On Off Option when stopped.

[helifino16]

Aha - another reason for Badlands owners to get Sport Mode enabled.

I’m a big advocate of the Auto Start/Stop Eliminator. It installs easily and disables this feature. It can also be enabled - if that’s what you want. (Handy when putting in for Service).

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[SeptuagenarianSasquatch]

One more...

• while the clutch pedal is depressed.

Also, if the calander day is divisible by a prime number when multiplied by the square root of your social security number.

Seriously, I never had my auto-stop button killed with Fortran, but for some reason it remains off most of the time, which suits me fine. Maybe I should have my battery checked. I'm at 56,000 miles, which seems early for a new battery. But I do live in New England.

 

[Cooperhawk]

See pic

OK, You helped an old man figure that out, now what are the symbols on each side of the on/off?

 

[wildtrak whitey]

Exterior cameras (left) and park assist (right)

 

[Cooperhawk]

Exterior cameras (left) and park assist (right)

Thanks, I've been going through the manual and it is very large!

 

[wildtrak whitey]

Press buttons and see what happens is my go-to learning method

 

[jmighty]

You can also purchase an auto start/stop eliminator so it will stay off all the time. There are quite a few options out there on Amazon. I can’t remember which I bought but it works great. It plugs in behind the radio panel using the wire that comes out of the start/stop button Wildtrak Whitey is pointing to. Super easy

The IAG start/stop works perfectly on my ‘23.

 

[Chrome_Pony]

There’s quite a few things that may prevent it from working

feels weird to label a post with a bookmark called ASS PARAMETERS, but here we are...

Thanks for the info, as always.

 

[Cdr_Doug]

First mod I had for my 2021. Had it in hand before I even got it. Best mod ever.
https://www.autostopeliminator.com/

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Seriously, I never had my auto-stop button killed with Fortran, but for some reason it remains off most of the time, which suits me fine.

I remember going WEEKS sometimes between ASS events.
Now that I see the list, I realize "defrost" is my default choice for the HVAC, which apparently eliminates ASS events.

Also, with my manual trans, the ASS is MUCH less intrusive than with the automatic trans Badlands I had.
With the manual, it never bothers me when it does shut down, I've come to expect it at train crossings and really long traffic lights, which are about the only time it happens.

The automatic , on the other hand, I hated the ASS in that thing with a passion.
It happened way to often and at the worst possible moments.
Like trying to cross a busy street, it'd die the moment you went to smash the go pedal.
Absolutely maddening.

 

[SeptuagenerianSasquatch]

I remember going WEEKS sometimes between ASS events.
Now that I see the list, I realize "defrost" is my default choice for the HVAC, which apparently eliminates ASS events.

Also, with my manual trans, the ASS is MUCH less intrusive than with the automatic trans Badlands I had.
With the manual, it never bothers me when it does shut down, I've come to expect it at train crossings and really long traffic lights, which are about the only time it happens.

The automatic , on the other hand, I hated the ASS in that thing with a passion.
It happened way to often and at the worst possible moments.
Like trying to cross a busy street, it'd die the moment you went to smash the go pedal.
Absolutely maddening.

It annoys me, but doesn't interfere with my driving style or needs. My main concern is that the increased use of the starter will wear that (and related systems) out earlier. This has been discussed to the point of tedium on many threads. Posters who claim to be automotive engineers and/or Ford employees, techs, whatever, say this new generation of starters are tougher, and can endure several lifetimes of expected use. We shall see. Cynic that I am, I turn it off if it turns itself on.

Seems another topic has come up on this thread: automotive review writers. Then there's Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal, a booster, enthusiast and (dare I say, a "true believer") in the desirability and yea, verily, the necessity of EVs, hybrids, and the like. He opened his February 6 review of the F250 with this piece, titled, "The Godzilla Of Pickups, As Thirsty As Ever,"

Russell Crowe’s portrayal of Nazi leader Hermann Göring in the film “Nuremberg” is brilliant but incomplete. Little is made of Goering’s outrageous personal style: the power-blue Reichsmarschall’s uniform, the fur-lined capes, the diamond encrusted badges and batons, the face makeup. Göring’s sartorial choices raised suspicions among both the Allies and Nazi high command that he was homosexual.

He wasn’t, apparently. A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status. Although the term is clinically obsolete, examples of male peacocking are as close as the nearest bejeweled Patek Philippe, sterling-silver rodeo belt buckle or jumped-up, gold-plated pickup.

Later, he notes, " It smells real nice in there. Perhaps a hint of lavender in Ford’s new-car spritz?"

Just what, um, gender issue is he insinuating here? The guy has a burr under his saddle for pickups, no? To compare a heavy-duty pickup with a Nazi...? What the...? To his credit, although he sneers at the market the F250 appeals to, he at least points out that the 7.3 liter V-8 is built simple, and is capable of major hauling:

(The) Godzilla is made of sterner stuff: a deep-skirted cast-iron block, forged steel crankshaft and oil-cooled pistons, churning and burning with 485 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm—no turbocharging, cam phasing, cylinder deactivation or other common failure points. With a single, in-block cam, one timing chain and two valves per cylinder, Godzilla is so primitive it’s practically primeval.

While allowing it begrudging respect, Neil still slurs the F250 by implying that it would appeal to a controversial Federal official, whom he names, but I shall not. Neil was awarded a Pulitzer, which says something about the establishment media right there.

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