Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 1999 Dodge Pickup
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How to Install a Brake Controller for a Trailer on a 1999 Dodge Pickup
Today on this 1999 Dodge, we will be installing part number 90195-3020P. The P3 part. The first thing I want to note on this vehicle here at the rear is the 7-pole plug. This is actually a factory 7-pole plug which is going to allow us simply to plug our brake controller and adapter into place and go. To figure out if you have the factory 7-pole plug, you will note that this has got the welded bracket to the factory installed trailer hitch and if you actually look at the cover of the 7-pole, you will see the Chrysler logo and if you look closely you will see the actual Chrysler name written across the front. Those two indicators will help you know that you have got the correct factory plug.
If you do not see those two but still have a 7-pole plug it is likely that it is an after market one and there may be some additional work that you need to do to find finalize your brake controller package. We are in the cab of the vehicle now, and the first thing we need to do is to go ahead and locate the port for our brake control plug in. If you look over here to the left side of the brake pedal, you have got a white junction box here. And directly on top of it, you will see a blue open-ended plug and that is our brake control plug that we are going to be plugging into. Okay, and now that we have got the port located, we can actually go ahead and mount our brake controller.
And once we have got it mounted we can plug everything in and be on our way. You will note, with the P3 we have got a more temporary mount here which you will see that have got two mounted screws at the top just where the bracket mounts on to. We will mount that to the vehicle like so. You will note that there is actually no mounting screws to hold the brake controller on. It simply snaps into place. If you are going to be using this brake controller for multiple vehicles, you can simply unsnap it when you want to switch vehicles. And what you want to do is find a nice location somewhere near the steering column, typically to the right. We want a spot where it is going to be nice and flat. The P3 can not be mounted at any form of an angle side to side like so. It needs to be in a straight line with the braking of the tow vehicle.
And once we have got it mounted we can plug everything in and be on our way. You will note, with the P3 we have got a more temporary mount here which you will see that have got two mounted screws at the top just where the bracket mounts on to. We will mount that to the vehicle like so. You will note that there is actually no mounting screws to hold the brake controller on. It simply snaps into place. If you are going to be using this brake controller for multiple vehicles, you can simply unsnap it when you want to switch vehicles. And what you want to do is find a nice location somewhere near the steering column, typically to the right. We want a spot where it is going to be nice and flat. The P3 can not be mounted at any form of an angle side to side like so. It needs to be in a straight line with the braking of the tow vehicle.
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