Posted By: 6PAX
No power to trailer brakes on my 04 Dakota - 10/23/17 09:17 PM
I have an 2004 Dakota with the factory installed trailer tow package. I bought a car trailer with electric trailer brakes which replaces my old trailer that had surge brakes. I hooked it up today to make sure everything works and although I have power to all of the lights, there is no power to the brakes. I am using a Draw-Tite Activator II brake controller. I checked for power at the socket under the back bumper and there wasn't any. I then checked for power at the splice where the controller wiring is connected to the factory supplied plug which gets plugged in under the dash. No power there either. Checked the fuses, all are good. I then disconnected the brake controller from the factory harness and then removed the plug-in part of the factory harness from the socket mounted under the dash. Checked all four connectors in the socket with a circuit tester. The red lead has constant power. The white lead has power when the brake pedal is pushed. Both the black and blue leads there is nothing. The little decimal light on the controller is on all the time except when the brake pedal is pushed the light goes out. No numeric readouts on the controller at all. Any thoughts you may have on where my problem might be would be appreciated.