13Xtr

I just ordered the ITBC from Ford.. $220 +installation. Not too bad!

Ricktwuhk

You may want to cancel your order and spend some more time doing research. That's about $50 too high, and installation is plug and play with FORScan. Many posts cover this.

13Xtr

Well I'm new here, so I didn't see the many posts that covered this already. But thanks for your insight, anyway.

rjniles

I would go with an after market controller, Prodigy P2 or P3. $100 cheaper and a better controller. No need to have the dealer activate.

larry2c

I disagree with your suggestion. I had a Prodigy 3 in my last vehicle (Ford Explorer) and it worked very well. However, the "Integrated" brake control is by far superior to the Prodigy and from folks I know that like myself, have had both, they agree. The integrated unit senses your actual brake input, not just the inertia change that after market units use to apply the TT brakes.

acdii

100% spot on. Integrated says it all. It integrates the trailer braking with the actual truck braking, where the non integrated units apply power at set points once it detects braking is occurring by the input from the +12v signal it receives from the brake light switch. If you are lightly braking the truck the trailer brake controller wont know that and will apply more power than needed to the trailer brakes.

The ITBC though will know you are lightly braking and only apply as much power as needed to match the braking pressure based on the gain settings. It makes trailering more enjoyable, thats for sure.

RACarvalho

I have a Tekonsha Prodigy RF brake controller and is RF which means that it uses the cigarette lighter in the TV and I can easily move it to another vehicle. It's a little more expensive but you don't need to buy a new controller every time you change your TV and in 8000 miles have worked flawlesly.
my 2c.
http://www.tekonsha.com/products/bra...RB508pViEKmVBf