Toyota Rav4 'trailer sway control'

MartinOrd 1
MartinOrd 1 Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited April 2018 in Towcars & Towing #1

I have just bought a Toyota Rav4 which is equiped with 'Trailer Sway Control' which can be switched on/off as required.  Does anyone know how this will work with/against the Alko ATC system on my caravan?

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  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited April 2018 #2

    Looks like it's a variation on traction control/Electronic stability control https://www.toyotaonthetrail.ca/2016/06/09/how-does-trailer-sway-control-work/ 

    IMHO they'd work together rather than fight each other

  • TimJim
    TimJim Forum Participant Posts: 162
    edited April 2018 #3

    Mollysmum is correct....our Subaru with trailer stability operates on the car only in response to the extra load and mass of the van on the rear end. In reality the self levelling and the subsequent firming up of the rear suspension as a result of it takes most of the instability due to pitching etc out of the equation anyway.

    Tj

  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited April 2018 #4

    Trailer sway control-controls the vehicle not the van

    ATC-controls the van not the vehicle. best of both worlds.

  • Lutz
    Lutz Forum Participant Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2018 #5

    It does enable the car to oppose the forces acting on the car due to a swaying caravan, though.

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