Pro Trailer Backup Assist Calibration Problem.

[1966-Galaxie]

Great news, thanks for the update. Did your rear camera appear to work ok for general backup? Will mention that when I bring mine in. Going to try one more time with some 180 degree turns just so I can tell them I followed ALL of the instructions.

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[jerock]

Yes my rear camera worked well for backing. I never noticed a problem with it.
Good Luck!

 

[1966-Galaxie]

Thanks ... this will be helpful when I go to my dealership.

 

[1966-Galaxie]

OMG.

Before I brought my truck into the dealer to have them look for a trailer calibration problem, I decided to read the owner’s manual (.pdf) further. It did make a statement that for longer trailers (mine is a 16’ flat bed car hauler, about 20’ in overall length) when you were told to perform a turn you may need to go 90 or a full 180 degrees. So, prior to bringing the truck to the dealer, I thought I would give it one more college try. Sure enough, this afternoon I went to the same large Costco parking lot and after a few sharp turns and a few relatively short straight drives calibration completed!!!

I later then tried the trailer assist functions which I was familiar with from my 2019 F-150 and all of the backup controls seem to work just fine. I had read where some others making long figure eights also were able to calibrate. I have a second 20’ boat trailer which I also had calibrated to my 2019 F-150 and will give it a try later this spring.

 

[roddiaz1]

Three questions for those that success with Ford Backup Assist calibration:
1) Was anybody using one-pedal driving mode at the time?
2) Did you get a notice that your cross-traffic alert was disable when the trailer was connected?
3) Did you configure your trailer at the time of calibration, or did you have a trailer pre-set in your system already?
Thanks,
Rod
P.S. I can’t seem to get out of “Drive strait forward to calibrate.“ to “:System Calibrating…” hell. I think it’s a software issue, but not sure what it might be.

 

[jerock]

Three questions for those that success with Ford Backup Assist calibration:
1) Was anybody using one-pedal driving mode at the time?

I tried both modes.

2) Did you get a notice that your cross-traffic alert was disable when the trailer was connected?

yes

3) Did you configure your trailer at the time of calibration, or did you have a trailer pre-set in your system already?

tried both ways

Thanks,
Rod
P.S. I can’t seem to get out of “Drive strait forward to calibrate.“ to “:System Calibrating…” hell. I think it’s a software issue, but not sure what it might be.

Exactly the problem I had. Had to take it to the dealer. I had an error I wasn’t aware of. They had to clear the error & did some programming. Works like it should now. I wasted hours trying to calibrate it.

 

[1966-Galaxie]

1. Yes, 2. yes, 3. preset. Had the same problem with drive straight and brief "calibratin", then drive straight. Again, when I did more aggressive turns ... 180 degrees ... it calibrated pretty quickly and assist function worked great. Was going to take it to the dealer to see if I also had the "error", but canceled my appointment ... good luck.

 

[jerock]

I tried figure 8's, figure 16's etc etc. I had a wide open parking area at county fair grounds but no luck. I tried holding my head a certain way & tried about everything conceivable with no luck. Every truck may have a different issue? Good luck!

 

[roddiaz1]

Thanks guys. Will try one more time (figure 8s and more aggressive turns) and if that doesn’t work. I’ll make an appointment at the Stealer.

 

[1966-Galaxie]

Good luck ... Let us know what happens ...

 

[nodoubleg]

I’d just like to add here that I’ve not been able to configure 2 separate trailers with the stickers. I never get out of the “drive straight” phase. With one trailer (an 18ft long dovetail car hauler), I drove straight at 5 mph for MILES, thinking maybe i just needed to hit a tiny patch of 100% smooth pavement so the empty trailer didn’t bounce around.

I have used the side backup camera view when backing up our camper. I just exited the setup window when it prompts. It was useful when parking the trailer in the barn for the winter.

In the spring, I plan on showing up at the dealer with our camper trailer in tow, and see if they can set it up.

In the mean time, it’d be great if Ford could let us use some of the backup camera views without nagging you to complete setting up a trailer. Even though I paid for it, I’ve got no interest in trying to set up the pro backup trailer assist for every trailer I hook up to. Too much hassle. But I do want some of the nice camera views it can do.

One feature I love is the hitch assist. Lining up a trailer is like magic now.

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