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hfbundy
Explorer
May 21, 2016

TRANSMISSION TOW HAUL FEATURE ON 2016 F53 CHASSIS DEFECTIVE

This defect which appears to be inherent to all 2016 Ford F53 chassis with 16,000# and 18,000# ratings and is discussed extensively under several threads on the irv2.com forum. Specifically page 33 of...
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Hiker_01
Explorer
May 21, 2016
hfbundy wrote:
My experience and that of many other owners of smaller motorhomes having the 2016 Ford F53 chassis with the 6 speed transmission is that they perform none of these functions.


I bought a 2016 Thor ACE 30.1 (31 ft class A) and during the last two trips the tow/haul function seems to have been working fine. Depending on how steep the hill, whether my foot is pressing on the gas pedal or not, determines if it will downshift, but it will downshift.


Don

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