etrailer | Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Dodge Ram Pickup
Click for more info and reviews of this Tekonsha Trailer Brake Controller: https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Brake-Controller/Tekonsha/90885.html https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/etrailertv Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-tekonsha-prodigy-p2-trailer-brake-controller-2008-dodge-ram-pickup-90885.aspx Today on this 2008 Dodge Ram pickup 1500 series quad cab, we're going to install part number 90885 from Tekonsha. This is a Prodigy P2 Trailer Brake Controller. Now to help us with our install, we're also going to be using part number 3020-P from Tekonsha. This is a plug-in wiring adapter for electronic brake controllers with Dodge tow packages. We're underneath the dash on the driver's side of the truck, and we'll go ahead and look for a tow package port. Now on this truck, this is the blue connector right here. That's a tow package port. Now from the factory, it's not going to be sitting there. In fact, in this particular vehicle, it was buried behind the wires right here, and taped to the wires going to the grommet. It was almost impossible to see, so you have to kind of go by feel to pull it out. Then we'll go ahead and use our adapter cord to go from the tow package to our brake controller. This will simply plug together until it snaps. Let's go ahead and look for our brake controller. First off, we've got a choice how to mount our brake controller. If you want permanent attachment, you can use the metal bracket right here, or if you want to switch it between vehicles, it may be a good idea to use the pocket here. Now the customer was nice enough to let us know where our brake controller should sit, so this is our location, and we're going to use our pocket right here. We'll go ahead and use one of the sheet metal screws that comes with the kit, and we'll go ahead and attach it to the plastic. Now, we want to make sure that the pocket sits in a straight line with the truck. It's not anything like this. And that way our brake controller will be the same way. And then we'll go ahead and user our second screw to permanently attach it. Should go for tight. Now we'll take our cord, and run it to the back of the pocket, then plug into the back of our brake controller. Then, put the brake controller in the pocket. We'll take a few moments to go ahead and zip tie our wire and make sure it's safe and secure and out of the way. Now the zip ties we're using doesn't come with any of the parts shown today, so it's always a good idea to get zip ties when you do any electrical on your vehicle. Let's go ahead and check out our brake controller. We have power going to it, so it shows two dots. One dot's for power, and one dot's going to be your boost setting. We'll go ahead and touch the boost button and we'll cycle through. Let's go ahead and put it back to the factory setting. And then we'll go ahead and check out the manual override. See it says "NC" for "no connection" because there's no trailer hooked up to it. Let's go ahead and hook up a trailer and see how it works from there. With our trailer connected, it shows a "C" for a "connection". We'll go ahead and use the manual override and see how it scrolls through the numbers. This is what's set right now for our total output. Now we control the output of the power from this knob right here. All the way to zero, and it actually shows you zero, to all the way back up to eleven. In this case, it's always good to start off with setting it about in the middle, say around six. Now we'll go ahead and hit the brake pedal, and we'll get a small amount of numbers to show up, and that tells us we got signal from our brake pedal as well, so it looks like everything works. And that'll do it for our install, part number 90885 from Tekonsha, Prodigy P2 Brake Controller on our 2008 Dodge Ram quad cab 1500. .
Click for more info and reviews of this Tekonsha Trailer Brake Controller: https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Brake-Controller/Tekonsha/90885.html https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/etrailertv Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-tekonsha-prodigy-p2-trailer-brake-controller-2008-dodge-ram-pickup-90885.aspx Today on this 2008 Dodge Ram pickup 1500 series quad cab, we're going to install part number 90885 from Tekonsha. This is a Prodigy P2 Trailer Brake Controller. Now to help us with our install, we're also going to be using part number 3020-P from Tekonsha. This is a plug-in wiring adapter for electronic brake controllers with Dodge tow packages. We're underneath the dash on the driver's side of the truck, and we'll go ahead and look for a tow package port. Now on this truck, this is the blue connector right here. That's a tow package port. Now from the factory, it's not going to be sitting there. In fact, in this particular vehicle, it was buried behind the wires right here, and taped to the wires going to the grommet. It was almost impossible to see, so you have to kind of go by feel to pull it out. Then we'll go ahead and use our adapter cord to go from the tow package to our brake controller. This will simply plug together until it snaps. Let's go ahead and look for our brake controller. First off, we've got a choice how to mount our brake controller. If you want permanent attachment, you can use the metal bracket right here, or if you want to switch it between vehicles, it may be a good idea to use the pocket here. Now the customer was nice enough to let us know where our brake controller should sit, so this is our location, and we're going to use our pocket right here. We'll go ahead and use one of the sheet metal screws that comes with the kit, and we'll go ahead and attach it to the plastic. Now, we want to make sure that the pocket sits in a straight line with the truck. It's not anything like this. And that way our brake controller will be the same way. And then we'll go ahead and user our second screw to permanently attach it. Should go for tight. Now we'll take our cord, and run it to the back of the pocket, then plug into the back of our brake controller. Then, put the brake controller in the pocket. We'll take a few moments to go ahead and zip tie our wire and make sure it's safe and secure and out of the way. Now the zip ties we're using doesn't come with any of the parts shown today, so it's always a good idea to get zip ties when you do any electrical on your vehicle. Let's go ahead and check out our brake controller. We have power going to it, so it shows two dots. One dot's for power, and one dot's going to be your boost setting. We'll go ahead and touch the boost button and we'll cycle through. Let's go ahead and put it back to the factory setting. And then we'll go ahead and check out the manual override. See it says "NC" for "no connection" because there's no trailer hooked up to it. Let's go ahead and hook up a trailer and see how it works from there. With our trailer connected, it shows a "C" for a "connection". We'll go ahead and use the manual override and see how it scrolls through the numbers. This is what's set right now for our total output. Now we control the output of the power from this knob right here. All the way to zero, and it actually shows you zero, to all the way back up to eleven. In this case, it's always good to start off with setting it about in the middle, say around six. Now we'll go ahead and hit the brake pedal, and we'll get a small amount of numbers to show up, and that tells us we got signal from our brake pedal as well, so it looks like everything works. And that'll do it for our install, part number 90885 from Tekonsha, Prodigy P2 Brake Controller on our 2008 Dodge Ram quad cab 1500. .