Ford F150 Sway Control
Last weekend, our 2013 Ford 150 FX4 gave us a "sway" warning when we were hit with a big gust of wind. It was surprising, but welcome. Since then, we have done some research and learned something inte...
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gmw photos wrote:
Question: are we sure that the Ford integrated sway control applies the trailer brakes in a sway event ? The following is taken from the 2011 Ford manual:
"When the system detects the trailer yawing in one direction, it applies selective brake pressure on the tow vehicle’s opposite side – called asymmetric braking. This creates counter-moments to the forces applied on the vehicle from the trailer, dampens the yaw motion and helps to reduce the sway"
Sounds to me like it is only using the truck brakes. The document goes on to mention that it reduces engine power as well.
http://media.ford.com/images/10031/Trailer_Sway_Control_SuperDuty.pdf
That's the way I took it. I didn't see my trailer brake voltage go up at all. What did happen is that some loud relays (ABS?) under the hood activated making a lot of noise. The wife asked who was using a jake brake?? I said that was us. :E
