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My 06 5.4 has a slight hesitation when accererating during highway speeds. Is this normal for these trucks. It feels like it dies for a split second then comes back to life. This is my first F truck, just wondering if anyone has any info. Thanks
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that is the famed throttle lag...since these trucks are drive by wire...it takes a while for the truck to realize you want it to get going. A tuner like the edge should improve this tho.
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medic92 you tha man, my 04 has done this as far as I can remember, I just accepted it as normal and punch it about 2 seconds before I plan on passing someone but now I'm going to get reflashed.
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I have an 05 and it had the terrible lag when I tried to pass. I took it to the dealer and they reflashed it, no more lag. Later I bought an Edge tuner, and there is seriously, no more lag!
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did the dealers charge you guys a full hours labor? My local dealer is saying he can't even tell for sure that a flash would do anything but "it might" and it would cost 102.50 for an hour of labor.....does that sound right?