Giving up on my Ram IBC/ Update

[CampingN_C_]

So after owning a 2015 Ram 2500, my current 2018 3500, two enclosed trailers, a 32ft TT and now a 42ft 5er TH I am convinced the IBC on a Ram just isn't going to cut it, at least to my standards.

I won't go into all the details, the subject has been well beaten for the last three years. At slow speeds I almost have no trailer brakes at all. For example, approaching a stop light, I can run the slide all the way over for the last 40-50ft or so and I can hardly feel it grab at all. Once stopped, with the slide activated the truck won't pull the trailer. It's just an issue in the 0-30 mph range. Higher speeds it seems to work in unison with the truck well.

I'd like to hear from folks that have installed a P3 or similar to a Ram that had the factory brake controller and what were the results were.

[Lynnmor]

Trailer brakes take a lot of miles till the are properly burnished. If this is a new trailer, the delivery driver may have not have used the brakes in a way that worked them enough. Here is what Dexter says, but I found that it took way more usage till the brakes functioned normally. See page 11

[goducks10]

I ran a P3 in my 12 Ram CTD for a week short of the whole time I owned it. I initially had the same problem. Hated it. 1st week I took it to the dealer and they said the TBC was bad according to their TBC test gadget. They had to order one. I had an upcoming trip and decided to CMA and buy a P3 as a back up if the new one didn't arrive on time. I installed the P3 (got the harness) and dang if the whole setup wasn't sweet. So I left it in there until I recently bought a new 2018 2500 6.4. The new 18 works a lot better than the old 12 did. So I'm just hanging onto the P3 in case the OEM TBC goes wacky.
With the P3 I could lock up the 5er brakes like normal under set up. Still can't with the new 18 Ram but the overall performance is better than the 12 OEM TBC.
Also after they installed the new replacement TBC in my 12 it really wasn't much different.

[ScottG]

Well that's disappointing!!