7 Pin Problem
2013 F350 XL with integrated brake controller. I use it to pull my equipment trailers in my landscape business. The past two days, I have picked up an annoying issue.
While driving down the road, the instrument panel will intermittently pop up "trailer disconnected". When this happens on the road, almost everything else still works. The brakes on the trailer work, I can engage them manually with the sliding knob in the truck, the trailer lights work, including the brake lights, and the trailer battery is getting a charge. The only thing I can't do is adjust the setting number for the brake controller. After a little while, it will say "trailer connected" and then I can adjust the setting. But after awhile, the whole process will start all over again.
I can swap out trailers but I just haven't had time. I can also use my other F350 on this trailer but again, no time. That should help me figure out whether its the truck or the trailer.
But before I do that, any ideas or has anyone had this issue before? If its the 7-pin, everything seems to be working just fine. I sprayed some lubricant into both connections but that made no difference.
While driving down the road, the instrument panel will intermittently pop up "trailer disconnected". When this happens on the road, almost everything else still works. The brakes on the trailer work, I can engage them manually with the sliding knob in the truck, the trailer lights work, including the brake lights, and the trailer battery is getting a charge. The only thing I can't do is adjust the setting number for the brake controller. After a little while, it will say "trailer connected" and then I can adjust the setting. But after awhile, the whole process will start all over again.
I can swap out trailers but I just haven't had time. I can also use my other F350 on this trailer but again, no time. That should help me figure out whether its the truck or the trailer.
But before I do that, any ideas or has anyone had this issue before? If its the 7-pin, everything seems to be working just fine. I sprayed some lubricant into both connections but that made no difference.
