I am still having issues with my F450. When pulling a empty 4Star 4H to MO from AR, it went into regen about every 30 miles for anywhere between 22 to 30 miles each time! It has been in the shop 7 times for poor performance when towing but they kept coding it deferrently until I caught onto that. Now, I make them sign my complaint letter. Right now, it has a trigger touch computer on it. I am suppose to push the red button everytime it has performance issues. But, it has a 4 push max and only records for 2 minutes each time! I am so done with this truck! I told them the next time it comes in, I will have all my personal belongings out of it. They told me to put miles on it without the trailer. I left my car at home and drove this fuel hog around shopping trying to help it break in so it could do it's job. It has the 4.88 heavy tow package. 24,600. It can't handle 4600! It drops from 13mpg to 7mpg with a empty 4H! What the heck would it do with my big ass Bloomer LQ trailer? It was sold to me to pull my heavy LQ. Isn't that a form of fraud?

I have a Ford case open requesting a buy back. But what the heck am I going to replace it with? I hear all the new duallys are having "issues"!

Thanks Hogtown! It is really a shame to pay this kind of money for a truck that has such poor performance pulling a trailer! I am not sure the best way to handle it. I was going to hook to the big gurl trailer yesterday to take it for service until I realized that no one around here was available to come get it if the Ford left me sitting so once again I took it with the M2 instead. If I get a buy back from Ford, I decided to just go back down to a usable 350 instead of messing with another 450 that can't handle the weight. Don't really want another Ford after this ordeal unless it is before the regen models! I think I will look into the Dodge. I know they are going to try to hit me hard on the mileage but I plan to stand me ground since they told me I HAD to put some miles on it. Two years of this not being able to use the truck for the job it was purchased for is enough! I am not going to just trade it off at my expense. Ford is going to have to make it right with me with the buy back offer or I will fight back! 24,264 miles and less than 2500 of those pulling any weight because the darn thing losses so much power when in regen. This last trip with the trailer, they claim there were no codes thrown at all! Hubby thinks maybe if I had to take another Ford  just to get out of this lemon, that I should get a gas engine instead. But, can't get a King Ranch in a non diesel, so I am told.

Thanks hogtown, for all the help with this. I am going to call the local truck accessory place to find out which programmer they sell and install. I may bring it over Ft Worth way to get it done by folks with more experience ( would love your input as to where). My ford mechanic told me to keep all the stock stuff to throw back on it in case I should need any major work done that would require a factory person to come inspect it. He said,  the delete kit wouldn't affect the routine stuff at all. The dealership is pretty sympathetic since they can't find any REAL solution to the excessive regen issues.