Ford F-250 Brake Controller Install
I have a 2022 Ford F-250 and a Jayco trailer with electric brakes. I've been researching electric brakes for trailers and the brake controllers. The consensus here seems to be that Original Equipment...
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Mike134 wrote:
I also lurk on a Ford website. DO NOT buy the cheap knockoff controller on ebay. There have been 10-12 posts on the Ford forum and all have trouble with the cheap **** working properly. When they bought a real OEM controller all the communication issues went away.
If your PC savvy there is a free program called Forscan that allows you to program in the new controller.
Just an FYI using the OEM controller allows your ABS unit to coordinate braking with the trailer in panic stops.
Really? Forscan viewer is free. I find it hard to believe the advertised Forscan and Forscan lite can be had for free.
And you gotta buy a MXII or similar obd link. Not a big deal but I’m genuinely interested in what you said as it makes no sense that FoMoCo would release their software for free. They didn’t used to and afaik no other mfgs do either.
Less than 10 years ago I had to buy licenses or acquire a licensed software version already downloaded to do anything to any of the big 3 trucks in my fleet.
