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BigToe
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Jan 20, 2019

GM Trailer Brake Control: Left or Right of steering wheel

A few years ago, GM broke tradition and installed their integrated factory trailer brake controller on the Left hand side of the steering wheel. Traditionally, both aftermarket (Tekonsha, Kelsey Ha...
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trail-explorer
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Jan 22, 2019
BigToe wrote:
By contrast, GM only had the left hand brake controller in place for one relatively short (just 3 or 4 years?) design cycle. The very next design cycle, GM moved the brake controller to the right hand side. This is the difference that caught my attention.


Incorrect.

GM has had an IBC since the 2007.5 model year (GMT900) and the 2015+ HD trucks (K2xx)

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