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Xchief30

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Hi, are the power running boards programmable ? My buddy's Tahoe he can leave them extended all the time , never extend.. are the Expedition's ???
 

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Not totally…. You can “extend” them while stopped/shut off so they don’t keep cycling every time you open/close a door. I do this while loading/unloading. They reset back to Auto when you restart. Or you can turn them off. I did this once as a joke on my 5’2” wife. I was informed it was not very funny.
 
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In our house only Grandma needs them. My 5'7" wife probably doesn't even know they're on my Suburban.
 

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Are other people's running board delay option working? Does anyone know what the times are on the 2 delays. We have a 22 limited 304a with sync4a 15 inch. When we got it I wanted a longer timeout on the auto running boards so I switched it and it just made the timeout shorter instead of longer. Now it doesn't matter which option I choose the timeout is about 5 seconds.
 

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As a bit of an update on the running board issue, we took our '22 that we have had since September and have about 11k miles on to the shop with a few minor issues (I will post more on the others later) and asked the running board setting to be looked into. The tech agreed with us and couldn't find a solution, so they contacted Ford. Ford's response is below.

I read it is as saying we are all just idiots and the extending setting is working as designed. In reality though, it's Ford's design that is idiotic to me. The extended timer, according to the below, only alters the time the running boards stay down when the vehicle is unlocked and before a door is opened. Apparently once a door is opened, the timer setting doesn't have an effect and isn't supposed to, and once the door is closed they are doing up no matter what. Just a poor design and really unfortunate. I was really hoping for an update that would make the extending timer work like I think we all thought it would. As it is, I try to leave a door cracked to keep them down while loading kids and stuff in the car. Overall we love the vehicle, but we have had a few small nagging issues that have taken some of the luster off, so to speak. I'm going to post this in a few running board threads since there are several on this issue.Ford re running boards.jpg
 
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