DO YOU ever look at an invention or piece of technology and wonder why someone hadn’t come up with it sooner?
Ford’s newly released Trailer Connection Alarm for Ranger and Everest models is a case in point.
The system is integrated directly in the updated 2026 Ford Ranger and Everest line-up’s Perimeter Anti-Theft Alarm and is activated as soon as the driver selects the system to ‘Activate’ through the vehicles SYNC infotainment screen.
Thereafter, the system continuously monitors electrical loads within the trailer’s lighting circuits, sensing any change in resistance the moment the trailer plug is disconnected and immediately triggering the vehicle’s alarm.
Ford says the system is intelligent enough to detect what it calls a tampering event or other abnormal electrical activity, again triggering the alarm in either instance.
Better still, the system also sends a push notification to the owner’s smartphone via the Ford app instantaneously.
Ford says the Trailer Connection Alarm aims to create noise and attention the moment a trailer is interfered with, reducing the likelihood of opportunistic theft.
In Victoria alone, caravan thefts are up almost 67 per cent since 2022, with car trailer thefts up 25 per cent over the same period.
