Just finished mine a couple of week ago. I saw the same thing. I just went with the one the normal sport mode and it works perfectly with the paddle shifters. Sorry that I couldn't really answer your question.
thank you both for the clarification. One other question, is it normal that when in sport mode, and going downhill that the engine revs up high and it acts kind of odd? I’ve never driven sport mode and my last car was a 2005 Ford Focus lol
Okay great!
That was the first thing I noticed when I test drove my car in Sport mode. I went down a mild decline and my engine immediately went up to 3K RPM and held steady. If I'm not mistaken, it is keeping you in the "power" range for your engine for quicker response when reapplying throttle, etc.
I just did this about a month ago. Go to this link and download the archive. How to program Central Configuration using FORScan - FORScan forum - you have to use a secondary boot loader and mine wouldn’t work without these archives files (2016 focus se). Also there’s a drop down menu on the top within bdycommand...click engineering mode or else you won’t see the select shift sport. Sometimes the secondary boot loader will fail, you just have to try it again.
You picked the right one. If you swap out the wheel with one with paddle shifters, they'll work. The hill descent button on your shifter will no longer work (but it was useless anyway).
maybe thia is unanswerable..does any leather steering wheel work as a heated steering wheel? It’s hard to find a heated paddle shifting leather steering wheel on eBay lol. There were a couple ofvinyls
A couple of questions. 1.) where do the archive files go now that I have them downloaded? 2.) what is your opinion of the way it drives with Sport mode enabled versus regular Drive mode? Thanks in advance.
it says in the link. I think forscan creates a folder in documents and you just copy them into the folder it made.
OK, I placed the files in the location from the link you sent, but was thinking I then needed to move them some where specific for FORscan to use them. Glad that all ties in together. I have been using the Hill Assist button to control take off when driving in stop/go traffic, and that has helped minimize the stutter effect. I am glad I know how to drive a normal stick shift so I can keep an eye on the RPM's and then force the gear down with a brake double tap or use the hill assist for engine brake,but my wife is not so lucky, and she occasionally will drive my car instead of her Flex. She triggers the low speed/too high a gear stutter quite often; me not so much. I don't think my wife will get the hang of the paddle shifter either when I decide to add those in to the mix. Per chance do you have a step-by-step process worked out that is easy to follow for enabling the Sport Mode? Other than the ones previously posted?
connect ELM to car and to computer. Run forscan program, follow all of the prompts and get the car connected withforscan. on the left side tool bar look for the gears icon, click it. Scroll to main body config. Then you haveto load secondary boot loader MAKE SURE CAR IS CHARGED AND COMPUTER IS CHARGED AND ELM IS SECURELY CONNECTED!!!. Let it do its thing. If it fails at loading 1/6 blocks try it again. I thinkthis is all initiated by a play button on the bottom somewhere within main bodyconfig. Once you’re connected you’ll see the huge menu of editable items. at the top there is a drop down menu, go toengineering mode, scroll to select shift - do sportmode - don’t use land d option. Then write it with button at the bottom . It’ll load blocks again. Then itill finish. Go to toolbar on left side and go to DTCs and clear all.
Pretty straight forward enough. Wish it was the weekend already so I can play with this. Any other mods that are this simple and cool??
If you get a second set of rims you can use Forscan to shut the tire monitoring system off. I did that and just check tire pressure for my winter tires with a gauge every once in a while.
Nice!! Wasn't even aware that it had the low pressure warning setup. Ever play with the Mobile Apps feature of Sync? Have you gotten to work if you did?
Even better, shut of TPMS and turn on DDS which is the European system for monitoring tires The Deflation Detection System (DDS) takes a baseline of your tires (set in the Driver Information Display) and monitors change in rotation. If one tire is out of sorts then it alerts you. It's also as setting within the BCM which is off by default for North American cars.
