Xlt with fx4 has no transmission mode selection button?

[superj]

My father in law bought a 2025 ranger xlt with the fx4 package last friday or saturday. I got in to check it out yesterday and i was pushing buttons and stuff, to see what it had over my stx, and it doesn't have the button to change from normal to eco, sport, ice, tow, ruts, sand, crawl, etc. His little button only had the locker and auto stop on it. The rest of the button assembly was blank except one long button with a picture on it that does nothing but change the screen to maps and a view of the truck when in 4x4.


How does he change to the different modes on that truck? Do i need to get another button assembly and swap it out and go into forscan to activate those for him?


Its just weird thay my base model truck has the ability to change transmission modes and his higher trimmed xlt doesn't. Do any of you guys have a truck set up like his?

We put his hood defector and he has it scheduled to get a ford lift installed so he can keep his warranty snd get bigger tires. The dealer here told him they would deny any warranty claims if he did a lift or level somewhere else so he sent back what we had ordered and were going to put on tomorrow. I told him they would have to prove how a lift caused any issues but he said he didnt want to have to go to court for warranty work and just paid them to do the install.

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[Sauce]

Isnt there a wheel to change drive modes on the center console? Thats what the 2024 FX4 XLT I test drove had. It was kind of finnicky though.

 

[superj]

there is the 4x4 shifter but when i spun the ring around the buttons, it didn't seem to do anything. i could push the different 4x4 buttons and htey brought up the hi and low but the outer ring didn;t seem to change anything.

maybe i need to try it again

 

[Alaska Steve]

Look up ‘Drive Mode Control’ in the operators manual. The four-button switch pack left of the 4WD rotating knob sets the various modes (sand, snow, crawl, mud, slippery, etc.)

 

[superj]

i will have to look it up for him. his center button is blank where your shows something though.

i figured that long button did something but when i pushed it, it just brought up the picture on the screen

 

[CoryB]

The long button changes the dash display to the off-road screen. It doesn’t change the drive mode.

Turn the round wheel counter-clockwise until it stops, and then let go. That’s the way my XLT FX4 works. I really prefer the mode wheel in my Bronco that just clicks to another mode, but, oh well…

 

[superj]

ok, i will give it a try later. thank you

 

[Alaska Steve]

i will have to look it up for him. his center button is blank where your shows something though.

i figured that long button did something but when i pushed it, it just brought up the picture on the screen

Each model has a different control button setup. On mine the three smaller buttons control park assist, traction on/off, and auto start on/off. The long button controls the modes. Other models seem to use the right-most small button to control the mode. It will be the one with multiple symbols.

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