Car jerks when letting off brake

temccarthy1 wrote:

oyarsa wrote:
We are heading on our maiden voyage!

I have a 2012 Toyota Sequioa pulling a 2017 Bullet 247BHSWE. I of course have a brake controller installed, but I'm struggling with getting it properly adjusted. The car is jerking a lot when I let off the breaks. This is particularly annoying in town. If I lower the gain, I can get rid of the jerking, but at that low the trailer breaks don't feel like they're doing much. If I just use the paddle it doesn't slow us down very well. I've tried adjusting the sync, which seemed to help, but only modestly.

Should I expect it to be smooth when releasing the break, or just get used to the jerking?

The jerking you feel is normal in slow moving heavy traffic when you are constantly stopping and starting at lights. Just dial down your controller until it stops the jerking movement(1-3). It will not be a stopping problem when you are generally going 25 mph or less. When you get back to open areas and highway speeds, just dial the controller back up to mid range (5-7). It will make the stop starts much more comfortable! Try it! Works for me every time! I read about it on a blog like this! Hope it helps!

X2 on this. My factory installed brake controller on my Ford f250 works perfectly. Our 33 foot TT loaded at approx 8500 lbs brakes and feels like it's one with the truck. Honestly it feels like I'm pulling a medium size utility trailer.