Using driving mode toggle

[Torched10]

Had the car 2019 gt premium pp1.genERally drive around with shifter in S. NOW I WANT to try the other modes.i searched forum and manual but couldn't quite get info I need.do I need car in D THEN TOGGLE thru options OR can I Use S WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2.(SORRY FOR CAPS).WILL THE CAR SHIFT ITSELF THRU ALL THE DRIVE MODES.THANKS ALOT.SMARTPHONE IS STUCK IN CAP MODE SORRY AGAIN.AAGH!!

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[Bikeman315]

Had the car 2019 gt premium pp1.genERally drive around with shifter in S. NOW I WANT to try the other modes.i searched forum and manual but couldn't quite get info I need.do I need car in D THEN TOGGLE thru options OR can I Use S WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2.(SORRY FOR CAPS).WILL THE CAR SHIFT ITSELF THRU ALL THE DRIVE MODES.THANKS ALOT.SMARTPHONE IS STUCK IN CAP MODE SORRY AGAIN.AAGH!!

I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS! Anyway you can change modes regardless of the location of your shifter. The "S" mode allows you to hold gears when using the paddles. You can change gears in "D" but if you stop the transmission defaults to the gear it needs to be in.

 

[Qcman17]

All the caps aaaaahhh!!! Lol yes the car can be in D or S and you can cycle through the drive modes. Every time you click the toggle up it moves to the next driving mode and will come back to where you started if you keep hitting it. I don't notice any difference in the other modes when the car is in D or S (other than paddle shifting manually) but some say they differ some so that is up for debate I think. Try the car in Sport + its pretty damned sweet and that auto of yours will really bark on the downshifts more so than just in S mode. It also makes the throttle map more aggressive so the car responds much quicker too. Enjoy!

 

[Cobra Jet]

Had the car 2019 gt premium pp1.genERally drive around with shifter in S. NOW I WANT to try the other modes.i searched forum and manual but couldn't quite get info I need.do I need car in D THEN TOGGLE thru options OR can I Use S WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2.(SORRY FOR CAPS).WILL THE CAR SHIFT ITSELF THRU ALL THE DRIVE MODES.THANKS ALOT.SMARTPHONE IS STUCK IN CAP MODE SORRY AGAIN.AAGH!!

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the 2019!

The below applies to the 2019 also, even though it’s from the 2018 docs.

Drive Mode info (ie: as pertaining to only the Center Stack “MODE” switch”).

This is directly form the 2018 Owners Manual (and can be found in prior year Owners manuals):

 

[Cobra Jet]

And this will help you too:


Here’s some helpful info for new 10R80 (A10) Owners that I had posted a year or so ago when I got my 2018:

[1] Trans selector in Normal (D) mode:
After initial vehicle start up, when the Trans is in (D) and without driver intervention of touching the paddles, the trans is going to auto shift based on what it has adapated from learning the Driver’s driving habits and Ford’s mapping. The trans will hold the gear long enough as preprogrammed from Ford’s mapping and will auto down/up shift as needed based on that mapping AND the adapted Driver’s habits. The transmission will select the BEST and most OPTIMUM gear needed - it does NOT always shift like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 nor does it downshift through 10 consecutive gears.... it could go 1,3,5 or if downshifting, go 9,7,5.... you get the idea.

HOWEVER, if the driver intervenes while in (D) and clicks up/down with the paddles, the trans will hold the gear selected longer than the preprogrammed mode, but it will NOT redline and will auto shift out into the next gear IF the driver has not. The same is true for downshifting.


[2] Trans selector in Sport (S) mode, the Driver has (2) options:

A) Touch the paddle and the trans is now controlled strictly by the Driver. This means if you click the paddle from a dead stop and start accelerating - the trans will NOT shift from 1 to 2 (or into any next gear) until the Driver makes the change manually. The car WILL hold the gear and WILL redline until the manual change is made by the driver. If the car was in motion and the Driver clicked a paddle (up or down), again, the trans WILL hold the current gear and CAN redline until the Driver makes the manual change.

B) If after vehicle start up, the Driver selected (S) initially and has NOT touched the paddles at all (and does NOT touch them while driving) - in (S) the car will hold out the gears much longer than if in (D); the trans WILL auto shift but will NOT hold the gear out to redline based on the preprogrammed mapping from Ford. IF while driving, the user moves the shifter from (D) to (S) and the Driver does NOT touch the paddles, again the trans will react exactly in the same manner where it’s following the preprogrammed mapping from Ford.


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The DRIVE MODE S+ is totally separate from the transmission selections. The S+ Drive Mode is triggered and activated only when the driver manually selects this mode using drive mode toggle switch in the center stack and it only changes:
1) Engine performance due to preprogrammed engine parameters.
2) Trans shift points

When in drive mode S+ with shifter in D, the car will still auto shift - even if the user has touched a paddle - if the user does not touch a paddle again, the car will still auto upshift (or downshift) itself.

The ONLY time the trans allows the vehicle to be in “full manual mode” is when the operator puts the shifter selector into “S”, regardless of what “drive mode” the operator has chosen from center stack for engine performance.

If the vehicle drive mode is S+ and the Trans selector is in S, once the operator touches a paddle to upshift or downshift (while driving OR from a standing stop) - the trans is taken out of its own “auto logic” and is now in complete manual mode - it will NOT upshift at all until the operator manually shifts via the paddles.

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The above also applies to the 6R80 in the prior 2015-2017’s, with the obvious difference being the trans only cycles through 6 gears.

 

[Torched10]

Wow. You folks are great thanks so much.thonk I'll try S+ first.i love the sound it makes in S during rev matching,I'm guessing S+ WILL be even better.

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