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Old 07-18-2018, 01:33 PM
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Not able to Watch gears changing while in Drive?



in my 6.7 ‘18 F350, I sometimes take a glance inside the vertical window on the right side of the circular tach on the left of the cluster screen to see the gears change.
Yesterday I noticed I couldn’t see it. At first I thought it might be my polarized sunglasses. But later when I took the glasses off I still couldn’t see.
What could I have done to eliminate that, and how can I get it back?
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 01:40 PM
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Press the + button on the gear shift lever and it should magically re-appear.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 01:50 PM
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Press the + button on the gear shift lever and it should magically re-appear.
are you referring to the tow haul button?
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Larrymac52

are you referring to the tow haul button?
it is not the tow haul, it further up the shifter a + and a minus button. It will turn the gears display on and off.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 02:10 PM
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And if you push the “-“ too many times you will lock out the higher gears.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 02:12 PM
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has to be in park...use +/- like stated ealier and it will toggle the display for the gears....has to be in park.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by spongecop
has to be in park...use +/- like stated ealier and it will toggle the display for the gears....has to be in park.
Mine doesn’t need to be in park. I can toggle when in motion in gear.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by spongecop
has to be in park...use +/- like stated ealier and it will toggle the display for the gears....has to be in park.
No, it doesn't have to be in park. My '17 doesn't. NONE of my previous ~12 Ford vehicles with this feature had to be in park to do this, either.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 02:26 PM
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Mine does it while driving also.
 
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I wanted to make sure I wasn’t manually changing the gears. I simply wanted to get a feel for the RPM shift points for the gears while in D. Thanks for the tips
as I couldn’t find it in the manual— I’m sure it’s there somewhere.

edit. I felt a little silly asking such a trivial question, but I’m trying to learn this truck ASAP . So thanks again.
On my truck when I have the car in park and touch the “+” button nothing happens, but as soon as I move to “D”, the gears pop up.
 
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Old 07-18-2018, 05:38 PM
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Don't feel bad. I asked the same question a few weeks ago. I also found that a lot of other people just found out about it or had also asked about it before I did.
 
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Mine functions also when driving.

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Advice: RTFM.
 
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RTFM... ???
 
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