My grandfather-in-law has decided he wants a used 09 F150 King Ranch. The truck looks great, but I talked the Ford factory brake controller up to him and when I called on the truck it doesn't have the factory brake controller. Am I able to add this to the truck and it still function properly?

 

UGA33, in short yes you can if it came with a trailer hitch and plugs. The factory TBC is about 250 I believe and you will need a dealer to program it. If you do a searh here you can get a lot of info on this subject since it made it's round earlier.

 

shouldnt the king ranch already come with it. my step dads platinum did. and my fx4 did as an option.

 

it's an option on all models.

 

It may have it. The salesman I asked to look for me may not know what he was looking for anywho, so where is it located on the dash area so I can take a long hard look at the pictures again. I mean the truck has every bell and whistle minus the sunroof and navigation.

 

right on the right side of the steering wheel do you have a small dash pocket or the brake controller?

 

I have a Prodigy in my 2004 F150 and was so happy with its performance, I bought and instaled one in my 2007 F150 as well.
Its a quality controler, and easy to set, and never let me down.
The instalation was about 15 minutes, much of it to make sure it was in the spot to not interfere with my legs on entry or exit of the truck cab, before I drilled the 2 screw holes.

 

Got the truck and it does not have the controller. Just called the local dealer and they said that if I am going to add the factory Ford controller that I will have to swap out the master cylinder to. Does this sound right? May be going with the Prodigy if that is the case.

 

In Canada the controller is standard on the Platinum.

 

One dealer gave me that same line of BS about replacing the master cylinder. If the truck has the max trailer tow package, the integrated trailer controller can be installed for about $500, parts and labor. I had it done at another dealer who knew what the were talking about.

 

You need to make sure that the fuse box has the fuse location for the tbc wired, I have an '09 Platimun with the trailer tow package (not the max tow) and mine did not come with the fuse bax wired at the tbc fuse location.

 

Dealer is WRONG!!


If you want to add the integrated trailer brake controller the truck must have come with the towing package/max towing package from the factory.

Then ALL you need to do then is buy it, Part number for it TBC 9L3Z-2C006-A

Then have a dealership that knows what they are doing program it.


hope that helps

 

I've been there. This experience applies to my 09 with a build date of 7/09. It happed on the day I picked up my 09 a few weeks ago. I got the same "can't do it" talk when I spoke this their parts & service people but I kept drilling down the information line until I got to the end. They found the info that stated how to do the TBC installation. Here's how it went.

They had done a TBC install in a f250 and found that needed a $600 booster that could be controlled by the computer/TBC. This was after they installed the TBC. The owner rightfully was shocked about the unexpected cost. I asked if the F250 came standard with the advancetrack system like the 09 150s do. They didn't remember. I'm sure having advancetrack requires control of the booster so brakes can be automatically applied. Can someone confirm advancetrack is standard on 250s? I think this is the key.

I then asked him to research the build sheets for my 09 f-150 w/o a TBC and a similar one that came with the TBC installed. The one w/TBC also had the max tow pkg., mine doesn't but does have the tow package and both have fog lights. They first looked up the booster # and found two part #s for the booster: for build dates before 11/30/08 it's 9L3Z2005A and for build dates after 12/01/08 it's 9L3Z2005B. The boosters for both trucks were identical (9L3Z2005B). He looked into the TBC (part # 9L3Z-2C00006-A) and somewhere along the way found the directions to do the TBC installation. After all that, he felt good about doing the job for me.

I plan on having the TBC installed on my first oil change, maybe sooner. I can't really blame them for their first reaction to my request after the experience the had with the F250 and the surprise $600 controllable booster.

 

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The factory setup would be a little too pricey for me unless I was hauling a trailer daily.
I (personally) would opt for the aftermarket brake controller and spend the extra dollars on a vacation.

My 2009 F-150 Platinum came with the trailer brake controller option......it was an factory option for $230.00