I'm about to receive a new 2013 f150 and I've been reading a lot about the Adaptive transmission and the need for it to program itself for a 1,000 miles or so before it "learns" my habbits. I've also read of some users having hard shifting etc.

I'm curious if there is a certain way I should drive to achieve a proper learning map or what.

I've searched the internet for several days and it seems the opinions just go back and forth between "drive it hard" and just "drive normal".

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

 

if you drive it hard it will learn that style. Then when you're feeling Ill or just want to cruise it will shift a little hard in the lower gears. Not a bad thing, just be aware. Same for the opposite. If you barely hit gas and baby the truck all the time it will shift sluggish when you want to hammer the throttle or feel frisky and want to race it. It will shift crappy for the first few full throttle runs until it figures out you want to fly.

 

I guess that makes sense then. I'll have to drive it somewhere in between I think. Once it's "learns" the driving style does it stay that way or does it continually adjust?

I read online somewhere that it "always" learning.

I guess I'll just have to see how it goes.

 

Drive it how you would normally drive.

 

It is always learning and adjusting to your style.

 

I wonder what the advantage of a "learning" transmission is anyway. I've read places where people need get on the gas and it will hesitate for a second. Maybe that's just a "one of" issue that gets resolved with a re-flash.

We'll see how it goes I guess. I'm not to concerned about it but am just curious more than anything.

 

Your ford dealer can clear the memory so it has to relearn if you don't like how it shifts. My ford dealer did this for me and I'm very pleased with the results.

 

Interesting... so if they clear the memory and it has to re-learn, wouldn't it just re-learn improperly again? Did you change your driving habits after the memory was cleared at all?

 

Wonder if the extended warranty covers the adaptive learning valve?

 

My truck had 1700 miles on it when I purchased it so it had learned the driving style of someone else. Explain how you came to the conclusion that it had learned improperly and would probably relearn improperly. I clearly stated that I was pleased with the truck after this procedure.

 

Well, my assumption was that you were original owner of the truck since you gave no mention in your post that it had been previously owned. So naturally I concluded that your truck was not shifting as desired and had it re-flashed so it could "re-learn". A completely logical conclusion in my opinion.