Troubleshooting Curt Venturer Electric Brake Controller Doesnt Show Anything with Brake Pedal

Updated 07/12/2017 | Published 07/11/2017

Question:

I just installed a curt venturer on my 2007 f150. When there is no trailer connected, when the brake is pressed there is no readout on the display. When there is a trailer connected, when the brake is pressed there is still no readout, but when the manual override is pressed there is a single green light. I am using a 7 blade round connector and the negative blade bottom left is getting hot.

asked by: Eric

Expert Reply:

It sounds like you have a short in the 7-way connector. I would start by cleaning it, if you haven't already, and possibly replacing it.

Start by testing for power on the red wire going into the controller. It should only show power when the brake pedal is pressed. If it isn't then it's connected to the wrong wire. If the red wire checks out try testing for power on the blue wire coming from the controller. Since the controller's display isn't showing anything I doubt you'll read anything here.

If you still can't solve the issue let me know what you have found when testing and we'll keep troubleshooting.

expert reply by: Charles S