Dealer said they won’t do anything to fix unless I have an issue. The gave me a ten year, and 150,000 mile warrenty to repair should it open unintentionally. Ford don’t seem to be in any hurry to do safety repairs/updates Than I got another notice in the mail that my tail gate may open driving down the road. My windshield wiper motors quite working properly. Prior to getting the 1st break controller updated. I thought I did it remotely, but the dealer said it didn’t load and they had to do it. The 2nd break controller update came two week after the 1st was done. The 1st appointment to update the brake controller took six weeks and about four + hours to update. In the first six months I’ve own the truck I had two recalls on the electric break controller. The truck constantly has pop up windows that I have to response to shut off. For some dumb reason Ford has a hole in the bumper with a lock to put a tool in to drop down the spare tire spare tire. I like the spray on bed liner and pro power generator. It would also be nicer if they put more tie downs in the bed. Would be nice to have a step in the bumper. which makes it difficult getting into the truck bed. This truck seems to sit higher than some F 150’s. The power boost engine and transmission have no problem towing my travel trailer. The goofy constant miss engaging of the cruise control didn’t help because it work’s different than other vehicles. Towing a 8000 lb travel trailer I got between 8 1/2 to 9 mpg which had many speed limit changes and turns. In a 160 mile interstate trip I did get 27 MPG when it had 5000 miles on the truck. not getting the 24 MPG around town but do with highway driving. The truck isn’t any quieter than the Chevy Silverado I traded it in for. So now I can’t back into my hunting property because of the noisy alarm during hunting season. The NHTS people made Ford put a backup alarm on hybrids. Didn’t have this issue with the Silverado. This causes an issue when loading the leveling material in should I need or put stuff in the bed. I can’t lower my tailgate flat because it hit the thong. When I am connected to my camper and I have my weight distribution hitch on. Another thing I hate is if I get out of the truck, put in park beforehand and the door closes while I’m checking over my trailers position. This truck moves the shift lever to park if you open the door. Backing up my travel trailer I like to open up my door and look back to see how the trailers is positioned. Twice I couldn’t get the truck in drive because I think It didn’t let it go thru its sequence. When you start the truck it takes to long before you should put it in drive. The cruise control works opposite of other vehicles I’ve have for years and I have a hard time adapting to how Fords work. truck don’t have automatic 4wd which many less costly vehicles do. This is a Safety issue and Ford don’t care to change This $60,000. This happened on another occasion when roads were snowy and slippery. Ford has it set to go to normal mode if your not fast enough to hit yes on the window that pops up to retain ECO mode. The next day I went to pull out of my driveway up a little hill and could not make it. The 1st day driving it home I had it set on ECO mode, than I put it in 4wd for the slippery roads. The truck has been a Love Hate relationship. Ruary 2021 I took possession of a Ford F 150 Hybrid.
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