I'm not a Dodge man and have never had the "priveledge" of working on them, so I was hoping that some of you Dodge fans can come to my rescue... I went to put a brake controll unit in a 2002 dodge, it has, of course, the tow package and the prewired plug for the bake unit up under the dash... that's all well and fine, BUT I'm getting no power on the "brake sensor" wire when the brake pedal is applied. I knew that they hadn't used a brake controller in this rig up to this point so we had to put a "fuse" in the distribution box for power, no big deal, but never heard of having to do anything special to get power to the sensor wire???? It does have 12V + and is grounded good, it works fine with the manual slide lever on the unit, just isn't getting the signal to work when the brake pedal is applied.
It started stormin' last night before we had a chance to start really checkin' into things, and the truck won't be back untill Thurs. now so I've got a few days to figure this out BEFORE I can get "hands on" again. I used to work as an R.V. tech, and a Diesel Mechanic so I have a pretty good knowledge of elec. systems and things, but like I said, just not familliar with a Dodge truck so just get me pointed in the right direction and I will check them out when the rig comes back in.
Thanks for any info...
P.S. oh yeah the owners manual is M.I.A. soooo couldn't up on anything, grrrrrr!
Posted 2006-06-27 8:26 PM (#43719 - in reply to #43693) Subject: RE: 2002 Dodge Elec. Brake Harness??
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FWIW I didn't have to do anything special on the Durango.
Just plugged in the little harness to the blue socket, added the brake controller and proceeded to set it up. I don't think there is a "Key switch must be in the ON position" rule for the brake controller to work.
I'd just trace it back, there are only a few possibilities; pressure switch in the hydraulics (unlikely), a tap off the stop lights switch, etc.
Posted 2006-06-28 8:20 AM (#43732 - in reply to #43693) Subject: RE: 2002 Dodge Elec. Brake Harness??
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Gotter' fellers, Thanks Barry for the file, yup white/tan brk. lmp. sensor wire traced back to fuse #24, 15A (8W-10-30). You are right they sure do have everything broken down in the fuse/distribution box. I knew that my newer Ford had things fairly broke down even a seperate fuse for RH trlr. turn and LH trlr. turn, but Dodge is right there with 'em.
Thanks for your reply too, Reg. Talk to y'all later....
2002 Dodge Elec. Brake Harness??
up on anything, grrrrrr!
