F150 Diesel Ike Gauntlet

Dave H M wrote:
I still do not get it about "fixing" the calibration issue. The truck went all the way to the red line being pushed down hill. it seems at that point the driver should have done something other than just sit there and see what and if the motor would go past the red line.

As i interpreted the vid, the computer was programmed to prevent some driver like the one in the vid from abusing the motor. :h

If they did that, then it would no longer be the same test as all the rest of them are. They go down at 50MPH, when the truck exceeds 60MPH with engine braking alone, they apply brakes to slow back to 50MPH. The truck testing shows that it was holding 60MPH, though at redline, so they were not required to apply brakes until it exceeded 60MPH. It's how they do the test. Pretty sure once Ford fixes the calibration and they retest, then they will get a much fairer test to all the rest, and will find they have to apply braking a lot more due to its inability to hold 60MPH without hitting redline.

Since I have driven that same route with a 2014 F150 Lariat Screw with the 3.5EB and 3.15 gears and held the speed limit going up and down, there is no way I would want that Diesel, no matter how good the MPG is. The 2014 got 20 MPG in daily driving, in the less than 2 years I had it, there were over 30 tanks that were above 20, the towing sucked though with 7-9MPG and after over 4K of towing, the overall lifetime MPG was 17.6. I saw 18 in the winter and 20 in the summer except when towing and even hit 24 MPG once while driving miss daisy. With that kind of fuel economy, why would I ever want that diesel?