Roll Stability & Chassis Cabs

[Keith Browning]

We have a 2011 F350 SRW with a utility body that is equipped with Roll Stability that activates on certain off ramps on the highway. The customer has complained about this from day one but we had no luck verifying it until recently when the owner had damaged a tire and replaced two tires as a result. He installed a different brand and the tire circumference was different than the remaining two original tires. This aggravated the condition.

 

After replacing the tires the concern improved but still is present. After having the tech make some recordings we determined it was the Roll Stability and not ABS as the customer had described. The Hot-Line believes that the utility body is affecting the center of gravity and thus causing the false Roll Stability activity.

 

Now, wouldn't you think that Ford would foresee that building an incomplete vehicle with RSC would lead to something like this with no way of predicting exactly what body or load is going to be on the back of such a truck?

[DieselD]

Was it a true incomplete build vehicle from the factory? If I remember correctly when ordering the trucks for our fleet a F350 or lower SRW or DRW it was a bed delete option and not a incomplete vehicle build like you would have on a true cab and chassis like the 450/550

 

This could explain the truck having RSC as it was intended as a pickup truck and not a work truck

[Keith Browning]

I had the same thought and I have several customers with similar trucks where OASIS shows them a pick-ups. OASIS shows this particular truck as a Cab and Chassis.

 

Incidentally, all new F250/F350 single rear wheel trucks come with Roll Stability as standard.