The window thing saves my dog. What's fun is to make up options your truck has and go back to the dealer and tell him you really appreciate the heated and cooling system on your steering wheel. Or the vibration the seats have. The salesperson goes nuts trying to find those options he didn't charge you for. Thank you for the tips. Video well done.
I love learning about all the "hidden" features on vehicles. The first thing I do with a new vehicle is read the whole manual. You would be surprised at the stuff in there. 😂
I got to be honest I have never been a fan of Ford not even a little bit but yesterday I decided to try something different and bought a 2013 F150 and it's starting to grow on me. It's not bad at all.
Was never a ford owner until yesterday! Got a 2013 F150 as well! Wasn’t looking for anything “fancy” but I’m pretty impressed!! Just looking for new things without having to read lol I still don’t understand where the SD card is located but…it’s been fun finding new things!
Awesome video. I just bought a 2014 f150 with all the bells and whistles after driving a 1994 Chevy k2500 work truck. I think I might be ruined with all this luxury. The most advanced thing in my old truck was a radio. Just a radio. Not even a cassette deck 😂. I do miss how simple that truck was but all the tech in my new truck has made all my farm work a lot easier.
The prospect of discovering "unknown" features in my truck when I finally get around to cleaning my 2015 F150 has almost got me motivated to actually clean the truck...almost.
My favorite feature is the traction control button! Push it it disables traction control... hold it down and it disables advance trac! With it disabled, you really unleash the beast! My 5.0 coyote wouldnt hardly spin the tires, donuts were not an option. Now it will not hesitate to drift on dry pavement!
I didn't know that my 2014 F150 with a bench seat had a storage compartment under the center seat cushion until one day I was cleaning it out and notice this handle on the lower center of the seat cushion. And I've had this truck for four years.
It also has a trailer anti sway function that will cut the engine power and alternately brake side to side to try and stop the sway. Found that out the hard way because my tire pressures were too low one time.
It also has hill descent control. If the cruise is on and you go down a mountain it will first downshift and if it still don’t slow down it applies the brakes.
The hill descent control and that brake pressure application gauge are both optional. The feature that he's talking about is called Hill start assist or HSA
Nice video dude! Just got my first F150 and absolutely loving it, however for me, "MyKey" was more of a pain in the ass than helpful. I bought it used, and the dealer didn't tell me the one key they gave me wasn't the admin key, I activated MyKey almost by accident, and it locked me to below 80mph which I feel is a real safety liability. Had to pay $300 to the dealer for a new admin key + programming. Oh well, worth it for such an awesome truck!
I have always bought work trucks, Ford and Dodge (the Chevvies were both junk terrible trucks) On my last one I splurged a little and bought a loaded Lariat. This thing is a marvel of engineering and design genius. It also has this baaaddaaasss 5 Liter Coyote V-8 which makes it a riot to drive. I will never look in another direction. This thing is a sweetheart! Great video and thanks for sharing.
I have a 13 f150 and a feature I found out on quad cab truck is the rear seats they can fold up but hidden features is there’s a latch behind rear upper seats fold them down 🤠 and found out more new features.
Thanks for the video. The window and secret compartment I did not know. I was just using the cup holders under the middle seat. 12 XLT 3.7 SCAB 6.5 BED METALIC STERLING GRAY. Was a GMC owner, got this one on a whim to fit in my garage. Love love love my ford 187K Texas miles and going strong still. These will get over 200k easily.
That pressure sensing window can be a huge PITA...in the northern US with snow, ice and supper cold temps when things are stiff, you can fight with that bleeping bleep bleeping thing for ever before it’ll close!!
And another one is press and hold the ok button with the engine off and start the truck as normal while keeping the ok button depressed until you get an Engineering test page. You can see trans temp in degrees , coolant temp by degree, battery voltage. Some good info non the least. Cheers bud.
My father use to have a 2010 Silverado and it was a good truck, definitely got the job done. I'm kinda a Ford guy myself and liked the feel of the f150 more.
