Ford sent Mike Blackner to the Fall 2018 rally to talk to us about the Transit portion of our Fuse.
He reminded us that the warrantee is 5year/100,000 miles on the diesel engine and 5 years/60,000 miles on the transmission and other parts of the powertrain.
The transmission on the Fuse is the same 6 speed transmission on a F-150 pickup truck and there are a huge number of these in service for many years.
He recommended to us that as we are driving that we use the Tow/Haul Mode. He said that this is a better mode since it delays some of the shifting to create less heat. It is easier on the transmission with fewer gear shifts. Works better going up and down hills but no real difference on flat ground. Reason that it is not on by default is that is is not quite as fuel efficient.
He talked about new things Ford is looking at for 2020 and asked what we thought was most important. The things that Ford was looking at was Hybrid electric vehicles, Swivel Seats, 360 degree cameras, TPMS for all 6 wheels and high power inverter/alternator setups. I think that the consensus from the group was TMPS and the swivel front seat would help us the most.
We also brought up my EZ-Fuel issue where some nozzles have gotten caught in the anti-siphon mechanism. He took the question on if there was a tool or something that would make recoverable without having to break something.
There was a question on integrating the Ford sound system with the Winnebago Sound system so people could use their Sirrus/XM with the cabin speakers.
There was a question about using the Ford display for the GPS with the backup camera so we did not need the backup display Winnebago attaches to the windshield.
As they get answers back to us, we will post them to the facebook group.
There was a question on the wheel covers which is a Winnebago question since they supply the covers, not Ford.
We also asked about Ford doing more with the dealers to encourage them to work on RVs. Mike pointed out the http://ford.com/commercialviehicles web site but we let him know it seems to be out of date and not as accurate as it could be.
There was a lot of other discussion so if I missed something in the notes it is me.
Thanks Don
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