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Nicholsfamily05's avatar
Aug 18, 2016

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 if they are barley working.

We hooked up at the dealership and did the pull test. They barely held the trailer in place. I put it as I had them to low while doing the pull test.

So we started down the road at 6 and at the first couple spots it seemed the trailer was pushing us. So we adjusted. Well by the time we reached the highway we were at 8.5 and still feeling as if being pushed.
By the time we got home we were at 10 and still nothing.

So we did some research and found several other people complaining of this and installing an after market controller. We purchased a Teksonsha P3. Hoping this works

Anyone else notice this issue and if so what have you done to try and work around it.

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  • Set it for heavy electric over hydraulic and it'll solve the problem. I had to have the gain cranked up pretty good on my trailer when the IBC was on heavy electric and felt like it wasn't overly strong, but when I set it to HEOH I had to back the gain way off because there was way too much trailer braking.
  • Before installing aftermarket, be sure the trailers brakes are properly adjusted. I know even with my Prodigy if my trailers brakes are not right I get the samemproblem.
  • You have it set for heavy trailer? Mine works well on light trailer, at about 8.5. Pulling only 6000 or so pounds.

    2016 Ram 2500 so i'm guessing the brake control is the same unit. Everything I've seen is that the issue is with heavier trailers, and simply not enough signal to the brakes. If I spot a suggested solution I'll toss it to you.