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ParkCountry
Explorer II
Jul 08, 2016

Anyone have this problem with their Powerstroke?

2012 Ford Powerstroke with 6-speed Automatic transmission. 4 yrs, & 4 months old, 55,600 miles. I absolutely love this truck. This past Monday, we were headed North on the Rockefeller Parkway which...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 08, 2016
dodge guy wrote:
Ive never used cruise on a downhill stretch so maybe that coupled with the speed and weight had something to do with it.
x2, it did. Dropping gears with cruise on tells the engine to speed up. In my experience you should never use cruise on a downhill stretch when the tranny is going to downshift.

You indicate this has never happened before. Maybe you've been lucky.. dunno. Perhaps your owner's manual has something to say about it.

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