Grit dog
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Adam R wrote:Grit dog wrote:Adam R wrote:I have a Prodigy that I move between three of my vehicles as needed. No problems with it working as intended and doing its job.
That’s nice…
Point being that it's easy enough to wire in an aftermarket controller as others have stated. None of my vehicles came with a factory brake controller option, but with power and a brake light switch wire it's pretty easy to get any vehicle wired up.
My apologies. I see what you were trying to get across to the OP. I was doing the same, but he has chosen to ignore or not respond to the one simple thing that would make wiring in an aftermarket controller possible given the lack of any factory harnesses to plug into regardless of whether they are for the integrated unit or aftermarket units.
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Thank you all for your insight and input.I have had the OEM controller installed by the dealer. After using my Ford points that you get for buying/leasing a vehicle it cost a little over $200. I lease the truck so I did not want to go splicing into the wiring. Also everything in this truck is computer controlled and I certainly don't want to screw anything up. I have in the past wired the entire brake and charging systems for my towing set up in my vehicles but these new ones are out of my league. Once again thank you all.
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LittleBill
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not really sure who told you, you can't get a harness, but etrailer sure seems to think there is one......
p3 in a 2022.
Here is the wiring harness..
2 pages and its a 3 second google search.
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mkirsch
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LittleBill wrote:not really sure who told you, you can't get a harness, but etrailer sure seems to think there is one......
p3 in a 2022.
Here is the wiring harness..
2 pages and its a 3 second google search.
e-trailer didn't think so just a few days ago. The search results were just stubs for non-existent products.
I would still like to see someone ACTUALLY installing one successfully. The video on e-trailer is of a 2020.
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As far as the ford ranger and this may apply to F series. the brake controller is not a ford or motorcraft part. It is made by an australian company and works with emergency braking systems. Or so they say. Since mine was installed when I hook up my 4 pin cargo trailer I get a message that cross traffic warnings have been disabled. Going to tow a "real" trailer Sunday. Just bought a Micro Minnie.
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Cummins12V98 wrote:NEVER been too impressed with the P2 or P3. OE is MUCH better. My P3 works great with my disc brakes. And I agree if my truck had the option to add a factory controller I would go with the factory unit.
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I have a 2021 F150, and YES getting anything other than a factory brake controller is a pain. Also yes, it is bordering on silly that with all the trailer equipment and options the truck has... it doesn't just come with a factory brake controller.
I ended up buying a Curt wireless brake controller that you plug in between the trailer plug and truck. Worked great this summer.
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and also YES, the 2.7 twin turbo and 10 speed transmission pull fantastic. Feels much smoother, and more powerful, than my previous 2008 F250 with the 5.4.
Fuel mileage is amazing - I can almost hit 30mpg on the highway not towing. Towing it drops way down to 11mpg, but that is 1mpg better than the 2008 F250's 10mpg. Towing a trailer around town my F150 gets around 16mpg, my 2008 F250 got around 9mpg.
Before I bought this truck with this engine I just didn't know how good V6 engines have gotten.
The "alarms" on the truck are ridiculous. The "cross traffic alert disabled" alarm bings everytime I hook up a trailer (along with a couple other warning alarms)... and I don't even know what that is, lol!
Ford needs to have a "work mode" for the truck that disables most of the alarms and warnings when towing and working with the truck.
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time2roll
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Tvov wrote:Ford needs to have a "work mode" for the truck that disables most of the alarms and warnings when towing and working with the truck. I am curious if the warnings are different if using the OEM controller.
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