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15 hours ago, Rangers09 said:
Have to ask, what's the issue with coming out West.
Wife and I have been known to compete in firearms competitions. If I wandered into CA, WA, OR, they'd probably throw away the key.
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On 4/10/2022 at 11:20 PM, Rangers09 said:
Any chance you have the time to attend one of the rallies yet.
I have an Arctic Fox... it's tough to find a dealer east of the Mississippi river, much less a rally...
Now, when I retire, all bets are off, except I won't go into any west coast state.
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17 hours ago, Wofulcyrcle said:
Hi all,
So the SuperDuty I ordered has finally reached the dealer and I think I'm going to be able to run down and get it only to find it's been recalled for the "Reprogram Integrated Trailer Relay Module." The dealer told me there is no time estimate on when this will or can get done and I don't really have any more information.
Thanks for the input.
Did you do the VIN check? It's not unusual for recall items to be cleared up at KTP before dealers get the update. You see this more frequently on mechanical components, Ford will make sure the component mfg is shipping good parts, but they may not have enough to feed the dealers, or they haven't developed a repair process yet.
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4 hours ago, ButlerDan said:
I don't know if this is actually true or not, but I saw either on here or in the Facebook Super Duty group that a dealer is not able to release a new vehicle if it has an open recall. Again, no idea if that is actually true, but that would really suck to know your truck was there but couldn't be picked up because of a software update.
Generally, that's a true statement. I got involved in one recall, that was issued as a stop ship, but not stop delivery.
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6 hours ago, JB & JB said:
but dealer (salesguy) insists there is no VVR, and the forum is not legitimate. Unbelievable! We have learned lots during this process, and hopefully the end result will be the dealer honoring the price from November.
your salesman is an idiot, vehicle visibility report is real, and it has a LOT of data we can't use, but it also has critical information the dealer can pass along to you. Call the sales manager at the dealership.
If you meet the qualifications you can ask for a status update in the proper sub forum.
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21 hours ago, IUEC135ELEVATOR said:
You are getting some good use with her..i wish i had more time to drag my camper ...???
working from home has it's benefits... and it's negatives. It's a LOT harder to leave the computer, when I don't have to leave to make dinner.
All done 8/31!!!
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We have a fall trip planned to the UP, continuing across the top of the country, then down to AZ, back up to Utah, back down to AZ
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Dang, I love this truck. CCLB D F350, and it barely blinks at my 13K+ 5th wheel. Through the mountains or flat lands, nada, it just don't care.
Couple of small issues, when not towing and engine brake on, 3-2-1 shift can be very harsh. While on cruise and going uphill, IMHO, it waits too long to down shift. Quick press of accelerator forces a downshift. Adaptive cruise RTFW. How did I ever live without that?
Still trying to identify my perceived issue with 7 round, if it's a problem with truck or trailer, or just needs to be broken in.
Discovered an interesting issue with sync 4 and how it operates when center stack screen is in camera mode. It wants the phone to handle things like audio commands instead of sync handling it.
Trailer camera is awesome.
Still need to install TPMS.
Still haven't figured out how to make pro trailer backup work, and I was part of the pre launch trial.
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7 hours ago, Ford truck guy said:
I just received my Window Sticker for my 2022 and was surprised to see the following:
Auto Start-Stop Removal - $50.00 credit
Active Park Assist 2.0 Removal - $365.00 Credit
Evidently it is Ford's way to work around the amount of vehicles on chip hold . . .
This is interesting. The vehicles were certified EPA certified with auto stop start. Wonder how they got around that little tidbit. And, I HATED it on my F150!
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We had an emergency stop condition, and my trailer new hydraulic brakes had not been properly bled. It was a sphincter moment for us and the young lady who crossed right in front of us. I would not want to tow without having fully functional trailer brakes. After bleeding the brakes, and hooking up two days later, couldn't get the truck and trailer brakes to "hookup". Finally resorted to forcing the trailer brake pump to spin up by connecting plug pin to 12V, proving it wasn't the trailer. BUT, when I hooked the 7 pin back up again, it was working... sigh. Worst kind of problem, you don't know what was wrong, what fixed it, and it's working again.
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8 hours ago, akirby said:
You’re getting all the info Ford has. Nobody knows exactly when it will get there.- it’s at the mercy of the train and trucking companies.All you have to do is call and ask for the sales manager.
My truck was lost with dozens (hundreds) of others at the off loading depot. In desperate need of quality organization!
Then why have sales personnel? If a couple of well trained personnel are doing the work for a bunch of incompetent monkeys...
