Anybody had a Prodigy go bad?
Both on our way out and way back home from our last camping trip I had issues with my brakes. :E Most of the way out everything was fine until about the last mile or two. On the way home I saw eve...
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I don't doubt a Prodigy can "go bad." The easy way to determine this is to try a different controller and see if it makes a difference. Ideally another identical model to yours. Beg, borrow, steal, buy...
Like others have said, though, you can't have "been over the trailer wiring" if the wires disappear into the axle tubes, and you haven't taken the brake drums off the axles. If the replacement brake controller doesn't improve things, that's the next place to look.
Frankly, I do not trust a dealer telling me everything is "just fine." I've heard it too many times in threads like this. People with brake problems taking it to a dealer, dealer testing it with their truck and proclaiming it "just fine."
Did you ride with the dealer? Did they let you tow it with their truck to see if it felt okay to you? No, and you still have problems.
I rank dealer assessments of trailer brakes right up there with auto parts stores "testing" alternators and batteries. Alternators are always good, even when they don't charge in your vehicle and a new one fixes the problem. Batteries are always bad, even if they start your vehicle up with no problems.
Like others have said, though, you can't have "been over the trailer wiring" if the wires disappear into the axle tubes, and you haven't taken the brake drums off the axles. If the replacement brake controller doesn't improve things, that's the next place to look.
Frankly, I do not trust a dealer telling me everything is "just fine." I've heard it too many times in threads like this. People with brake problems taking it to a dealer, dealer testing it with their truck and proclaiming it "just fine."
Did you ride with the dealer? Did they let you tow it with their truck to see if it felt okay to you? No, and you still have problems.
I rank dealer assessments of trailer brakes right up there with auto parts stores "testing" alternators and batteries. Alternators are always good, even when they don't charge in your vehicle and a new one fixes the problem. Batteries are always bad, even if they start your vehicle up with no problems.
