Ford says its 2019 Ford Ranger – its return to the mid-size US truck segment – will offer innovative towing technology not available elsewhere when sales start later this year.
The model has a class-exclusive blind spot information system (BLIS) with trailer coverage. After hooking up a trailer, radar housed in the tail lights monitors blind spots all the way to the back of the trailer. The system keeps drivers informed of the presence of a vehicle in the truck's blind spots until that vehicle passes.
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The Ranger can store up to three trailer profiles, including length, to let the radar system know how far back to provide warnings when another vehicle is travelling next to the trailer.
BLIS can tell the driver when vehicles are in the truck's blind spot when a trailer is not attached as well. Cross traffic alert technology can warn drivers of an oncoming vehicle when they are backing out of a parking spot.
BLIS is standard on XLT and Lariat versions.
