2017 Ford exhaust brake and cruise control
I've been observing how my truck behaves hooked up to a heavy trailer and going down hills. With CC engaged the computer applies the wheel brakes to maintain the set speed. When using the exhaust ...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
This whole TFL brake application is a JOKE. Human intervention and how to do so should be shown!!!
I agree and I mainly use the EB in full mode while downshifting manually with heavier loads.
Auto is great for light sub 10k loads like my cattle trailer going through the constant up and down of the Texas hill country. I want my EB to come on gradually depending on how much brake pressure I am applying instead of full because it will cause my cattle to fall down and possibly injure themselves. If I remember correctly from a video I saw, this was the reason why Ram created auto mode in the first place so it is not useless.
However if the whole premise of a test is for the truck to automatically do it all like the TFL test is, then auto is the best one to use for that purpose.