F-150 is way BETTER ALWAY'S USED FORD TRUCK'S ALL MY LIFE.Great work truck's AS well as Ranch and city use.i LOVE MY F150 XLT SUPER CREW.I MEAN MY 4-DOOR TRUCK IS THE BEST.Son would fit his Football Buddy's in it & couple in the Bed. SERIOUSLY BUY A F150 4X4 ALL AROUND VERY GREAT STRONG DURABLE AND RUFF-NECK MAN'S TRUCK.MY F-150 2010 XLT SUPER-CREW HAS HAD MY BACK GOING ON 10YRS NOW.IM BUYING A NEW ONE NOW & HANDING MY F150 XLT SUPER CREW TO MY SON NOW.BUYING A RAPTOR OR A PLATINUM,HENNESSEY,KING RANCH. JUST EXCITED 😁 NOW.SO MANY TO CHOOSE JUST ONE.BUT I WISH U ALL THE BEST & GOD BLESS...U SEE A F150 FORD OUT IN TRAFFIC PLEASE BLINK LIGHTS AND 👋 WAVE...WE ARE ALL A FORD TUFF FAMILY....
Just bought a new F150 XLT with a 2.7 ecoboost. First truck and I bought a Ford solely because the dealership has a lifetime powertrain warranty. First new vehicle since 1986. I bought the 2.7 for gas milage and it has ample power for me as I never will tow anything. I did get the trailer assist package as we have a small trailer. This package only works with trailers that you place a special sticker on. It has to be programmed for specific trailers based on their dimensions.
Dude, I drove a '98 F150 with NO features (power windows, locks, cruise control, nothing) for 6 years. I just got a new F150 and I was ecstatic about the power windows! My manual ones would get stuck with ice in the winter.
Agent 47 I had and still have a 96 F-150 it’s Eddie bower so it has the fancy’s for the year but how quit it is inside this new F-150 is amazing and that my seat moves more then forward and back is so nice but I still love my obs fords too I’ll keep it forever
Thanks buddy for the great information and glad I found your RU-vid. I have a 2012 F150 and your videos have helped especially with me being new to towing. Reading the manual helps but videos are much better. With that said when do you use the Tow/Haul button on the driver’s side of the shifter?
After watching this video and reading the comments out of curiosity, I am amazed at how many people do not know the first rule of driving a vehicle.... Know Your Vehicle. When you get a new or used vehicle, borrow someone's, or rent a vehicle, you are supposed to read the owners Manual. You would have known those features and many more had you done that when you got the vehicle. Good job on the video, I did hear you mention for people to read the manual somewhere during it.
Great honest video. My only concern about the window thing is; if your trying to end a conversation with some undesirable and they stick there hand/arm through. I would rather the window stopped rather than go back down and give them more access to me or a loved one. Matbe if it went down an inch but not 8 inches.
Thank you! You know, you bring up a valid point there. I'm guessing more children's head have gotten stuck in the window then people getting attack. But still something to keep in mind.
Haha I too get excited about little features like that, dude. I got a 2012 F150 last year and I didn't learn about a lot of it's cool little features until after I bought it. I'm really happy with it. I had no idea the center of balance was somehow done differently so it can take corners easier or that it could tow twice it's weight, and mine doesn't even have 4 wheel drive. It also automatically adjusts the stereo volume up when the engine gets louder, then goes down as you decelerate. Oh the charging port will also keep charging your phone even when you turn the engine off, but it somehow doesn't kill the truck battery. My mind is blown. Lol
The window feature was a response to children that were strangled by earlier power windows... it really happened too many times... also changed was the power window switch... older cars often had widow controls that powered up if stepped on by little kids.
Dude, you are a TRIP... Had my 2013 FX4 ecoboost for 2 weeks & learning new stuff almost everyday. I'mma try the window thing out before I leave for work today. 1st thing I thought about was my best friends poor little pinky I mashed in my window last Winter. He still holds that against me to this day. 4 bar tabs, 3 car washes, & an oil change still won't erase his drunk mistake of leaving his pinky in my Buick window's destructive path wile I "UP" it...
pretty cool thanks. I knew about the hill assist and the first thing you mentioned but didn't know about the trailer brakes and windows. honestly I don't think I'll know everything on my truck before I trade in for a new one. something I recently learned is the lights automatically come on any time the wipers are in use. I just learned to pull out on the light switch to activate the fog lights and to pull out on the 4x4 switch to lock up the rear differential.
