Skip to main content

Exploring Standard Drive Modes

3:31
10:46
24K views

At 3:31 in

Ford trucks "SECRET" button

What happens here

Inside a newer Ford truck (specifically a Ford F-250), the speaker demonstrates how to access and cycle through various standard drive modes. These modes include 'Normal', 'Tow/Haul', 'Eco', 'Slippery', and 'Deep Snow/Sand'. Each mode is designed to optimize the truck's performance for specific driving conditions. For instance, 'Eco' mode has been observed by Zach (the speaker's associate) to improve fuel economy by 10-15%, while 'Tow/Haul' mode adjusts the transmission's RPMs for more efficient and powerful towing. The speaker notes his previous habit of rarely using these modes but highlights their utility.

Goal: Understand the functionality of various selectable drive modes in a Ford truck.

Tools and materials

  • Ford F-250 — The vehicle used to demonstrate drive modes

What they say

Hide

is just a gaser this is not the secret I want to make sure we're very very clear on this but they have drive mode if you haven't experimented with drive mode yet absolutely experiment with drive mode I never believe I never experiment with any of those things I just don't do it but he has been now between the two of us hike and loads cuz we we Trail this truck is constantly trailering may even have a trailer on even as we speak no doesn't this truck constantly trailers and we just put it in normal mode so let's look through the five modes it has it has drive mode and that's the one I typically stay in I don't mess with it but Zach's been lately putting it into eco mode right here the per the the Improvement in performance including towing and Hauling has been unreal it actually works we're talking about we're seeing a 10 to 15% Improvement in fuel economy by going into eco mode now when you go into slippery mode or deep snow sand I haven't played with those modes I I just I don't play with them that's on Zack I have used to Hall and what that does is that downshifts and keeps you your changes your RPM on your transmission matching up with your engine depending on the towing conditions if you're going up a hill it's going to monitor that and it's going to improve your performance for towing and Hauling it's also going to be a decrease in your fuel economy as far as deep snow and sand OD slippery conditions deep snow and sand have not played with this so if you have let me know what you think of it but I want to get to the thing that you really got you guys here and that's Ford's secret button and it's right wait a minute we got something else I want to show you before I show you secret button all

Auto-generated from the video audio.