it's just confusing the dash cam. Stays on when truck turns off at a light but once the truck restarts it's that quick downtime in the power cycle that the camera thinks the vehicle turned off and doesn't catch the quick following power input. I believe I'm tapped into fuse #36. I tried the radio but that's constant hot for some odd reason.. unless the delay off is longer than my impatient 5 minute wait. What fuse is good for ignition on with or without off delay that isn't affected by the Auto S/S?
How can I activate/use the pro backup trailer function without actually having a trailer? I've been getting a lot of questions asking how that system works and I don't have a trailer to demo it. I assume the system needs to sense a trailer plugged in.. I do have a bike rack with a rear light/trailer plug on it that I can try and setup. Just wondering if there was an easier way to bypass all this or not. I'd like to show it off and try it out without the need to source a trailer for a 5 minute conversation.
How do you guys who have fat tire bikes haul them in a 5.5 bed? I'm thinking wheel trays but I'm open to ideas. I'd rather not take off the front wheels. I've asked/searched elsewhere so this forum is a latch ditch effort to come up with ideas I may have missed.
Thanks all.
So first order of business - What does a quick double tap of the traction control button do? I see it says "sport mode traction control" - just trying to see what that all does/changes over the standard traction control. I'll poke through my manual later this afternoon but if someone has an easy answer I'll take that. Also is it something I should activate when drag racing or general sport mode in my daily city driving?
THE DAMN FUSES IN THE CAB! Auto start/stop is screwing with my dash cam. Dash cam doesn't have a battery so those quick on/off starts are screwing with the power feed to the camera. Not causing damage - I think it's just confusing the dash cam. Stays on when truck turns off at a light but once the truck restarts it's that quick downtime in the power cycle that the camera thinks the vehicle turned off and doesn't catch the quick following power input. I believe I'm tapped into fuse #36. I tried the radio but that's constant hot for some odd reason.. unless the delay off is longer than my impatient 5 minute wait. What fuse is good for ignition on with or without off delay that isn't affected by the Auto S/S?
How can I activate/use the pro backup trailer function without actually having a trailer? I've been getting a lot of questions asking how that system works and I don't have a trailer to demo it. I assume the system needs to sense a trailer plugged in.. I do have a bike rack with a rear light/trailer plug on it that I can try and setup. Just wondering if there was an easier way to bypass all this or not. I'd like to show it off and try it out without the need to source a trailer for a 5 minute conversation.
How do you guys who have fat tire bikes haul them in a 5.5 bed? I'm thinking wheel trays but I'm open to ideas. I'd rather not take off the front wheels. I've asked/searched elsewhere so this forum is a latch ditch effort to come up with ideas I may have missed.
Thanks all.