Mine must be fubar then lol. I will kick it a few times the next time I drive it. I just know I have to switch it to feet when my toes are cold cause auto won't stay put on it.I am going to disagree with this. I have it set to auto but select where I want the air to come from. the air flow will change from the dash vents to defrost or floor as selected. it seems to reduce air flow when more than 1 option is selected.
unless there is something else going on I dont know about......
What'd I miss Greg?...?? I knew covid would come in handy somewhere along the line
Delaware does not really get cold like the places where some members live, but I find the heating in the Ranger to work well. Since we do not like heated air blowing in our faces, I always just turn on the floor heating (along with the buns-heaters in the seats), and it seems to do the job just fine.
From the sound of it the communication bus is overloaded. With everything communicating on the same channel I bet there is a microprocessor on the vent control/motor that gets a message from the front panel/sync to change the direction. If the bus has too many messages going over the lower priority message will have to wait its turn to be sent. This is becoming a huge problem in modern vehicles, too many data messages. We'll be better off going back to manual controls until an update to the communication system can take place. Since they use CAN bus, I'm talking about a massive change to all vehicle designs, not just Ford. A second approach, and one I'd be surprised isn't being used, would be to have a secondary data channel for lower priority stuff so that the main vehicle data isn't impacted.tried the system this morning & this is the result. started the truck with HVAC in auto mode & full fan speed , the air flow selected was the same as yesterday (dash). after it got warm enough I selected the floor (in auto) & in about 10 seconds it changed the air flow to the floor. shut the truck off for a few minutes & the system was the same on start up as when shut down. change to defrost (in auto) & it stayed there until I changed it to dash vents.
it works the same in manual for me.
each location change requires about a 10 second wait until the air flow moves to the position selected. the floor vent for the driver side is almost centered over the brake pedal. passenger side is tight against the console. selecting the floor & dash at the same time, slows the feel of air flow to almost nothing in both locations in my opinion.
selecting defrost closes off the floor & dash vents.
overall I give this system a D- or very poor. FORD messed this system up.
should have kept manual controls !
Think heās saying itās like wearing a scarf all the time lol.