The window thing could turn out to be a bad thing in an emergency, I heard once there was a lady who caught a carjacker's hand by rolling up the window while his hand was still inside, she then drove I believe 4 or 5 miles to the police station making him walk all the way.
Also, check out some videos on Fords Electronic Stability Control. Of course I still use a weight distribution hitch with sway control, but the truck will actually brake just the driver side or passenger side if the trailer gets sway crazy. I've owned Ford trucks since 1997 and love em! 2 Rangers, 2 F150's and a full size Bronco tossed in the mix.
The trailer sway control is an awesome feature and it was weird the first time I felt it kick in. Bronco is definitely on my list of trucks I want to own at some point.
Yeah it's awesome. I do wish it had a tighter threshold though. A little wiggle and it does nothing. I hate wiggle. 😂 But I've actually tried making it sway with some left-rght wheel jerks and it recovers brilliantly. You can do some pretty serious evasive maneuvering with it, and that was pulling a 24' cargo trailer.
I have talked with several hitch manufacturers and they all say to shut the truck sway control off with a sway control hitch. They can fight each other and actually make it worse.
2010 F-150 that I have has an info center located in the cluster where the odometer is and if you click the reset a few times find settings and hold it goes to oil life, miles to empty and you will get to trailer sway hold button then it will ask turn Trailer Sway ON/Off hold button it will switch to your choice it will confirm click button. After confirmation of switching of Sway for trailer you can automatically return the info center to hold for setting click reset and it should cycle through vehicle health report. (You can hold the button and cycle through that area) or just leave info center alone and have info center reset itself and go out of the menus section.
You have an alarm built in for door opening only. Lock doors wait 30 sec alarm is armed. If you unlock the driver door with the key you have 15 sec to out key in ignition or disarm alarm with remote (unlock or panic) If you leave windows down unlock a passenger door while alarm armed, alarm is immediate
There's so many other things that are worth mentioning in the dash system that no one knows about. I didn't know about the window Safty feature though. Good to know I guess
+micjr21 yes there is but I'm sure a 30min video of me showing all of that would get boring, just wanted to summarize the ones I found so this way people could go mess around with their trucks.
The very last one, with the window. I didn’t know there was a safety feature bringing it back down. There’s been times when I would shut my truck off, pull up to close the window automatically as I open my door. But if the door would open to far and it would kick on the door strap, the window would go back down sometimes
That's funny but It's a great safety feature if--"for instance" (I'm not saying kids should be allowed to play in car)-- kids are playing in car, one closes window while other has head out or pet has head out--window will bounce right open on neck contact. Read my post above on these "MAGIC" windows Dan.
I did not know about the window stop, I plan on testing tonight. I have towed a trailer several times with my truck, be did not notice if it prevented it from initially rolling backwards. I do not have a trailer break accessory either. Thanks for the cool tips. I also plan on adding remote start soon to my F-150. Just like you I Love My Truck.
I was shocked you never mentioned the storage behind rear seat. You can fold rear seat bottom up slide hand down behind headrest and feel for nub on lock and slide that down and bring seat back down. It is not too big but I keep a blanket and jumper cables there. And my F-150 does not have subwoofer but under seat bottom (driver side rear) I have an emergency funnel for my ez-fill gas anyway that funnel is in a removable tray, that tray comes out for a hidden storage good size for bats or rifles. I hunt. Maybe that will be of use to you buddy.
Thanks! I just bought a used 2014 F-150 4x4 like yours. You just educated me. The Honda dealership I bought it from did not!... and it's difficult to read the manual because it lists features you may or may not have!
The ABS trailer brakes (Did Not Know That) Thanks, But the window thing had me chuckling :) because I ran into some trouble after installing some Weather-Tech Window Shades on my 2015 F150, They slide up into the window frame so you don't have to use double sided tape to attach to the truck. Butttt this caused just enough extra pressure to cause problems until they wore in a little, like the first downpour of the of rain, luckily I could stop window just before top (Which takes some practice) and after 3 years its no longer an issue.
