[conservative98]

You can turn it off but it automatically turns back on again after you turn off the vehicle. It’s a pain in the ass turning if off each time you get in the vehicle.

[Joe 6-pack]

"You can turn it off but it automatically turns back on again after you turn off the vehicle. It’s a pain in the ass turning if off each time you get in the vehicle."

My Jeep Cherokee is the same way. If the need to push a button is a pain the ass, I would call that a first world problem. I'm grateful I can afford a car.

[MachIV]

I am sure that is by design. Make it frustrating so people will not want to mess with it.

The traction control on my car is the same way. I hate it but it is a pain in the ass to mess with.

[misanthrope]

I just bought a 2015 F150 at a company auction. It has a piece of cardboard jammed between the switch button and it’s housing to keep the switch button permanently depressed. Works like a charm.

[KevinB]

You can turn it off but it automatically turns back on again after you turn off the vehicle. It’s a pain in the ass turning if off each time you get in the vehicle.

My Audi came with this "feature." Awful! I easily hacked the ECU to get rid of it permanently. Perhaps the same can be done with a Ford?

[Hot Tabasco]

You can turn it off but it automatically turns back on again after you turn off the vehicle.

I have a Jeep Compass and for some reason mine doesn't turn on anymore.

My thought is that it has a learning curve and since I would always turn it off when starting, it just doesn't turn on anymore......

[Semper Vigilantis]

You can 'hack' the computer code to disable A.S.S. and other annoyances with a reader and Forscan software. I hacked both of my Lincolns, even enabled NAV on one that did not have it from the factory.
There are threads about it on the F150 forums.

https://www.f150forum.com/f129/forscan-14th-gen-f150s-481816/

https://www.f150forum.com/f118/forscan-software-enable-disable-features-your-truck-348987/