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15 minutes ago, Forderorder said:
So it’s semi portable and attaches to the trailer? That’s pretty cool if so.Yes it attaches to the trailer on the pin box
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Hooking up this morning, couldn't get brakes to work. I also have an issue where 7 round doesn't seem to plug in properly. Doesn't help I had to bleed trailer brakes, just to add to the diagnosis. It's working now, but I don't know what went wrong or what got fixed.
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4 hours ago, fordmantpw said:
Weird, I had no idea it came with a yaw sensor. And I've got the freaking thing ordered on my '22 (that may never get built).
Trailer yaw sensor comes with pro backup. If you get the trailer camera and TPMS, it all connects to a 12 pin connector
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On 4/2/2022 at 11:08 AM, Imarkdirt said:
Update:
Still no change in mpg. It also hasn't popped any codes or check engine light warnings. Odd thing is that the DEF tank mileage indicator, which originally showed 6500 miles to empty when I filled that tank up, now says 4500 miles but the tank shows 100% full. I have put approximately 1200 miles on it since putting DEF in it. I think it is going to need some time at the dealer though to get this sorted out. Can't say I am looking forward to that.
WRT to def levels. I started the trip home with a full def tank, and it was showing 7000 miles to empty. After towing for about 300 mile, it dropped to 2000 miles. Another roughly 300 miles, was down to 600 miles, and yet still showed 1/2 tank. It appears short local trips did not use hardly any def, but towing a 13k 5th wheel going up into the mountains just sucks down the def. I'm going fill up again, and hopefully that will get me the rest of the way home.
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We're on the road right now. Yesterday was able to bleed the trailer hydraulic brakes to get the air out of the line. It was more air than I care to see in brake lines, and explains the slow ramp up in pressure. Wife had a hard panic stop when someone turned right in front of us. Took several moments for the trailer brake pressure to build, but once it got there, we were full stop RIGHT NOW. Missed plowing into the side of a small car the young woman was driving by literally inches. That would have really wrecked her day, 20,000ish lbs full impact side of her car. I saw the accident developing before my wife did, her vision was shadowed by the 18 wheeler on our left side. I yelled out BRAKE, just as she saw the car. So yeah, brake controller recall is something to be concerned with.
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Here's how the camera looks driving down the road during daylight. It's gets very grainy at night, but still very usable.
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In normal times, and in larger metro areas, a dealer will offer you essentially 75% of blue book trade in value. This pretty much used to parallel black book, aka wholesale (auction) value. Market is completely turned upside down right now. Depends on how many new cars dealer is selling and how many vehicles are on their lot.
Don't like the price the dealer is offering you, then try going around to other dealers, both new or used. I sold a couple of cars to one used lot who gave me decent dollars. This lot had newer better condition vehicles and they charged more too.
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On 3/21/2022 at 10:28 AM, Montana85 said:
Sad to see it seems like they are hitting the truckers harder ?.
I paid $5.19 yesterday in FL. I had run the tank down pretty far... it was an expensive fill up. Just to make it worse, I have a BP card, and it got declined twice, as they sent a confirmation text to my wife's phone. She got the text AFTER I had filled up using AMEX, loosing the BP discount in the process.
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I'm not a fan of off body carry. Also not a fan of required informed to LEO, there have been issues with that too.
I posted earlier, watching people struggle with conceal carry in a vehicle during a training exercise was somewhat hilarious the gymnastics people had to do to get to their firearm. But it was also very sad, they had never tried to do it before. Even quickly unbuckling your seatbelt requires a technique that most have never seen before.
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Oh Goody... thanks for the heads up.
Do these trucks have OTA capability for software updates?
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On 3/27/2022 at 10:43 AM, Robin Hood said:
22 CC, LB, 6.7 4X4 has an 800 mile range without a trailer. If you buy a grocery getter, then they come with a grocery getter tank...LOL
So, we've been snow birding and I'm still working (from home, which for now is in FL). Because of my working and wife's health issues, we haven't traveled around much. i think the last time I filled up was over 8 weeks ago.
Had to put 41 gallons D in yesterday, that was incredibly painful!
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buckle up buttercup... this ride is going to get a lot worse
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59 minutes ago, tbone said:
- Factory leveling kit.
- Make the rear seat adjustable.
- Option to eliminate the rear under seat lockable storage so you can actually have a flat floor, and then perhaps add in floor storage like mentioned above.
- +1 on the rear auto level air suspension
- Make the infotainment screen more customizable by the user and have the ability to add functionality to it.
under seat storage folds down to a flat floor
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Several thousand miles towing 5th wheel
in F-Series SuperDuty Forum
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Canada??? I used to make a monthly trip across the border. Vehicle I would take got a thorough look over for any loose rounds or even loose brass and anything that might resemble even a knife.