Help with aftermarket brake controller
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Help with aftermarket brake controller
Hi gang. I usually hang out in the 99 to 03 diesel 7.3 forum but I'm helping my brother-in-law with his 2017 F250 trying to put an aftermarket brake controller in it. We have it hooked up but it's not lighting up. Does something have to be programmed in the truck in order for the brake controller to be activated and can I do that with forscan. Thanks in advance for any help, Paul
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Why not just install the Ford OEM unit? It fully intergrates with the truck. I bought one for $170. It takes 10 minutes to install as the wiring is already in place and then enable via FORScan.
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The "enable via FORScan" was what I was looking for. Think we figured out today that was our problem. Dealer wanted $120 to activate. WHAT
Nearly 50K for a truck to tow stuff then you you have to pay to make it work. Stupid dealers.
He just got home and is downloading Forsacn. We'll see how it goes.
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Did you have to get the licensed version of Forscan to be able to get into the modules and make changes?
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