Every 2027 Tundra Can Now Be Ordered With Air Suspension

The 2027 Toyota Tundra offers adaptive dampers with air suspension on every grade, plus trailer-assist systems that can measure a trailer, watch its blind spots and help steer it.

The air setup had been limited to certain grades, and it was an air-only system. For 2027 Toyota pairs it with its Adaptive Variable Suspension, which has itself been retuned, and makes the adaptive dampers standard on the Capstone. The towing systems arrive alongside a full Toyota Safety Sense 4.0 suite that is standard on every 2027 Tundra.

Both changes are spelled out in Toyota’s 2027 Tundra launch release, published November 5. The release says the premium AVS and air suspension combination is "now available across all grades, replacing the previous air-only setup on certain grades," and that it is designed to level the truck under a trailer or a loaded bed while keeping ride comfort and off-road travel. The adaptive system monitors conditions continuously, and a simplified three-mode drive selector is meant to make the difference between settings easier to feel.

The trailer technology is the same Trailer Advanced Driver Assistance Systems suite that Toyota announced for the 2027 Sequoia a day earlier. Automated Trailer Detection uses the rear radars and camera to notice a hitched trailer, measure it and load its details into the Trailer Garage menu, which has moved from the gauge cluster to the 14-inch touchscreen. Trailer Blind Spot Monitor extends the standard blind-spot zone back along the length of the trailer and sizes the zone to the trailer it detects. Trailer Lane Trace Assist is a towing version of Lane Tracing Assist that provides steering support to hold the rig in its lane, and Toyota says it can compensate when lanes split and help manage uneven roads and some wind. The improved Trailer Backup Guide adds dynamic on-screen guidelines, a slider control and semi-automated steering support, and it can plot a path to the trailer and help spot a jackknife risk.

Toyota calls the suite "available" and does not say which grades get it, the same gap the Sequoia release left. The standard TSS 4.0 package includes the Pre-Collision System with pedestrian detection, full-speed radar cruise control, Lane Departure Alert with steering assist, Lane Tracing Assist, Road Sign Assist, automatic high beams and Proactive Driving Assist, plus an Emergency Drive Stop System that can bring the truck to a stop if the driver is unresponsive while Lane Tracing Assist is active. A Panoramic View Monitor, Safe Exit Alert and Rear Camera Detection round out the list.

The hardware the systems work with is unchanged. The i-FORCE MAX hybrid still makes 437 horsepower and 583 lb-ft of torque with a maximum tow rating of 12,000 pounds, a tow hitch and seven-and-four-pin connector are now standard on every grade, and a 32.2-gallon fuel tank is standard too. Toyota expects the 2027 Tundra at dealers in the fall of 2026 with a starting price of $42,890.

The Toyota Report Take

Opening the air suspension to every grade is a quieter change than the Trailhunter package, but for anyone who tows it may be the better one, because load leveling was previously tied to the trims that cost the most. The trailer suite is the same package the Sequoia got, and it closes a gap with Ford and GM, both of which have offered trailer blind-spot monitoring and backup assistance for years. We would still like Toyota to say which Tundras get the full suite, since an SR5 Trailhunter buyer heading for a campsite with a trailer is exactly the customer it was built for.

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