Adaptive Learning Transmission Disabled

[Big Dummy]

Hey Guys, I did a quick “Lazy” search on the forum and didn’t see anything so I figured I would post. I had my 2020 in for some service 2 months ago at the dealership, the body control module crapped out and had it replaced. I was talking with the service tech who is my next door neighbor about how my driving style is different from my wife’s as she uses it as her daily and I drive it on weekends and the transmission is constantly trying to learn how to shift based on adaptive learning. Long story, he disabled adaptive learning and it shifts like one would expect…. Still has the same quirks, skip shift ect. I would suggest if you share your Explorer and have different driving styles, to have your service tech disable adaptive learning. Took him ten minutes so you may have to pay for an hour of labor but to me it’s worth it. Hope this helps.

 

[Cdubya]

You can disable it via Forscan. Not sure but I've read that Ford got rid of the skip shift in later calibrations, so much smoother driving experience. I think the best thing MY2020-2021 can do is update any and all modules that have firmware updates.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Hey Guys, I did a quick “Lazy” search on the forum and didn’t see anything so I figured I would post. I had my 2020 in for some service 2 months ago at the dealership, the body control module crapped out and had it replaced. I was talking with the service tech who is my next door neighbor about how my driving style is different from my wife’s as she uses it as her daily and I drive it on weekends and the transmission is constantly trying to learn how to shift based on adaptive learning. Long story, he disabled adaptive learning and it shifts like one would expect…. Still has the same quirks, skip shift ect. I would suggest if you share your Explorer and have different driving styles, to have your service tech disable adaptive learning. Took him ten minutes so you may have to pay for an hour of labor but to me it’s worth it. Hope this helps.

Interesting. Never heard of that before.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

You can disable it via Forscan. Not sure but I've read that Ford got rid of the skip shift in later calibrations, so much smoother driving experience. I think the best thing MY2020-2021 can do is update any and all modules that have firmware updates.

My late build 2022 still skip shifts in Normal and eco. Obviously in Sport it goes through every gear.