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I saw your post on the other thread. With all of the computers and sensors in these trucks you will be surprised what a low voltage situation will do. Hoping that you get it sorted out. Keep us in the loop on what you find out with it.

 

This is exactly why I try to not get all the whizbang unnecessary crap on these trucks. Only thing I can offer you was that this happened to a friend while offroading and it turned out to be a bad sensor. Ford replaced the whole module, harness and sensor and it took about 2 weeks at the dealer. I hope its just something easy.

 

it will be interesting - since it just got (another) new battery less than 2 weeks ago.

 

Im not surprised at all - I understand the importance of proper voltage and operational thresholds required by individual components.

I dont disagree. I dont expect perfection in new technologies - but this is not ford's 1st or only attempt at adaptive steering. Its not a feature I would have selected or ordered - it was included in the built of a Platinum packaged truck.
I do expect things to work or have reasonable resolution - avoiding things for the sake of complication is like sticking your head in the sand.

This truck has NOT been off the pavement other than flat grass/smooth field....it has NOT been stressed, its towed a cow and a 3 rail motorcycle trailer, and the milage is low - at best it sits more than most. It has not been modified other than one small light bar that is rarely switched on.

 

Some amount of electronic infusion is a good thing; fuel injection vs carbs, ABS brakes, air-bags, etc.
Too much electronic wizardry is a bad thing; complicates stuff that does not need interference.

- Why adaptive steering? Because the bazillions of vehicles that have traveled quintillions of miles somehow failed to do the task at hand (literally at hand) with a normal steering system?
- EATC seems great, until is does not work right, and it fails far more often than a "normal" temp dial and blower switch, and costs far more to fix. And then you think "Do I really need a system to hold 70F, when I can just reach down and turn a ****?"
- Adaptive cruise control is cool, until you're at highway speeds and someone changes lanes in front of you ... they signaled so you expect the change, but the system interprets that suddenly shorter distance to a car in front as a panic stop and induces a threshold brake even in your vehicle, which causes the guy behind you to panic brake, and so on ...
- Lane keep assist seems fine, until it fights you because you're too lazy (as am I) to signal a lane change to avoid a pot hole at 4am when no one else is on the road, and therefore a "signal" really isn't required to alert vehicle that are not present around you, so the Lane Keep Assist tries to correct your move, and your quiet morning commute is shattered by in-car alarms

Some technology is good, but too much of anything is a bad thing, IMO.

The two most regulated systems in a vehicle are the steering and brakes; FMVSS rules/regs make things safe for us. But technology can over-complicate systems that really should be kept on the KISS method.

 

the only thing ive found to be of any real value is the tailgate backup camera. all the other crap is just stuff that may likely be inoperable and broke at some point down the road. what will the cost be to fix it when the warranty is gone. thats a scary thought