The brake control unit fully complies with Department of Transportation regulations by allowing the driver to actuate the trailer brakes without stepping on the tow vehicle's brake pedal. It has rated ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

A modern tow package may fail in a manner that is invisible to the driver in the cab: the trailer will continue moving but ...

NASHVILLE -- Haldex's new Intelligent Trailer Control Module (ITCM) expands the capability of trailer ABS systems to include faster communication and increased functionality. Haldex announced the new ...

View post: The Simplicity of the Mazda Miata is What Makes it Great. Will Changes to the Next One Ruin It? It’s a familiar ritual for pickup truck makers to swap ownership of maximum tow ratings every ...

Ford had quite the number of recalls last year, and the Blue Oval is already racking up a tally for 2026, with the brand announcing a recall of nearly 4.4 million vehicles over a faulty trailer ...

The bulk of the affected vehicles are F-150 and F-250 Super Duty pickups—over 3.4 million units combined. Ford Recall Article Over 4.3 million Ford trucks and SUVs recalled for software defect ...

Ford starts the month of April off with two massive recalls, one of which is for nearly 392,000 of its pickup trucks and Expedition SUVs, plus a population of ...

First recalled in February 2026 for inoperative trailer lighting and trailer brake failure, Jeep's all-new Cherokee is now prone to losing ABS and ESC assistance. Only a small number of vehicles may ...

Let's talk towing, but not from the "lb-ft of torque" or other truck capability perspectives that typically are the focus in a pulling heavy loads discussion. No. For this report, braking, ...

There are two things to know if you’re going to tow a trailer: Towing is never a trivial matter, and you can never have too much brakes. If you can't pull a trailer over a hill because you don’t have ...