Hi folks. I cross posted this to the other forum.
I have been meaning to put this up for a bit. This is a "how to" on installing a brake controller in a Tesla model Y although I think itโs the same for a model X. The whole thing takes less than 30 minutes but I did it over two days as I needed a couple of black screws. Recommended if you have a black dash.
We are used to a Tekonsha so We went with the P3 this time.
You will need the pigtail from Tesla. 5 bucks. Mating it up to the Tekonsha wiring harness is not straight forward as the colours donโt match. Just use my pic and match from there. The only wires that match are blue to blue. In the picture the Tekonsha is on the left, the pigtail is on the right.
The connector is behind the carpeted kick panel on the left. Use a plastic tool and pull back the panel. Youโll see the little white connector tied off way down on the bottom. Connect the harness and coil up the excess behind the panel.
Mount the P3 with the wide provided bracket. You can see where we put ours. Two small screws.
Connect the controller harness to the back of the controller and you are good to go. You can connect it earlier as well as itโs kind of hard to see.
Here are some pics. You might have to orient them a bit. I suck at that. Hope this is useful for somebody in the future.
Cheers.
You can see the controller thru the left side of the steering wheel. There is a plate further down you can mount to but honestly I am used to being able to reach the lever for emergency sway control etc.
Hope this helps someone in the future.
Cheers and stay safe on the road all.
I have been meaning to put this up for a bit. This is a "how to" on installing a brake controller in a Tesla model Y although I think itโs the same for a model X. The whole thing takes less than 30 minutes but I did it over two days as I needed a couple of black screws. Recommended if you have a black dash.
We are used to a Tekonsha so We went with the P3 this time.
You will need the pigtail from Tesla. 5 bucks. Mating it up to the Tekonsha wiring harness is not straight forward as the colours donโt match. Just use my pic and match from there. The only wires that match are blue to blue. In the picture the Tekonsha is on the left, the pigtail is on the right.
The connector is behind the carpeted kick panel on the left. Use a plastic tool and pull back the panel. Youโll see the little white connector tied off way down on the bottom. Connect the harness and coil up the excess behind the panel.
Mount the P3 with the wide provided bracket. You can see where we put ours. Two small screws.
Connect the controller harness to the back of the controller and you are good to go. You can connect it earlier as well as itโs kind of hard to see.
Here are some pics. You might have to orient them a bit. I suck at that. Hope this is useful for somebody in the future.
Cheers.
You can see the controller thru the left side of the steering wheel. There is a plate further down you can mount to but honestly I am used to being able to reach the lever for emergency sway control etc.
Hope this helps someone in the future.
Cheers and stay safe on the road all.
Sjm9911 wrote:
What are you towing and how far? Those are the questions I have.
Sorry. haven't been on for awhile so missed your question.
We tow a small T@B trailer. Not sure how far we could tow but I'll hazard a reasonably accurate guess of 240 kilometres. The farthest we have towed in one shot is 203 kilometres ish. Nice combo., Works well for us.
Cheers
