Ram integrated brake control
So we have our new 2016 3500 Ram Turbo diesel and we are wondering how many other Ram owners are having this issue. We picked up our trailer the other day and when using the brakes it feels as i...
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All you guys with the small trucks, light trailers, and or the 2014's and bwlow have to understand it's not a hardware issue its a software issue.
It's been proven on many different forums that dodge... Ram... Whatever they call it now has an issue with their controller AFTER you break the 12000lb load mark.
Yes they won't admit to it but by the amount of people discussing it I'd say and others agree it's an issue.
I went to my dealership and well they wouldn't talk about it.
Went to another dealership same day and they said they knew of the issue but when contacting people at Ram they didn't want to listen. The third dealership also said they know of it but are waiting for a patch to come out.
I've read many different forums over the last couple days and if researched a bit further can find several articles... Maybe articles isn't the word.... Grip pages we will say of people detailing their issue.
For some reason Ram decided that when the truck senses a trailer over 12K on the truck it decreases the braking ability of said trailer. From what I have gathered from all these sites and reading is it decreases the voltage sent to the harness from, using easy numbers, 100% to 70% for speeds above 30 and lower than 30mph it's decreased more The percentage hasn't been determined for that.
Which doesn't make sense of why you would take away the braking power of a heavy trailer instead of a smaller trailer. It reality it would work if you flipped it. Less than 12k decreases the power as not as much is needed.
Maybe this is what they were trying to do and reversed it.
I have basic tools available to me for diagnosing issues. A voltage tester a digital multimeter. Other people have the oscilloscopes where they can do more. And they have. They have posted up their findings with diagrams and all.
The issue is real and sooner or later it's going to cause an accident where someone gets hurt.
I'm trying to fix the issue before I take my family out.
Ram hasn't commented on it and pushes it aside when asked.
As people have said here
They have taken their trailer and hooked up to other brands Chevy and yes even fords and the brakes have worked as supposed to.
I have a friend who is going to come over with his truck and attempt it with my new trailer. Not to many people around me have a truck capable of moving my new trailer.
I hook up to my little trailers and all is good brakes work fine as supposed too.
I drove our old trailer(11,500lb) to the dealership for the trade in 40 miles away and brakes worked fine. Left the lot with the new one and as I said before almost went through the stop sign.
For the people who have understood this thank you for the input.
It's been proven on many different forums that dodge... Ram... Whatever they call it now has an issue with their controller AFTER you break the 12000lb load mark.
Yes they won't admit to it but by the amount of people discussing it I'd say and others agree it's an issue.
I went to my dealership and well they wouldn't talk about it.
Went to another dealership same day and they said they knew of the issue but when contacting people at Ram they didn't want to listen. The third dealership also said they know of it but are waiting for a patch to come out.
I've read many different forums over the last couple days and if researched a bit further can find several articles... Maybe articles isn't the word.... Grip pages we will say of people detailing their issue.
For some reason Ram decided that when the truck senses a trailer over 12K on the truck it decreases the braking ability of said trailer. From what I have gathered from all these sites and reading is it decreases the voltage sent to the harness from, using easy numbers, 100% to 70% for speeds above 30 and lower than 30mph it's decreased more The percentage hasn't been determined for that.
Which doesn't make sense of why you would take away the braking power of a heavy trailer instead of a smaller trailer. It reality it would work if you flipped it. Less than 12k decreases the power as not as much is needed.
Maybe this is what they were trying to do and reversed it.
I have basic tools available to me for diagnosing issues. A voltage tester a digital multimeter. Other people have the oscilloscopes where they can do more. And they have. They have posted up their findings with diagrams and all.
The issue is real and sooner or later it's going to cause an accident where someone gets hurt.
I'm trying to fix the issue before I take my family out.
Ram hasn't commented on it and pushes it aside when asked.
As people have said here
They have taken their trailer and hooked up to other brands Chevy and yes even fords and the brakes have worked as supposed to.
I have a friend who is going to come over with his truck and attempt it with my new trailer. Not to many people around me have a truck capable of moving my new trailer.
I hook up to my little trailers and all is good brakes work fine as supposed too.
I drove our old trailer(11,500lb) to the dealership for the trade in 40 miles away and brakes worked fine. Left the lot with the new one and as I said before almost went through the stop sign.
For the people who have understood this thank you for the input.
