UPDATE UPDATE
Ford rep called me this morning, asked i get dealer to open a file as well on lack of user selections for instrument panel
the below is what i asked my dealer to write up as an issue.
feel free to plagiarize , but please if yall want to push the issue to get ford to update the software to allow user select able gauge display for boost and the others in get your dealer to open a case, and contact ford customer care
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I have an official case number now and spoke to another person at FORD this morning.
They asked I open a ticket on your end about my complaint on the lack of USER ability to select or display pertinent engine and drive train information to my Instrument panel, either through user selectable menus or a software update.
My goal is it get many people to write FORD with the similar complaint, the vehicle is marketed as a SPORT version of the explorer, it should reflect that in the cabin on user information displays.
Which is, in sport mode there is only an engine temperature gauge (swing, arc with no real digital numbers), were there should be added a BOOST (turbo pressure to intake manifold) and a transmission temperature gauge with digits, at a minimum.
Second, in TOW HAUL there is both a swing/arc gauge for transmission temps and engine, but NO BOOST gauge option is available. Towing produces higher stress on entire drivetrain, boost is a direct indicator of engine load.
Third, in TRAIL mode there is no transmission temp gauge or boost gauge option, being off road, slow or climbing et, produces excess transmission temps, operators should have more than a warning light .
Fourth a bonus would be to have a boost gauge option in ECO mode to also be a direct indication of engine load to help better managed fuel economy… that’s a big one , everyone wants to get better MPG,
I included screen shots of each current drive mode.
Its worth noting the data is THERE in the vehicles data stream, we just need a software update to enable it to be displayed in the Instrument Panel Cluster
