No brakes on trailer
Hey guys and gals. Picked up a new to us travel trailer and can't get brakes to work at all. Had to be extra careful towing it. Plugged in, truck shows "Trailer not connected. Check brake wiring." mes...
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spoon059 wrote:
What year is your Ram? I know that Ram had a TSB out for their brake controller (IBC) for some years of the Gen 4.
"Integrated trailer brake control nodule"
Throw your VIN in this and see if the TSB applies to you. https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls
Otherwise, start playing with your brake settings. Change it from light trailer to heavy trailer, or heavy trailer to light trailer. Adjust the gain on it. See if those settings change anything. Whenever I get a new trailer, I take it to an open/empty area and test the brake controller at about 25-30 mph. Using the manual slider, I activate the brakes and see what happens. The goal is to get the trailer to apply just enough brake force to quickly stop me, without locking up the wheels. That is how I adjust my brake settings.
Best of luck. My IBC is great on my Ram, but I've heard that some people have problems with theirs. Worst case scenario, replace it with a nice Tekonsha P3 for $120 and keep on trucking.
2017. My truck is not part of the recall. I have monkeyed with the darn controller in all kinds of ways. There was no bite at all and truck never recognized the camper. I'm really thinking it's the camper as our previous one was fine (well, in a couple of instances it took the truck a few minutes to realize it was there so maybe the controller IS starting to act up). Argh.
