Things You DIscovered About Your Raptor

[hedonist222]

Primes the oil system, and especially the phasers so they're not dry on start up.

thanks

 

[two0seven]

The key doesn’t have to be in the truck for the radio to work. Whenever I take the wife’s car to the dealership for an oil change I just pick one of the new trucks that has a good view of the quick lane and sit in an listen to the radio. Discovered this a couple of years ago.

Mark

This is gold. I love it

 

[Moridin]

Primes the oil system, and especially the phasers so they're not dry on start up.

Arms the photon torpedoes too, I think.

 

[zemuron99]

Arms the photon torpedoes too, I think.

Wondered who would be the first to chime in along that line. You win the Tribble of the Day.

 

[ReRun]

That’s the gear lockout feature. When you hit the paddle or gear selector +/-, the gear display goes away. tap either one again and it comes back. if you double tap -, you lock out 10th gear. tap - again, you lock out 9th gear, and so on. It doesn’t do this as quickly as manual mode shifting.

The gear display disappearing is a common complaint among new users.

so is there a difference between gear lockout and manual shifting?

 

[Braaaaptor]

so is there a difference between gear lockout and manual shifting?

Gear lockout limits how high the transmission will shift up in automatic mode. I.e. if you lockout 9th gear your truck will not shift into 9th-10th and will top out in 8th. Useful for towing when you don't want the motor lugging itself going up and down hills. I've also used it around town so the engine hovers around 1.8k-2k revs at cruising which makes it feel more responsive.

 

[isis]

Gear lockout limits how high the transmission will shift up in automatic mode. I.e. if you lockout 9th gear your truck will not shift into 9th-10th and will top out in 8th. Useful for towing when you don't want the motor lugging itself going up and down hills. I've also used it around town so the engine hovers around 1.8k-2k revs at cruising which makes it feel more responsive.

I really don’t like how the truck insists on being at idle as much as possible. There’s no way that’s more efficient.

 

[Braaaaptor]

I really don’t like how the truck insists on being at idle as much as possible. There’s no way that’s more efficient.

Totally agree. It's a spot where you can tell the engineers had to compromise to squeeze out the MPGs for fuel economy.

Next time you're cruising try locking out 9-10th gear and see how you like it. You still have 8th as you OD gear and the engine just seems so much happier to sit higher in the rev range while doing city speeds.

 

[Cronex]

Does anyone know how to turn on the side mirror defrosters? Does the 2019 802A even have side mirror defroster?
Thanks,
Chattanooga, TN

 

[BrttClne22]

Does anyone know how to turn on the side mirror defrosters? Does the 2019 802A even have side mirror defroster?
Thanks,
Chattanooga, TN

They turn on with the rear window defroster button which is in the climate control buttons in your center stack.

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