Engine braking on 2017 F150 5.0L
I have a 2017 F150 with the 5.0 engine. When I tow my TT in tow haul mode, it seems to me that Ford has overdone it with the engine braking. As I apply the brakes, it downshifts really hard and revs ...
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Thinking about this more, and I'm wondering if you are expecting the truck to automatically maintain speed.
It doesn't work that way. If you get it into "grade braking mode" with much of a trailer on, and just let it go, it will keep downshifting and downshifting trying to maintain speed.
You need to use brakes, and you need to stay ahead of the transmission to keep it from overcompensating. Once it starts dropping gears and overrevving the only solution it to pop it out of tow/haul and start over.
It doesn't work that way. If you get it into "grade braking mode" with much of a trailer on, and just let it go, it will keep downshifting and downshifting trying to maintain speed.
You need to use brakes, and you need to stay ahead of the transmission to keep it from overcompensating. Once it starts dropping gears and overrevving the only solution it to pop it out of tow/haul and start over.
