3 factors at play here:
1) Marketing
2) Marketing
3) Marketing
When everyone else is selling a push-button system, you're looking to be
behind the times with a lever. Your average buyer (I wouldn't consider
most of the DML "average" buyers) doesn't care about how the 4WD
engages, nor are they aware that these fancy systems just mean more
chances to fail. They're turned off by something that is more "complex
to operate" than pushing a button.
I'm sure there was some Daimler influence here as well.
Did Dodge want to switch? We may never know. Did they have to switch
to meet the market? Probably.
Guess I really am keeping my '99 forever.
"L. J. Morris" wrote:
>
> Folks;
>
> I just had a chance to look through the 2001 info I have from DC. Standard
> feature **T/case - Electric Shift-On-The-Fly, P/Time**. I missed this when
> I was talking with the Dealer about my 2001 order, Man am I disappointed in
> this revelation!!!!!!!!
>
> Ford had (has) a terrible amount of trouble with this system when it came
> out on the Explorers. Sun-of-a-*****, what the hell is wrong with a
> mechanical lever that has always worked perfectly??????????????????
>
> L. John
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