How to use Ford’s new Pro Trailer Backup Assist 

I’ll be backing up alone most of the time, or even worse , my wife will be out there helping me. Thank you Ford.

I’ve been a road driver for 38 years in a big truck . Retired now when I saw this on my new truck I am excited.Don’t ever let anyone intimidate you and say backing a trailer is easy and “Why are you getting out of the truck to make sure your not gonna hit anything”Take your time,It’s ok to pull up and try again,just stay safe. This system I think will help a lot but still learn to use your mirrors while using the system. Systems break down and you wanna still be able to back your trailer. I’ve seen guys that have been driving forever tear doors off their trailers. I’ve made some dumb mistakes too. Tired one time I tried to get out of a guys way and backed right into a field of mud. I had to call a wrecker get me out.lol. Have fun guys and don’t be scared to ask someone to spot for you or just ask a question. We all were new to backing a trailer at one time.

Got my first camper yesterday. Didn't have this setup and holy smokes it's hard to back a trailer up. Set it up a while ago and backing the camper up was a piece of cake

I have a 2018 F150 with the 3.5 ecoboost and I love the truck and the pro trailer backup assist is all they say it is and more! Works fantastic and helps me back up my 23' RV perfect each time.

For all the people bashing this system...try memorizing all the phone numbers in your phone contacts. Then delete your phone contacts and dial manually each phone number each time you want to call someone. I dont care how good your memory is, and how fast your fingers are, that will get old fast. Leave your pride out the window and accept change for efficiency. Work smarter not harder. Dont be the cowboy that rode his horse and refused to drive a car. If everyone thought like all you haters, we would all still be using rotary phones. Some of you dont even know whay a rotary phone is. Its the future boys...

I'm so excited for new trucks to come with a pro trailer forward assist knob next to the reversing knob. I mean think about it, you're in forward way more often than reverse

This is awesome!!

Wow. That's a whole lot better than my backing a trailer!!

I love the future!

You said 'Switch to the camera view on the back of the trailer' - is that part of the blue tooth set up that Ford Pro Trailer Back up Assist Bluetooth PAIRS with the trailer backup camera????

Can Ford’s Pro Backup Assist be used on an Airstream trailer with the large propane tanks and tank cover on the trailer’s tongue?

Bro, wtf!!! I wish! I had this when I was learning...... I'm so glad I know how to back up anything now flawlessly, but fuck, this is a game changer.

Self trailer parking with manual control through a little knob :)

How much is it to add this to my F150 XLT 2020?

Can I get this on my Tundra? ✌️

Do you got a part # for that? I have a used 2022 and I see the plug for it would like to try it out

Got a question I can’t seem to find an answer to. After setup, when you’re getting ready to use it, do you have to be straight when you activate it? Often I don’t start backing from a completely straight position and I don’t know if the PTBA gets confused when it detects the sticker if I’m not straight.

Can someone at Ford please explain to me How I got stickers and s sensor for my 2021 f-150 pro trailer backing system . The stickers require an over the air download to work. How do i get the over the air download. My dealer has told me he had done everything he can do to make the stickers work and the people at Ford don't even know what i am talking about. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

Picked up new used 2021 with Trailer back up pro but don’t have the sensor that form RU-vid mention it’s that needed cuz I got 4 trailers all conventional. Should I call the deal back for this sensor device?

I have a new 2021 F-150 XLT with this option and no one at the dealership in suburban Detroit can get it to work. It actually is so screwed up that I can't even tow my boat now without getting electrical fault messages constantly while towing. The dealer has replaced the APIM Module in the vehicle twice now and says that they need to call in a Ford engineer to look at the trailer and truck together. Oh yes, I only have 500 miles on the truck so I'm pretty sick about this. I wish Don Mattern could look at my truck and get me back on the road towing again!

How'd you connect the trailer cam to the Ford screen/button?? I've been told by 3 different sources (1 being a Ford service tech at Ford) that aftermarket backup cams for trailers cannot be connected to the existing Ford screen, and secondary screens are necessary.

The ford super pro veteran backup assist is going to have a remote control so you can be outside of the vehicle

Wow that is so cool! It’s sick how far we have come with trucks. Time to ditch the second gen and step up into a new ford!

Sorry… I drive for a nation wide intermodal company. I pull 53 footers. I can’t relate. For people that don’t have the experience that I do, how does this help? Is it the opposite steer, or to much steering input? What is it that is so helpful?

Take my money.

This needs to be more computed. You map out the area where exactly the trailer goes and how much of an angle it has and u don’t have to control anything the truck just does it. When the back of the trailer is about to hit something the truck will stop. I think it would be cool if the truck could do this so u can get out of the truck and watch it

I noticed that the demonstrator was able to toggle between the cameras included with the Pro Trailer Back UP Assist system and the auxiliary Rear Trailer mounted camera. I just bought my F350 SD with this system and had my Ford dealer install the rear mounted trailer cam. They configured it so that I have to get out of the vehicle and unplug the Pro Trailer harness and plug in the rear trailer camera harness to use it. They must have installed it incorrectly, but there is only one port in the bed (the other one is for the trailer). Anyone have experience with this?

