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Originally Posted by mustang94@hot.rr.com
Doesn't tow haul mode just stop you from going into the highest gear? Or stop you from going up and down a gear constantly?
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Tow-haul mode changes the shift points so that it holds lower gears longer to give you extra power at speed.
In addition, tow-haul also allows you to use the engine to brake going downhill (tap the brake and it will downshift).
Occasionally I'll use it when driving in hilly terrain to take advantage of the tap-downshift behavior (I've noticed, though, that most of Ford's transmissions will now do this: My wife's Escape did it going downhill!).
Typically, though, I don't use it much--even when pulling a toad. Granted our Axis is a bit lighter than the F-53 based RVs, but F-53 does have a taller rear end to make up for that.
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