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Originally Posted by Stealthee
Low pressure was indeed a major culprit in this mess. Ford, themselves, are the ones who recommended the lower PSI because their models showed that the Explorer would be more likely to rollover at 35 PSI. The recommended 26 PSI was already very low, and with a propensity to lose 2 PSI a month, the possibility of getting to dangerously low PSI causing tread separation, and therefor the possibility of a rollover.
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They recommended those lower pressures because a fresh-from-the-ground up suspension redesign would have been far more expensive than re-using the Bronco II-based platfrom under the 1st and 2nd-gen Explorers in conjunction with those low tire pressures. I would have drawn the line at 30psi.
It seems that making money was more important at Ford than a safe suspension with reasonable cold tire pressures.