My '11 F 350 was a smooth truck. It applied power in a smooth fashion picking up steam like a locomotive.

But my '15 with 60 lbs of torque more, does not seems as smooth in its application. Sometimes I feel like too much power is being applied and at other times too little, both requiring me to adjust my foot on the go pedal heavier or lighter.

I have about 1600 miles.

Am I dreaming this or is anyone else thinking along these lines???

 

not a problem I'm having.. in fact the '15 is a good bit smoother than the '12 I traded.

 

I've noticed this too. Could be with the way the new turbo spools up? What bothers me more is the hill brake that seems to hold longer than it should. Also, I have to back out into a busy frontage road and unless I come to a complete stop while in reverse before shifting into drive, it just sits there with an annoying hesitation. Finally when it decides to go I'm way into the pedal and over accelerate. Not that I don't over accelerate sometime but this is mostly to keep someone from running up my rear.

 

Sounds like what you are experiancing is the brake over power feature. It does take a second or two after you release the brake for power to be applied. Stops you from brake torqueing and spinning out the tires. Also, if you are on an incline (and in tow/haul I believe) the brakes will hold for a second or two longer to hold your trailer from rolling while you switch your foot from stop pedal to go pedal. My wife complains about this alot when I forget about it when towing our 5'er..... "Stop Jerking the camper!!!"

 

Yep that's it. Thanks for explaining that.

 

I can't get past the shift points, drives me so crazy I use M all the time.

Even when I'm towing, I never need more than 2500 engine rpms. The dang gearbox really likes to sit at 3000-3100 a lot and I hate it. The other issue is, in D almost every time I take my foot off the throttle it jumps to 6th gear. When I'm rolling at 45 mph I don't ever want sixth gear.

 

You might want to get that checked out. Mine shifts very nicely. The only time I notice anything odd is when I'm unlocking gears with the toggle switch. It will stay in the lower gear a little longer than it seems like it should. I just attribute that to the computer trying to figure out what to do.

As for the power curve, it does act like a 2 stroke motorcycle with their 'power band' - the rpm's start going up and the boost starts going up and it puts you back in the seat. I like it!

 

Okay, that's what they're talking about... then YES my hill lock will hold me back for a split second.. One reason I don't notice it as badly as y'all is that I rarely go from brake to throttle in a hurry... I generally let the truck tell me when to apply pressure to the foot peddle.


I also generally back into my drive which does slope from the street toward the house, not because of the slope but for the idiots that think my street is a race track and take the corner on two wheels, rapidly accelerating to 40+ by the time they pass my drive.