yea, you are not going anywhere safely without brakes hauling that trailer. Appears you will be doing long highway in that rig. You think the light Mav will be enough in cross winds? Think I would be nervous with anything less than a F150 on long hauls with that , but I haven't towed with Mav yetSo there I was just this afternoon hooking up my travel trailer which has been in hibernation for the winter, got it plugged in and start trying to figure out the brake controller, nothing coming up on the display, drove it down the road a short distance, used the slider, cool, works OK, try to set my gain, press buttons, nothing. nada. Nothing showing up on the screen, search through menus, nothing. WTF? Check our favorite forum and hey presto here I am learning about this BS. Just ran my VIN through the recall section on Ford website and yep, on the list. Disappointed to say the least, we have several camping trips booked so hopefully this is a simple software update.
Edit: forgot to mention that I also called our Ford dealer who know absolutely nothing about this truck so were no help whatsoever, their only response was "have you read the manual"? yes I read the flippin' manual!
Very odd. My dealer did it and all checked out. They had no issues and got it done fast. Granted our service department has a lot of new guys and hires. Perhaps they got rid of the dead weight and got better mechanics.Here’s the service notes my dealer logged for it while it was there for the other recall. May not mean anything since my dealer’s service department is operated by barely functioning idiots.
it's 2500lbs loaded. Back in England I used to pull a similar size trailer with a Golf Wagon Tdi and had no problems whatsoever. I towed it along a flat section of road and is perfectly stable, I have no concerns
before the update were you getting the menu for trailer brake control appearing? when i hooked up my trailer the brake slider was working but nothing happening when the + - buttons were pressed and no way to store the gain settings. I presume you have the menu now?
In earnest I haven’t used a trailer yet since getting the maverick. So I can’t say for sure if it would or would not pop up once a t railer would be connected. In fairness I just saw there was a recall on the fordpass app and decided to get it looked at sooner than later.
Hopefully the fix is available by the time it comes otherwise it will have to sit at dealer until it is.My Fordpass app just inform me about the recall. Hopefully they'll do it as soon as it arrives.
I’m wondering if there is anyone w the 4K package that ISN’T effected…
