I purchased a 18” equalizer shank to to clear the spare tire and I had to flip it where the shank points down to clear the tire due to the extra brace they add on the shank. Other manufacturers don’t have that on the shanks. I put the hitch at its highest point. I also ended moving the brackets on the trailer up one notch.
Thank you for information! Happy trails.
It It will light up when calibrating braking, changing modes, manually engaging, and braking, etc.
OK, so to be clear according to this video and the others I have seen the LED should be on (blue if in Proportional Mode) at all times when the trailer is connected not just when pressing the knob. Wasn’t sure if the OEM version worked the same as the RedArc version.
Looks great! What model is your camper and what's the dry weight?Hooked up the camper and did some testing today and verified the controller works. I had to put an temporarily put extension on the receiver for my Equal-i-zer weight distribution hitch to clear the tire. I will be getting a longer shank for the Equal-i-zer hitch as I do not want to use an extension.
It towed fine, but I only towed it around the neighborhood as the chains were too short and the cable for 7 pin barely reached. It seemed fine driving but I wouldn’t want to take a chance without having a longer one and I had to unplug it to back it up again into the driveway.
Check the plug under the dash drivers side, the cover on my installed connecting plug is missing.Well, I just got notification that the Ford Accessory part is backordered.
I know it’s been a minute but do you have any pictures of the console removed or the bottom of the cup holders?I installed the factory trailer brake controller this evening. As you may know it is essentially the Redarc Tow-Pro Elite.
I went to pick it up from the parts department at my dealer today and they had it marked as paid and part of the deal. It was not, and I told them, but they said they did not care. No arguments from me as it is listed as $339 (said they could do it $284.76) .
The installation was a bit if a pain, which was made harder by the idiocy of me somehow smashing my thumb in my truck door yesterday.
Thank you Ford not just running all the wires when you order the tow package. Also, thank you so much for not having a blank and forcing me to drill my own hole for the gain control knob. The install was much easier on my F-150.
Unfortunately I did not take pictures during the install, but I have attached the installation document in case somebody wants to see what’s involved. Here is an image of the installed gain control knob.
Note: If I was doing it again I would ignore their instructions and put the actual controller box on the driver side. Running the cables behind the glove box is a waste of time and depending on your options there’s not a clear attachment point like the images show because of other cables.
I actually just deleted them when cleaning up my photos, but the post for replacing the Wireless charging system made by another member has some diagrams.
Thanks, I found a post and removed mine. I’m working on adding the ambient lighting to the cup holders. Plus looking to add a wireless charger. Now to track down where the the factory wireless charger plugged in I’d like to stay with factory connections if possible.
UPDATE: Bought a brake force meter and verified the unit is outputting correctly, took it to the dealer to troubleshoot and they couldn’t find anything, got a new replacement unit and it still behaves the same way. I can only conclude that the Ford OEM version only lights up when pushing the control knob in. It does not stay on all of the time like the RedArc version. Can someone else verify this?
