Tulecreeper
Well-known member
Normally, I would agree with you, but everything...everything...on this truck is computerized and connected to everything else so one more nanny device doesn't surprise me. This truck keeps track of when a trailer with electric brakes is plugged in, the amount of HP and torque needed to get rolling, how long it stays in a particular gear, and whether or not it is over GVWR.I don't know how the controller could guarantee that. It has no knowledge of the state of the actual trailer brakes or their adjustment, or of the road surface under the tires. It gets no feedback from the trailer wheels to tell it that wheel lock-up is about to occur. The gain control just limits the max amps sent to the brakes.
I know of a guy who had his transmission take a crap on his 2019 RAM 3500, and since it was still under warranty he took it in to have it replaced. When they ran a diagnostic on it they told him that the warranty was void because the parameters indicated that he had overloaded the vehicle...by a lot. He says he never towed a trailer even close to his capacity, and that the most he ever had in the bed was maybe 2000 pounds. They went with their numbers and it cost him like $15,000 to replace the transmission.