Obscure/little things you love on the Ranger

[P. A. Schilke]

Sorry everyone... it was a rough day at work today. Not an excuse, I will try to curtail my sarcasm from now on!

Hi Daniel,

Understood for Michigan weather. Reason to retire to Arizona like Margie and me?

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co Retired

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[Wyatt Owenby]

Howdy y'all!
One cool thing I found was that the rear doors will unlock on the first pull of the rear door handle and then you can open it with a second pull. I think you can disable it in the features for those of you with curious kiddos, but it's nice when I have impatient family members in the back seat that can't wait for me to get my door open the second I park.

 

[FULLSCALE]

Howdy y'all!
One cool thing I found was that the rear doors will unlock on the first pull of the rear door handle and then you can open it with a second pull. I think you can disable it in the features for those of you with curious kiddos, but it's nice when I have impatient family members in the back seat that can't wait for me to get my door open the second I park.

You actually only have the touch the back of the handle, so if you leave a slight delay between touching and opening you’ll only have to pull once!

 

[FULLSCALE]

Heck no, I'm all about sarcasm. Have a cold one!

Agreed, funny either way!

 

[Mellow]

I like how you can lock it by touching any of the door handles vs just the driver side handle like my cx-5 was.

 

[BcP28]

Probably been mentioned before, but I like that the tailgate is tied to central locking, and I like being able to see the gears in the cluster

 

[REDWM]

You can load cd's from your computer using Windows Media player. Just download what you want to your hard drive, then copy to Media player and then sync to a plugged in USB. After you're done, delete the music from your hard drive if you don't want all that cluttering your hard drive. Sync pulls up the album or song onto the 8" LCD screen with a picture, song title and artist. You can use the steering wheel controls to move through the songs or use the touch screen to browse your USB. Best thing for music buffs since "sliced bread".

 

[WCG]

I like the surround mode on Sync 3.
I Like that I can see what gear the truck is in when in normal drive.

What mode is that and where that displays gear changes? On of the two little information display screens on either side of the speedometer?

 

[AzScorpion]

What mode is that and where that displays gear changes? On of the two little information display screens on either side of the speedometer?

In the D position just press the +/- on the side of the gear shifter and on the right side display you'll see the gears. If you continue to press the - it will start to lock out the gears,press + and it'll unlock them.

 

[HenryMac]

I think you can also completely remove the back headrests if you want.

You are correct... and that combined with the removable SuperCab seat bottoms is a great feature! All kinds of actual usable space and an unobscured view out the rear window.

Well done Ford Motor Company... well done.

 

[WCG]

In the D position just press the +/- on the side of the gear shifter and on the right side display you'll see the gears. If you continue to press the - it will start to lock out the gears,press + and it'll unlock them.

Bingo! Thanks.

 

[Toytec]

Hi Daniel,

Understood for Michigan weather. Reason to retire to Arizona like Margie and me?

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co Retired

Hi Phil, I have a "my little Margie" myself

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Hi Phil, I have a "my little Margie" myself

Hi John,

Cool...not many Margie's here in SW Arizona! Hi to your Margie!

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[hughesjv]

I agree, rear door lock is awesome!!!

Ditto. Every vehicle with 4 doors should have this feature!!!

 

[Surfink]

... Two pictures of the inside lid of center console.. What is this a holder for?

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