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NinerBikes
Feb 19, 2016Explorer
I'm not real happy with Tekonsha product. Their prodigy RF unit that plugs into the cigarette lighter in my Touareg ended up developing some sort of internal short such that on the way back on a 250 mile trip, the trailer brakes would activate all by themselves, with no input from the brake pedal. Not only did the RF plug in unit in the cigarette lighter short out, it also roasted a $450 J module brake controller in my Touareg, that was $750 to have trouble shot, and replaced. So a $130 remote shorted out and destroyed a $450 VW brake controller part. I am pretty much done with Tekonsha as a result, they denied the problem exists. Anyone that wants to pull my old Prodigy RF apart and see which rheostat shorted out or came loose, let me know.
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