2018 Ram Integrated trailer brake problems
Trailer: 2014 Flagstaff HW pop-up with electric brakes. Had a Ford F-150 with aftermarket controller and everything worked fine. Now I have a 2018 Ram 2500 with the integrated trailer brake control...
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One thing I found after owning two (2012 and 2018) Ram 2500's is that the TBC is not very good in town under 30 mph. Out on the road under normal conditions it works fine. In fact I would suggest that the next time you're out on the hwy somewhere with no one around and your gain set to 10, is to hammer the brakes hard and fast. I bet the trailer tires lock up or at lest grab hard.
I also find it interesting that in the Ram manual that it tells you to set the gain high and drive around 25 mph and squeeze the lever. If the brakes lock up then reduce gain until they don't lock up. I never could get any of the 3 trailers I've owned lock up the brakes doing that routine.
I ended up with a P3 in the 2012 Ram and that was a nice TBC. On my 2018 I feel that Ram got the programming dialed in and even though I still can't lock up the brakes on the trailer under 30 mph I get good stooping power under normal conditions above 30 mph.
I also find it interesting that in the Ram manual that it tells you to set the gain high and drive around 25 mph and squeeze the lever. If the brakes lock up then reduce gain until they don't lock up. I never could get any of the 3 trailers I've owned lock up the brakes doing that routine.
I ended up with a P3 in the 2012 Ram and that was a nice TBC. On my 2018 I feel that Ram got the programming dialed in and even though I still can't lock up the brakes on the trailer under 30 mph I get good stooping power under normal conditions above 30 mph.
