^ fuel economy. That's how they get the rating on the window sticker.

Be careful if you get a tuner. We received a bulletin from Ford stating that some engines had melted down with aftermarket tunes and were not covered under warranty.

^^ And ford is cracking down on giving waranty with aftermarket tunes and parts.

So can the Ford dealer disable this for me, without affecting my warranty?

^ if the solenoid can just be unplugged they may do it but if I was you I really wouldnt worry about it. My suggestion would be to drive it for a while first and see if it is an issue or not. I drove a new GT for a week and it never once did it to me. When I drove a new v6 I wanted to try it so I shifted at a very low rpm but other than that it never happened again.

When I took it out on the first test drive, it did it, because I was driving like a grandma for the first block or two, and then it never did it again during the test drive, or the drive home, so yeah maybe I'll just leave it alone. I actually thought it was me when it did it....I was like WTF, did I forget how to drive a stick.:LOL:

that's funny

In my opinion they should hang a little card on the shifter that explains this as well as the process to engage reverse. They put one in the 4x4 trucks explaining how that system works.

is it in the owners manual????

^ probably but how many ever will read it?