Forscan changes - tweak your truck

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

dreys

Full Access Member
Joined
Oct 14, 2019
Posts
281
Reaction score
144
Location
San Diego, CA
Does anyone know if there is a setting to force 4A mode when switching to either "Normal" or "Sport" drive mode?

By default both of those modes go into 2H, and I definitely would prefer to have those mode switch to 4A instead.

2020-ford-f150-lariat-star-white-metallic-tri-coat-25.jpg
 

Droid

kglesq's Brother
Joined
Sep 25, 2010
Posts
1,483
Reaction score
753
Does anyone know if there is a setting to force 4A mode when switching to either "Normal" or "Sport" drive mode?

By default both of those modes go into 2H, and I definitely would prefer to have those mode switch to 4A instead.

No, but I did learn this by nearly spinning the truck around a turn.
 

smurfslayer

Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. We’re hunting sasquatch77
Joined
Dec 16, 2016
Posts
16,074
Reaction score
23,555
Agree, it's pretty stupid to have Sport and 2H "fuel saver" default mode.

Nobody has fess’d up to this, it’s probably too complicated to program out. The NavTV folks did have a ‘last drive mode memory’ module, but they stopped selling it because it wasn’t 100% reliable.

The issue is the accursed “drive modes”. When you flip up the drive mode selection, the truck has no options to retain the transfer case setting or alter the transfer case setting. The only saving grace is that the transfer case doesn’t change from the ignition cycle, so if you shut down in selected 4a sport, the truck wakes up in 4a normal(eco) mode.

You can use a pedal commander and auto stop/start eliminator and you need sport mode about 85% less. Or, you can select manual shift mode as needed and de-select when you’re done.

It would be great if, like motorcycles that cost 1/5 what a Raptor does, Ford would allow some tailoring to the drive mode default values. Like making 4a the default sport t/c setting, with an option to select 2h, and maybe a gradient of stiffness, stability and traction control in the street modes, etc. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely to happen.
 

TwizzleStix

Pudendum Inspector aka FORZDA 1
Supporting Member
Joined
Mar 4, 2019
Posts
864
Reaction score
1,275
Location
Commivirginia
If you also have the Cobb TCM setup, you can load the Cobb Sport TCM tune and run in 4A all the time. In this setup, you're always in "sport" and 4A every time you start and always. You can still set the truck drive mode into Sport mode for the few additional features like holding the gear longer on trailing throttle, etc. Just a small compromise... You can set the throttle response real-time on the AP if you want as well. I have all modes set to linear or "0".
 

RaptorDawg

Member
Joined
Jun 3, 2020
Posts
22
Reaction score
9
Location
Buford, GA
Question, when backing up original files, I saw some warnings talking about the voltage being low. Is this normal bc the truck was not running or could I need a battery? Voltage was around 11.5-11.6

Sent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk
 

K223

FRF Addict
Joined
Sep 15, 2019
Posts
5,178
Reaction score
3,444
Location
Florida
Question, when backing up original files, I saw some warnings talking about the voltage being low. Is this normal bc the truck was not running or could I need a battery? Voltage was around 11.5-11.6

Sent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk

You will start to drain the battery if are doing ForScan for a long while. Make sure the HVAC and Stereo are off as well. I would do several functions and then run the truck periodically to charge the battery some. Really was only an issue when I first got started and was backing up all the files and doing many different changes.
 
Top