2017 Tips & Tricks
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From: Oro Valley, AZ
If you use the turn signals (you are supposed to you know) before crossing a lane line you will never get it!
Jack
Jack
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From: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Does the GM do it when you use your signal?
Cargo Master
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From: Central Texas
No. But certain places it will decide that it saw lane lines, where there are none, such as some offramps or merge lanes, and it will fight the steering wheel there too.
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I don't signal when I'm alone on the road. Call me bad, OK. There is nobody there, we live in the country.
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From: Clayton, Georgia
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I always use my turn signals to indicate what I'm going to do. When I'm being passed by a semi or other large truck I'll still flash my headlights when it's OK for them to clear. They'll usually respond with a flash of their taillights. I drove semi tanker trucks for years so it's a little highway game for the truckers also to pass the hours driving. My shoulder still hurts from blowing the air horns for kids out on a Sunday drive with their parents. Yep...worked many weekends hauling fuel in the 70's and 80's.
Tuned
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From: Clayton, Georgia
Perhaps this is obvious to some, but I didn't realize it 'till having my F250 for three weeks: If the truck is in Drive and you hit the + symbol on the shifter the right side of the tachometer displays what gear you're in: 1 through 6. The display remains until + is hit again. I thought this display only functioned with the shifter in Manual Drive mode, but that's not the case.
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Cargo Master
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From: Central Texas
Perhaps this is obvious to some, but I didn't realize it 'till having my F250 for three weeks: If the truck is in Drive and you hit the + symbol on the shifter the right side of the tachometer displays what gear you're in: 1 through 6. The display remains until + is hit again. I thought this display only functioned with the shifter in Manual Drive mode, but that's not the case.
In manual mode they set which gear you're in. No lower, no higher.
In automatic mode, they set the top gear allowed - that functionality being what we're all used to in automatic trans from the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc.
hth
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I just discovered this reading the owner's manual...a quick push of the washer button will give a single swipe of the wipers. I've always rotated the control to get the one wipe wondering why it didn't have the "single wipe" feature...!
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From: oneonta ny
Hell yeah, I went through this whole thread hoping there was something about shutting it off. Cant wait to look for the button.....was on a narrow road today and it was on all the time. I dont want to hug a guard rail if theres nobody else around.
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From: Hatfield's side of river
You can also regulate the intensity of the vibration from high, medium and low from the steering wheel controls.
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Tonight while clearing the 6 inches of snow off the truck before i got a chance to start it, or open the door, I must of leaned on the Key Fob because while it was still covered in snow both front windows went down, I sat and watched as the snow stayed in place and the ****in windows are Going down, I laughed and thought Hmmm, Learned something else about the truck! I did not know i had that option, I guess it works better on the hot summer days!
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From: SoCal
Tonight while clearing the 6 inches of snow off the truck before i got a chance to start it, or open the door, I must of leaned on the Key Fob because while it was still covered in snow both front windows went down, I sat and watched as the snow stayed in place and the ****in windows are Going down, I laughed and thought Hmmm, Learned something else about the truck! I did not know i had that option, I guess it works better on the hot summer days!