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.
IMHO, the warranty issue is likely real. Would not surprise me to learn people are paying extra to test the systems in real world. If they can sell it for $600, find out it works it is likely cheep enough to install on all trucks. If customer asks for it, they pay and get the light show. Don't ask for, don't know they have it until warranty is denied.
The fine/impound snot? No.
