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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brulaz wrote:4x4ord wrote:FishOnOne wrote:4x4ord wrote:FishOnOne wrote:
I'm pretty sure none of the Ford's automatically apply the brakes in any of the tow haul modes. Now the "Hill Decent" mode will apply the brakes and this is for going slow down steep grades as this system will maintain the exact speed when you apply the brakes pedal. By applying the brake pedal you reduce the speed 1 mph and is a pretty good feature.
My '12 in tow/haul mode you simply apply the brakes to initiate the exhaust brake once and that's it. No brake application is every applied automatically.
I've had a 2011 Powetstroke, a 2016 and now the 2017. It is only the 2017 that applies the wheel brakes on CC.
Then that would be your Adaptive Cruise control feature.
Nope.... Go fish.
I was thinking the same as Fish, since it only happens on the newest truck. And I know of no other CC that applies the brakes, other than the Adaptive variety.
All this newer programming that automatically applies the brakes might just have unintended consequences.
I will be driving a 2017 Lariate today which doesn't have adaptive cc; I'll see how it behaves. My thoughts are that the adaptive part of CC is tied in with radar to maintain following distance.Because we are discussing the wheel brakes coming on to maintain set speed on a downhill I'm guessing braking will be a function of the regular CC as well.
