RAMs's 3500 Air Suspension Update
I'm surprised RAM advertised the Air Suspension option and now are not delivering do to engineering problems. Sounds like the cart got ahead of the horse. Link
Forum Discussion
Ford announced the availability of an air suspension system for their F-450 pickup. The RPO was even issued a code, and printed in the order guides. But Ford cancelled the air suspension prior to making it to market, earlier in the marketing cycle than Ram did.
The reason? I don't know all of the Ford reasons, but I did talk with two of the supplier engineers who worked on the system. There were a few failures in testing. From an existing frame bracket issue to electronic monitoring and controls. And it was in developing all the electronic monitoring and control hardware, logic, and vehicle network integration that Ford demanded which caused the supplier to have lost a fortune when Ford said, "No thanks". It was quite bitter.
Ford also ended up cancelling the F-450 pickup. This was about 10-12 years ago. Later, in 2008, the F-450 pickup finally appeared on an F-350 frame, without any hint or promise of an air suspension.
But it had come close 6 years prior. Yet Ford pulled the plug. So you can't say that the quote below is always true. Sometimes consumers are spared from the task of R&D.
The reason? I don't know all of the Ford reasons, but I did talk with two of the supplier engineers who worked on the system. There were a few failures in testing. From an existing frame bracket issue to electronic monitoring and controls. And it was in developing all the electronic monitoring and control hardware, logic, and vehicle network integration that Ford demanded which caused the supplier to have lost a fortune when Ford said, "No thanks". It was quite bitter.
Ford also ended up cancelling the F-450 pickup. This was about 10-12 years ago. Later, in 2008, the F-450 pickup finally appeared on an F-350 frame, without any hint or promise of an air suspension.
But it had come close 6 years prior. Yet Ford pulled the plug. So you can't say that the quote below is always true. Sometimes consumers are spared from the task of R&D.
Ram4Sam wrote:
I guess they could do like Ford does, sell it before the bugs are worked out, let the customers be the test guinea pigs and keep the lemon law attorneys busy........ Sam
