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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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Trailer Disconnected ??

My yellow/orange "Trailer Disconnected" light keeps coming on. Every 5-10 minutes, the alarm will ding and the light comes on. I punch OK to retire the alarm.

The point is....I don't have a trailer connected. Any thoughts ??
 
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 05:44 PM
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Clean the socket where the trailer wiring plugs in.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 01:04 AM
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Put some black tape over the light and turn up the stereo.

Or do what Redford says.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 06:04 AM
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You have a new truck,,take it in for a checkup,,,My 06' F-350 with 73 K recently had a Brake controller issue like yours,,,Just all of a sudden it was doing same thing with No trailer connected,,,When it was acting up I could push/pull on the Manual Brake **** on the controller and it would stop beeping ,,,,,I called Ford ,,,,,,,,,,,,,DAMN,,,,,$$$$385 bucks,,,called a local Junk/Recycle Yard,,,$159 R&R the Brake controller,,,No More issue !
 
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 06:54 AM
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I plainly stated that I had no trailer connected. Nothing is plugged into the socket. I now have an appointment with Ford service Monday morning.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 07:05 AM
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Trailer brake module. There is a service bulletin on this failure and the new module is on back order. That indicated to me that the problem may be widespread.
 
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