Pro trailer back up assist

Mike134 wrote:

4x4ord wrote:
^^^I'm thinking the same way regarding back up assist having more appeal in the F150 market. I've noticed the odometer counter for the individual trailers on my truck's DIC and it really surprised me to see the high percentage of miles that my truck is used for towing. In fact I actually find it hard to believe the number. It has me wondering if there is a possibility that the odometer keeps counting after I've unhooked a trailer if I fail to select "no active trailer"?

Yes our "smart" trucks sometimes forget the trailer is disconnected.
There have been a few postings about that on the F150 forum site

My F150 will not quit counting miles for the trailer until I go into settings and select No Trailer. And, I have to be stopped to do this. Most of the time I unhitch I forget and don't remember until I am going somewhere and then can't change it because I am moving. It tells me that the trailer has been disconnected, it probably knows the from the light bulb monitor but that information is not shared with the data log for trailer. Really stupid! There is so much more that Ford could do to make their trailer towing software more useful than what my 2016 has. That is the type of stuff where Tesla crushes most other automotive companies.

My suggestions to Ford on how to improve the trailer towing software:
1) Remember settings for each trailer, like electric brake and use of tow/haul. Have loaded and unloaded settings for each trailer.
2) Remember data for calculating distance to empty for each trailer. And no trailer
3) Use throttle and brake response to verify trailer entries
4) Offer low/med/high for tow mode
5) When the trailer doesn't seem to be with you anymore ask you to confirm "NO TRAILER", or just go ahead and select that automatically.

Seriously, I can adjust brightness and color of ambient lighting while driving but I can't unselect the trailer until I come to a complete stop. How stupid!