Bronco GOAT Modes Guide by Trim - Compiled and Confirmed Info 🐐

[chownd]

I'll take a stab in the dark at this one.

• There was a meeting where they established the goals and objectives for each Bronco trim level.
• One person stood up and said "lets make Badlands trim level exclusively for taking to the race track or drag strip and compete against the Mustang GT350!"
• That person was fired for being a baboon
• The second meeting on the subject, after the baboon was fired, determined that the Badlands was to be the hard-core off-road trim level of Bronco for rock crawling and difficult trails, which is evidenced by Ford stating this multiple times during the release of the vehicle and in all marketing propaganda

Now here's where it gets suuuuuuuuper tricky and like a midget at a urinal, you'll need to stay on your toes.

• There are no rock crawling trails with drag strips built on them
• Outright speed and acceleration are not intrinsic aspects of rock crawling and trail driving with a off-the-lot factory vehicle

I just thought it was weird that no model had all the available modes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[Laminar]

I would like to see a 9th goat mode added for MY22. I would call it blue mode and it would essentially be a super speed sport mode. It would emulate the ferocity with which I chased Mankie Frunez in the end of big fat liar

This is a fantastic novelty account.

 

[Rick Astley]

I just thought it was weird that no model had all the available modes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You asked for guesses and/or wild speculation without doing a modicum of research on your own first....

And now..... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sooooooo......

 

[Natai]

I just sent Doug an updated version, so the link in the OP should be updated soon.
(Latest version has 2021-2-11 on the bottom beginning on the second page.)

Latest updates

• Added most needed info we don’t know
• Added info on original meaning of GOAT
• Added mention of Sasquatch impact on GOAT
• Added reference to Terrain Management system
• Added mention of switching on-the-fly or stopping to shift into N for some modes
• Added assumed throttle adjustments for Eco and Sport
• Clarified camera available “at speed” on Baja
• Added How Useful are GOAT Modes?
• Added Are GOAT Modes Interchangeable?
• Updated default Hero settings for Sand
• Clarified Front Locker only available in 4L
• Updated available 4WD modes for Slippery
• Added info on modes that appear to disable Auto Start Stop
• Added Traction Control off for Rock Crawl
• Added Notes on Hero Settings
• Added examples of camera views
• Added and updated referenced sources

Thanks to everyone that's contributed to the info and discussion so far!

 

[Ryuk]

• There are no rock crawling trails with drag strips built on them
• Outright speed and acceleration are not intrinsic aspects of rock crawling and trail driving with a off-the-lot factory vehicle

Baja mode kills your point.

 

[sjjohnny]

Thanks to everyone that's contributed to the info and discussion so far!

Thanks for all your work and the slick presentation!

 

[Rick Astley]

Baja mode kills your point.

Baja is a calibration setting which will affect steering, throttle, brake and torque.

Hard to argue that Badlands hardware was chosen for baja racing when Wildtrak exists.

 

[P52Ranch]

If they were going to remove a mode form a lineup, It should have been Eco.

FYI
Excellent job on the Guide.
THANK YOU!

I'm guessing that Eco mode is there to help achieve the unknown fuel economy numbers that will get published on the window sticker.

 

[Ryuk]

Baja is a calibration setting which will affect steering, throttle, brake and torque.

Hard to argue that Badlands hardware was chosen for baja racing when Wildtrak exists.

Yet the mode is present on the Badlands and Sport mode isn't.

It's one of those mysteries that we may never know an answer to.

 

[TripleB]

Will 4H or 4L be selectable in "normal" goat mode? Or do you have to put it into a goat mode to get 4WD?

 

[Ryuk]

I am assuming you can press the button or spin the wheel.
It's like 2 different game shows combined into 1

 

[Natai]

Will 4H or 4L be selectable in "normal" goat mode? Or do you have to put it into a goat mode to get 4WD?

All 4WD modes are available in Normal.

 

[Used2jeep]

i figured I still could like you said but didn’t know if there was different components on the other models suspension that I’m not getting.

Guessing 4 low (first gear), rear locked, front locked when necessary.

 

[Halfsmoke00]

i figured I still could like you said but didn’t know if there was different components on the other models suspension that I’m not getting.

Wildtrak doesn't get the swaybar disconnect.

 

[SENDITHAMMER]

Wildtrak doesn't get the swaybar disconnect.

So I can rock crawl but not boulder crawl ! Lol. If I change my order to BL then I lose Baja

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