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Atlee
Explorer II
May 25, 2016

Truck goes in Thursday to fix a "phantom" trailer situation.

My truck recognizes a trailer is connected when the umbilical cord from the trailer is plugged into the truck. Unfortunately, right now, it's getting a phantom signal that a trailer is hooked up, a...
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Atlee
Explorer II
Jun 04, 2016
If that were the case, there would be nearly as many, if not as many miles on the default trailer as it does on the odometer, itself.

pfidahospud wrote:
Just found this on page 114 of the 2016 manual under "Information Displays":
Ford Manual wrote:
Note: Once you select a trailer, it remains active until you set it as no longer active. An active
trailer still accumulates miles even after you physically disconnect it from your vehicle.

So...I guess it's not as automatic as we think it should be.

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