Problems with brake controler

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Sep 3, 2010 | 12:03 AM

George84

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Problems with brake controler

I have a Tekonsha brake controller that I am having problems with. When I press the brake the light on the controller will not light up. So I went through all of the wiring and it all checks out good. I checked my voltage, ground, and brake light switch output. But I did find that if I ground the brake controller output it will light up and appear to be acting right. What do you guys think.Thanks

Sep 3, 2010 | 07:25 AM

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bad ground. maybe an issue at the plug or the trailer. That is my thinking.

Sep 3, 2010 | 08:19 AM

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Do your taillights work? If not, it's the Brake on/off switch attached to brake pedal.

Sep 3, 2010 | 02:15 PM

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Run a ground wire directly to the battery's - post and see if that fixes it. BTW, taillights will work no matter how bad the brake light switch is messed up.

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Sep 3, 2010 | 02:40 PM

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OK - OK...I screwed up terminology.... meant BRAKE lights on the truck! LOL

Sep 3, 2010 | 10:12 PM

George84

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Well I found the problem, the trailer had the battery power and the brake controller output switched in the trailer plug. After looking at everything else that's all it was, I can only wonder how long that trailer had been like that. This is the first time I noticed but I rarely pull it with a smaller truck . But its a 25k GVWR trailer so I think it really needs the trailer brakes with any truck smaller than a 2 1/2 ton pulling it or you can really tell its pushing on you when you are trying to slow down.