How do you hook up the trailer back up camera to your dash monitor?

What happened to being a cowboy and backing up your trailer by skill?

I perfer the diesel version because the new powerstroke diesel has 475 horses and 1050lb torque.

This actually looks much more complicated than just backing it up without having to press 4-6 buttons and then look at 2-3 cameras. Only thing useful is the part where the truck follows the trailer, but even that "benefit" is marginal imho.

😄 🤣 If you can't back a trailer.......Don't!

All you have to do is grab the bottom of the steering wheel. To go left turn the wheel left and to go Right turn to the right. It is that easy. No knob need.

This looks wayyyy harder than just backing up the damn trailer! Input this, input that, rotate knob, push this button, look at MULTIPLE camera views, monitor speed and braking..... Whew!

Sooooo...instead of turning the wheel you're turning the knob?

Why wouldn't you put the control knob on the steering wheel? It's literally 4 inches away. That's my biggest complaint about the system.

These cameras will make people who already can’t back a trailer up even worse. The only good one is the one on the trailer. Use your mirrors.

I got the full souped up tremor lariat for 80k and didn’t receive any of the pro trailer back up or extra cameras. Pretty disappointed

Cool and all I guess... my debate would be if you are towing a trailer you need to learn how to back it up manually.. it's really not that hard. Find an empty lot, bring some cones and go to town. I do like the camera option at the back of the trailer if alone when backing up.. large RV trailers and car trailers ect it would help to ensure you do not bump into anything. Just gotta remember, turning the wheel left makes the trailer go right, and the other way around. lol.

All the comments from the weekend warriors who have backed up their campers 3 times and now have to tell everyone how "stupid" this system is and how if you need it then "you shouldn't be towing/driving" is hilarious. I had no idea other dudes thought backing up a trailer was some sort of difficult driving skill that you should be proud of if you figured it out (in about 10 minutes because that's how hard it is). You guys making these comments look like idiots. It's a tool, like any other, it makes things a bit easier lmao.

As a tractor-trailer driver, who backs 53 foot trailers behind a sleeper cab semi, literally every day, this is honestly harder for me to understand than just backing your trailer yourself. I will say, all the extra camera views are amazing. But that knob doesn't seem any easier than just backing your trailer like normal. If you can't back your trailer without this knob, you won't be all that much better with it.

That doesn’t look very good

doesnt work with a camper !!

If your that sorry you can't back up a boat or a tailor, you shouldn't be driving one ....WTF

In my opinion if you can't steer a trailer with your steering wheel then you shouldn't pull a trailer.

Am I the only one who thinks this is not cool? I have this in my Ford and never use it. I guess it’s for people who can’t drive

lol this tech is for people that don’t know how to back a trailer. Lmfao

This is about when you realize you have no business driving a truck and trailer.

This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. If you need this, you should never even hook up to a trailer! 😂😂😂

The back up knob is embarrassing. Wish Ford didn’t have it. Leave it to ram and gmc owners for that nonsense 😂😂

who needs all this crap!

why don't you just use the steering wheel? i drove tractor trailer for years and thats how we did it! this is plain dumb!!

Just learn how to back up a trailer.... Jesus...

If you can’t back up your trailer you shouldn’t tow it wtf happened to being a man these days

Or you could just learn how to back a trailer. It's not that hard. Just takes a little practice, y'know, like learning how to drive except in reverse. Personally, I don't want any system to ever have the ability to take control of my wheel. No "trailer assist" or "parallel park" thingy or whatever else you white collar executives think we want. Things break. What happens if there's a short and this system decides to take control of my wheel at the wrong time? Or it doesn't release control when I'm done using it? Or the damn thing just breaks and I'm screwed because I never put even the tiniest bit of effort into learning how to back a trailer manually? You're over-complicating things, Ford. You're putting too much effort into marketing your trucks to the weekend warrior who wants a pavement princess. Guys like me who use our trucks daily _as a truck_ and not a grocery getter don't need or want all of this useless electronic garbage. It's stuff like this that's the reason why all of my trucks are 20+ years old. No thanks, I'll pass. P.S. Please bring back manual crank windows and vinyl floors. It's a truck, not a Lincoln. P.P.S. And mechanical turn signals. Worked fine for decades. I shouldn't have to check the owners manual to figure out how to signal. If it ain't broke...

If you’re a marginally decent driver, you can spend 10-15 minutes behind the wheel practicing trailer backing and you will be more than capable of getting any trailer where you need it. This device is counter intuitive for the experienced driver. Instead of looking out the mirror and or over your shoulder you are now staring at a tv screen, checking the mirror and turning a tiny knob while the big wheel spins about like it’s possessed. This makes no sense. I’ve attempted to used this device and I just laughed because it was so much easier to just look out the mirror and use the steering wheel. Granted I have done it old school for 40 years. If you don’t know how to back a trailer “old school” and you don’t learn you’re stuck with this device. If you have the ability to back a trailer this device is useless. Yet another knob on the dash you paid extra for that will never be used. I call this marketing of the ultimate Rube Goldberg device.

If you can't backup a trailer without using the Knob, then you should not be backing anything up. The knob is the most useless thing Ford ever invented.

I've learned nothing from this video