New Fords Weigh Themselves
Interesting article from Truck Camper Magazine on the new F-150s that will have built in weight sensors. You can get an accurate payload number from the infotainment screen, your smartphone app, or f...
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Hemi Joel wrote:
Unbelievable that Ford would think any fools will fall into this trap. Pay $600+ for a system to rat you out to the highway nazis and the truck warrantor if you go over weight? Void the warranty on the engine, the trans, the whole truck, because the violation is stored in the PCM? Get pulled over and fined/impounded? Good luck selling that one, Ford.
Edit: On second thought PT Barnum was right. These things will sell like hotcakes.
The $600 honeymoon and the oooohs and ahhhhs will end in short order the minute a sensor or module goes bad, and it costs 2 or 3 times the cost of the original option to repair. Next they should install toilets with an auto wipe feature in their trucks, and put highway rest stops into the obsolete column
