2019 Ford Ranger Test Drive 12/14/2018

[Uncle Gump]

I could see if you stop and talk to someone or wait for someone to go up a hill or go by and go to take off again, if you are used to how a vehicle "normally" takes off and it charges back up to 5mph going up a hill it may cause some issues. Maybe if you come to a stop it cancels too, or it might time out after being stopped for so long, I don't know.

That is the same instance I had in my mind with thinking about safety concerns with trail control.

I know the cruise control on my 06 will pull the throttle hard if I hit the resume while at 55 to get back to 70. It doesn't mess around getting it back to speed.

Trail control is a kinder gentler version of cruise... due to the mph thresholds (20mph and under) for which it operates. I would highly doubt if trail control was active and set at 17mph while at a complete stop... you take your foot off the brake... that the calibrations will pull throttle to get you to 17mph as fast as possible. My guess is that it will be a slow progression to get you to the set value safely.

This is only a guess too... but I would think that the trail control system probably won't go active if it sees that the seat belts aren't buckled and if a door is ajar. Pretty much every system on the vehicle is monitored and I will bet engineering used all of it to make this system as safe as possible.

 

[Jim Oaks]

The trail control was slow and smooth.