You can’t trust that chat... I promise. Use the new tool.So I decided what the heck and reached out via chat to Ford Customer care. Here's what I got back:
The thread was started with a document. That consolidated much of the known info.
There is nothing to “credit” for 17T. It doesn’t increase capacity. Beyond the radiator, the parking brake is also different. “Trailer tow” is referred to as “heavy duty” in the esourcebook and the owners manual.
Again appreciate your work on this Timmay and per your comments will remind you that while this thread began with consolidated documents and information which have been a great help it also included some inaccuracies and uncertainty throughout the duration of the thread. The vin tool seems to have greatly bolstered the collective confidence in the actual tow ratings. Of course that is if we can trust that it's actually accurate - After all why wouldn't we? I appreciate you providing the attachments / specs and you would think for a 4k lb difference the ford rv and trailer towing guide would reflect a radiator upgrade and e brake differences for the packages that include the upgrades - they do not for whatever reason. I've looked for those spec sheets you provided - please remind me where I can find them as I want to show them to the dealer / mechanic. If I remember right it was from some system the dealers have access to.The thread was started with a document. That consolidated much of the known info.
For starters, you don’t have the larger radiator, which is needed to pass the SAE tests with a 3.5 Ecoboost. It is rated for 7,000lbs. The chat people literally know nothing and are not engineers.
The links at at the end of the document. Itself.Again appreciate your work on this Timmay and per your comments will remind you that while this thread began with consolidated documents and information which have been a great help it also included some inaccuracies and uncertainty throughout the duration of the thread. The vin tool seems to have greatly bolstered the collective confidence in the actual tow ratings. Of course that is if we can trust that it's actually accurate - After all why wouldn't we? I appreciate you providing the attachments / specs and you would think for a 4k lb difference the ford rv and trailer towing guide would reflect a radiator upgrade and e brake differences for the packages that include the upgrades - they do not for whatever reason. I've looked for those spec sheets you provided - please remind me where I can find them as I want to show them to the dealer / mechanic. If I remember right it was from some system the dealers have access to.
In the mean-time I'll avoid those non-engineer chat box jockeys...
So what I'm not getting with this whole debate is, what's the hitch say? I have NO trailer tow.paclage, no max tow, no 360 cameras, no brake controller, no anything to do with a tow package BUT I do have a Lariat 501a Powerboost which comes standard with the class IV hitch and BLIS, and we all know Powerboost payload is 7350 and my available payload is 1450, according to everything I read and everyone here, max towing for me is 7000 lbs.
I can verify, maybe, that it has to be AT LEAST 3401 lbs for the heavier stabilizer bar. I have "Rear GAWR 3400 lbs" on the door sticker and have the 25.4 mm. 500a w/ only a 2.7EB, FX4, and Tow Tech. Fortunately, my boat and trailer are under 3500 lbs soaking wet. It's a pontoon so some frontal area concerns but I pretty much just do 50 mph on country roads for 25 miles to the lake. So, not the issues for me that most of you guys have.3.5 ecoboost, powerboost, 5.0, and diesel all the 27mm solid stabilizer bar. It does not matter if it is 53a, 53b, 53c, or 17t.
