Shift knob mixup

[710-oil-614]

No but I have reached for the wipers (came from a Model 3) a number of times.

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[Bob The Builder]

I have actually surprised myself in adapting to the shifter. Only took a few days. Never look down, just look at the shifter readout on the dash. I like it. It really goes with the forward thinking XLT interior which I get a lot of positive comments on.

 

[Montana]

I have actually surprised myself in adapting to the shifter. Only took a few days. Never look down, just look at the shifter readout on the dash. I like it. It really goes with the forward thinking XLT interior which I get a lot of positive comments on.

I think I'm one of the few who actually enjoy the shifter knob too.

 

[Bob The Builder]

I think I'm one of the few who actually enjoy the shifter knob too.

Yep.

 

[Bruce W]

Ever went to put your vehicle in park and turned the temperature knob down instead?

It is the same size and clicks the same way when turned. I bet you will think about the temperature know when you shift from now on and visa versa.

 

[GS535]

Yes, I also have a RAM which has the shifter knob on the dash

 

[PRH]

At least you aren't using the wiper lever as an old 'shift on the tree' thang'

 

[AutobahnSHO]

I think I'm one of the few who actually enjoy the shifter knob too.

Nah, plenty of people like it. Including me and co-driver (wife).

 

[commadorebob]

Only mistake I made is turning the temperature down when I try to turn the volume of the radio down. But I've since gained the muscle memory needed to just use the steering wheel controls for the radio volume.

 

[VermontXLT]

Ever went to put your vehicle in park and turned the temperature knob down instead?

My last truck was a Ram that had the shift knob on the dash, so yes I have.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Sometimes when I reach for the shifter knob I turn on the turn signals instead. But my excuse is I'm old and senile.

Two or three Brazil nuts 4+ days a week helps my thyroid do it's job.

 

[Phil Ricotta]

You are not alone....I do that once or twice a week. I call it my Senior Moment. My first vehicle with a Shift Knob.

 

[livinloa]

Ever went to put your vehicle in park and turned the temperature knob down instead?

More than once, lol. It's taken me a while to get used to that dial shifter.

 

[Carjack]

Ever went to put your vehicle in park and turned the temperature knob down instead?

More than once, or shifting to reverse without looking and putting it in park.

 

[Rowboat]

Ever went to put your vehicle in park and turned the temperature knob down instead?

Not that knob, but my hand sometimes still instinctively reaches up toward the wipers lever, where it was in my SportTrac, before getting slapped by my left hand and redirected down to the shifter knob.
But, my concern is; I when I have been backing up and turned in my seat I have given the shifter a quick twist in the wrong direction to go to Drive while still slowly rolling back. That parking pawl engages immediately!. I worry that the pawl on my Maverick will meet the same fate as the one which I had to replace on my SportTrac.
I would like to see a momentary delay and an audible beep to let me know which selection was made, rather that looking down or refocusing on the dash lights, or, a tactile means of feeling the Park and Reverse position selection..

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