How Do You Know the CCD is Working?

[aggiegrad05]

A couple of posts have gotten close to this conclusion but....

If you change drive modes (eco v sport v normal) and you feel a difference in the ride quality...it's working. Only the CCD will be able to be adjusted on the fly like that as the standard suspension set-up is static.

 

[HawkX66]

On my 17, you can really feel the difference in the three settings of the ccd on corners and going down windy roads. You can change it on the fly. I have Comfortable, Normal and Sport. Comfortable you get the "float" feeling a lot more and Sport you feel the tightness going around corners and you feel the road a lot more. Honestly, my 22s ride great IMO. My 07 has 20s and when I go back and forth between them nothing screams YOU'RE DRIVING ON 22s!

 

[doktoroktobor]

FWIW I found another thread on this on blueoval for the Fusion
https://www.blueovalforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/63807-ccd-suspension-wheel-options/

 

[AAOO]

I can tell the difference between sport, normal and eco. Sport puts it into 4A and everything feels much tighter from suspension to steering to shifts. Normal is normal and eco floats like a boat. Anyone know what the gas mileage hit is to leave it in sport?

 

[duneslider]

I can tell the difference between sport, normal and eco. Sport puts it into 4A and everything feels much tighter from suspension to steering to shifts. Normal is normal and eco floats like a boat. Anyone know what the gas mileage hit is to leave it in sport?

I haven't done it enough to really tell but I suspect the biggest factor in mpg is your foot to skinny pedal interaction.

 

[dlcorbett]

Just thought about this as well...whats ur tire pressure. Try lowering it and see if it changes.

 

[Deadman]

I can tell the difference between sport, normal and eco. Sport puts it into 4A and everything feels much tighter from suspension to steering to shifts. Normal is normal and eco floats like a boat. Anyone know what the gas mileage hit is to leave it in sport?

The MPG will be horrible in sport mode. If I shift mine from normal to sport on the highway, it immediately slides the transmission down into 8th gear and it holds 8th gear, so its not allowing it to go into 9th or 10th gears at like 55-60 mph

 

[doktoroktobor]

Just thought about this as well...whats ur tire pressure. Try lowering it and see if it changes.

I'm at 41-42 cold PSI. I'll try bleeding down to 39.

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[Olivy]

I agree with 16plati.
The CCD doesn't make the ride super smooth - it makes the rough ride of the 22" wheels and low profile tires more bearable.
If you're after the smoothest ride, you'll want to combine the CCD with 18" wheels and nice highway tires.

When shopping around in 2015 we test drove multiple expeditions and navigators, all brand new. There was definitely a difference between standard navigator suspension with 18” wheels and CCD suspension with 22” wheels. The CCD setup on 22” is the smoothest setup in comfort mode.

 

[Artie]

I'm at 41-42 cold PSI. I'll try bleeding down to 39.

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I think that’s a little high, I believe the suggest PSI is 39. This may be the fix you’re looking for.

 

[TX-EXPMAX]

With these not having load leveling air lift suspension, do you think the CCD would somewhat help if it is squatting at all with a heavy load in the back? I had about 500lbs in the back last week and i figured it would have squatted more but didnt. Think the CCD had anything to do with this or was it just not enough to make it squat?

 

[duneslider]

With these not having load leveling air lift suspension, do you think the CCD would somewhat help if it is squatting at all with a heavy load in the back? I had about 500lbs in the back last week and i figured it would have squatted more but didnt. Think the CCD had anything to do with this or was it just not enough to make it squat?

Nope, it will help with bouncing when you have a lot of weight back there assuming you change a setting, not sure it is intelligent enough to know you have weight in the back otherwise. The springs are what carry the weight and the shocks are adjusting/controlling the damping (assuming that is all they do, I believe the Gen 3 had load leveling shocks). I had 1200lbs (15 bags of concrete mix) in the back of my expedition and it squatted a bit and I wouldn't want to drive far that way but it took it way better than I thought it would. I honestly don't know if 500lbs is enough to negatively affect the ride, in fact that much weight probably improved the ride.

 

[doktoroktobor]

I think that’s a little high, I believe the suggest PSI is 39. This may be the fix you’re looking for.

Ya know, I lowered to 39 a week or 2 ago and it made a world of difference. I feel kinda stupid now...

 

[Artie]

Ya know, I lowered to 39 a week or 2 ago and it made a world of difference. I feel kinda stupid now...

If that’s the dumbest thing you’ve done lately I’d say you’re doing better than most.

 

[dlcorbett]

Thats great...hope it stays ridin good