I read a post/complaint on the NHTSA website where the author explained how the '18 (and newer?) Expeditions (and all modern Fords?) automatically shut-down and shift to Park if the start-stop button is pressed while underway.
Wanting to know if this was true, I did a simple test in my driveway with my '18 Limited, taking my foot off the brake while engine running and car in drive (but essentially not moving due to vehicle's positioning in my drive). Pressed the start-stop button and sure enough the car immediately shifted to Park and powered down.
Like the author of that complaint on the NHTSA website, I'm concerned that should one accidently depress the start-stop button while driving at highway speeds, the results could be disastrous.
Anyone have more insight into this behavior? Hopefully no one has experienced this situation first-hand in any way that resulted in tragedy.
Wanting to know if this was true, I did a simple test in my driveway with my '18 Limited, taking my foot off the brake while engine running and car in drive (but essentially not moving due to vehicle's positioning in my drive). Pressed the start-stop button and sure enough the car immediately shifted to Park and powered down.
Like the author of that complaint on the NHTSA website, I'm concerned that should one accidently depress the start-stop button while driving at highway speeds, the results could be disastrous.
Anyone have more insight into this behavior? Hopefully no one has experienced this situation first-hand in any way that resulted in tragedy.