I don’t understand what all the fuss is about the lack of lighted gear position lights on the console. 14 months and 17k miles, I’ve never once looked down to see them, especially considering they are on the dash along with the 1-10 display. If Ford saved 12 cents a unit omitting them its money well saved in my opinion. But that’s just me....
It's just a pet peeve. With gated shifters you don't even have to look down. You pull the handle down and a bit to the side and you're in. You have to do a lot do NOT be in drive. But it's not a gated shifter so people tend to look to verify they're in drive and not neutral or other.
When some of us have been driving for 30 years, and you look down to see what gear you're in, and now that doesn't work, it's a little irritating is all. In the dark is mostly the problem....
Same as why most cars light up the garage door opener buttons and on my 70K truck they're an after thought by some cheap 3rd party group, they're not lit and I will fumble to locate them until I get used to it. It's just tacky and cheap because most, if not all, other controls are lit up. Again, in the dark.
Same as why most cars have a locking fuel door and Ford trucks (or mostly trucks) don't. Just cheap and tacky.
Penny pinching is great... for FORD. But not for people who spend this kind of money on a frikin vehicle.
Justify it all you want but this is a forum and THIS is the place to voice this kind of stuff!
Or would it be that they"value engineered" the feet off?
