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The drive-mode button is a huge design fail.
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<blockquote data-quote="Droid" data-source="post: 1605342" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Overall I'm really impressed with the drive modes on the Gen2, but after a year of owning it I still can't believe how poorly Ford designed their user interface.</p><p></p><p>First, it's just a button which says "mode" on the steering wheel. Not even "Drive Mode", just "Mode". Right underneath the audio controls, next to the mute button and bluetooth pick-up / hang-up buttons. A new user would rightly think this was an audio source selector.</p><p></p><p>Tap the Mode+ button twice (from Normal) and you're in 4HI with the rear differential locked. Tap the Mode- button twice and it shifts into Sport Mode, which puts the truck in 2HI (even if it was in 4AUTO). A single press doesn't do anything, thankfully...but given that it looks like an audio control, the user is likely to be staring at the stereo when they push it, and when it doesn't fire on the first go, they'll press it again.</p><p></p><p>Now I have to offer a detailed explanation to anyone who uses the truck (e.g. Mom when she visits) that there's this potentially dangerous button on the steering wheel that if you push it can make it so the truck won't go around corners on pavement. Or that it will silently exit the 4Auto mode you turned on because it was raining and deliver 450hp to the rear wheel with the least traction....and with more aggressive throttle response, snappy shifts, and less traction/stability control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Droid, post: 1605342, member: 220"] Overall I'm really impressed with the drive modes on the Gen2, but after a year of owning it I still can't believe how poorly Ford designed their user interface. First, it's just a button which says "mode" on the steering wheel. Not even "Drive Mode", just "Mode". Right underneath the audio controls, next to the mute button and bluetooth pick-up / hang-up buttons. A new user would rightly think this was an audio source selector. Tap the Mode+ button twice (from Normal) and you're in 4HI with the rear differential locked. Tap the Mode- button twice and it shifts into Sport Mode, which puts the truck in 2HI (even if it was in 4AUTO). A single press doesn't do anything, thankfully...but given that it looks like an audio control, the user is likely to be staring at the stereo when they push it, and when it doesn't fire on the first go, they'll press it again. Now I have to offer a detailed explanation to anyone who uses the truck (e.g. Mom when she visits) that there's this potentially dangerous button on the steering wheel that if you push it can make it so the truck won't go around corners on pavement. Or that it will silently exit the 4Auto mode you turned on because it was raining and deliver 450hp to the rear wheel with the least traction....and with more aggressive throttle response, snappy shifts, and less traction/stability control. [/QUOTE]
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