Stay in SPORT when truck turned off

[Calvin H-C]

Unfortunately, due to regulations regarding the traction control system you have to select it every time or push ok to stay in a different mode than normal.

Correct me if I'm misremembering this, but I recall about a year or so ago there was an OTA update that changed it to what many want: leaving in Sport mode the next time the vehicle is turned on.

Trouble was, it was against the regulations and they had to issue a safety recall. Getting the letter about this is how I found out about the change as we weren't using Sport mode.

It was one of those recalls where the notice said it would be fixed OTA by some date, but you could get it done sooner at a dealership if you wanted.

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[kevinhlaw]

Anyone know of adverse effects to selecting sport mode while driving? I too have to wait 15-20 seconds to select sport mode if I miss the “return to sport mode prompt”. So I sometimes need to start driving before the settings page becomes responsive enough to select sport.

 

[Hank42]

Slightly OT: Why does changing modes interrupt any Carplay/android music that might be playing?
But yeah, FORD seems to be overridden with lawyers or fear of regulation - This is an iconic vehicle - it is THE quintessential poster child for American Freedom - it is an F150 after all - and yet here we are castrated? WTF?

 

[Axmonkey]

I use sport mode only for the increased regen. If Ford would let us set the regen we want and keep it between sessions it would solve this annoying issue for me. The karaoke has been SUPER useful so far though. A great use of IT time, lets hope someone built that in their spare time and they didn't actually pay someone to do that FFS!

 

[Mmiketa]

Anyone know of adverse effects to selecting sport mode while driving? I too have to wait 15-20 seconds to select sport mode if I miss the “return to sport mode prompt”. So I sometimes need to start driving before the settings page becomes responsive enough to select sport.

I do it all the time, you can feel the throttle response change.

 

[Danface]

So Ford just needs to rename Normal Mode to CYA Mode?

 

[TaxmanHog]

So there's no traction control in sport mode? I suspected sport mode wasn't a wise choice in the snow, but this confirms it.

Traction control is still active in Sport, the hand wringing was all about Off Road mode.

 

[Mmiketa]

Traction control is still active in Sport, the hand wringing was all about Off Road mode.

I still wouldn't recommend Sport in snow, the gentler throttle response in Normal is definitely easier to avoid losing traction.

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