RAM 2011 1500, Catalog

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ExPECT YoUR FRIEndS To CoUnT on YoU — And YoUR RAM 1500. You and Ram 1500 have what it takes, whether it’s helping a pal or providing the means to earn your daily
bread. Because when it comes to towing, assets like the standard and comprehensive Electronic Stability Control
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system definitely help. Hauling? Count on your Ram
1500 to deliver the goods with impressive control, handling and maneuvering and, with that class-exclusive
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five-link rear coil spring suspension, outstanding comfort.
MASTER THE ToWIng. It’s built for the independent lifestyle — but your Ram 1500 is
eager to get hitched up, offering a very impressive towing capacity of 10,450 lb when
properly equipped. And while providing more than five tons of pulling power is a
formidable number, the total package here means you’re backed with a raft of systems
to help master towing. For example: The Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
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System
which includes All-Speed Traction Control, Brake Assist, Electronic Roll Mitigation,
Hill Start Assist and Trailer Sway Control; all help keep truck and trailer on target.
Ram’s automatic transmissions are equipped with Electronic Range Select, providing
further manual control and those transmissions include a Tow/Haul Mode to optimize
shift points and gear selection; it’s tailored to handle heavier loads. And if you’re
hauling with the available 4.7-liter V8 or 5.7-liter HEMI
® V8, count on a heavy-duty
cooling system to help on steep grades.
All 1500 models feature 4- and 7-pin trailer harness connectors as standard
equipment. Available towing features include a Class IV hitch receiver, tow hooks,
7x11-inch trailer tow mirrors and the fully integrated electronic trailer brake
controller, allowing the driver to increase or decrease the amount of force applied to
the trailer’s brakes depending on load requirement. Further features are just as cool
as that standard heavy-duty cooling system on all V8 power plants — like the available
Electronic Vehicle Information Center to help drivers monitor all the essential system
temperatures and the various pressures of the engine, transmission and cooling system;
it even has a display for the trailer brake controller. And finally, the available
ParkView
® Rear Back-Up Camera [12] sure makes backing up to a trailer to hook it up far
less of a chore.