The window thing is a great safety feature till it gets a "mind of it's own". My 2017 Fusion has the no pinch feature too. Close on something and they bounce right open. Another cool thing is if car is sitting in sun with windows up, temp in car is 150 degrees. You can press the unlock button on the key fob "TWICE" as you approach the car and all the windows will open letting the heat out. All windows close again if you press the lock button on the fob "TWICE". Mind of it's own???? I put the passenger side window down to talk to a neighbor then I lifted the switch for it to close and as soon as it got to the top and closed it bounced right back open again. Nothing was in the channel, I used the switch where you just lift it part way and the window will stop and continue as you move the switch. Took it to the dealer and they said--"they had to reprogram it". Since that time the Drivers side did the same thing. I found a fix here on U TUBE that works if you ever have the problem.-------Can't wait till I am going through a car wash, I give the guy the five, start through and close window but the window bounces right back open and I get a bath interior of car too. LOL! Will be ready to work the switch part way to close----------I hope.
Once they (window) will not stay closed that's it. I tried closing the window 15 times and it opened right back up as soon as it was fully closed. I tried lifting the switch just part way/enough to move the window closed but not all the way where it travels shut. I still had to leave it open by a 1/8 to 1/4 inch. If I closed it all the way to the top it bounced right back open even in the manual mode. I drove to the dealer with it closed to about 1/8 inch from the top. The fix on U Tube is---------You press the switch down and hold it down for 5 to 10 seconds after the window is fully open. Then lift the switch up and hold it up for 5 to 10 seconds after the window is fully up/closed. You may have to do that several times as when holding the switch up, and window closes, it may still bounce right back open a few times. But it does eventually work, saving a trip to dealer. Is that hard on the motor? I don't know for sure but I don't hear the motor trying to still run or strain after all the way open or closed. I think the mechanism reprograms and shut the power off when it resets.
If you get the limited model that has the side rail that folds down, it has a sensor in there, much like the window, that will stop lowering the side rails down if it senses any resistance. Unfortunately, if you live where they salt the roads a lot, the salt will get in there and mess with the sensor and the side boards will stop folding up and down.
I honestly didn’t know about the window thing, cool! I’m scared to put anything in the window for fear of stripping the motor. I used to always have crank windows too.
Features you failed to mention Automatic starter. In other words you start it, the starter cranks only as long as needed or up to X seconds 10 12 I think Try it. Hold the key in the start position will stop cranking. Or just flick your key. It will continue to crank Because of the aforementioned, you have remote start basically built in can activate it with a $12 software, $35 dongle and program your keys with it MyKey let's you set a maximum speed Your traction control pulses one wheel or one side wheel brake to try to mimic a limited slip. But be warned it doesn't work like a limited slip or locker so if you don't have it upgrade To put your transfer case in neutral put trans in neutral, foot on the brake flick the 4wd control to 4wd and back to 2wd 8 times. Puts it in flat tow mode Your automatic transmission is ALL electronic so much so you can slam it in reverse at 70mph or more and it won't go into reverse until you come to a full stop OEM trailer brakes can also be added with the same aforementioned $12 software and $30 dongle called ForScan You can add 2way long range remote start. NO PROGRAMMING REQUIRED with the glass break alarm addition, bi-ditectional antenna, wire harness, and remote OEM plug and play Your elocking rear diff disengages at 20 or 25mph You do NOT have limited slip or locking front diff unless you have a raptor or bolt it in like I did from an 04 rear mustang in my front 8.8"
I can't wait for winter. My 2008 Ranger windows use to freeze in the up position. Got Tired of carrying a flamethrower everywhere. I hope the window in my F150 isn't so sensitive that it stays down with frost on it. It was embarrassing going through the drive in windows.
So I love my f150 too. 2009 real nice, but the window thing... my 04 pathfinder has all of that. The auto up and down as well as the preasure safety. In addition if you hit the lock button on the key fob once, release then press and hold the front windows roll down. Not in the new f150s, not even my 2019 work truck. Just saying some features are a bit behind on american cars but eh, dont buy a truck for windows and buttons right :).
