2015 Ram 3500 Brakes Problems

“When towing my 13000 pound trailer, I noticed that the electronic trailer brake controller in my truck will provide sufficient braking power to stop at slower speeds. However, when a harder/faster stop, such as when I was traveling at 45-50 MPH is required there is not sufficient braking to the trailer. I was not able to stop as quickly as I should have. I tested the voltage on the controller with the settings to maximum (gain at 10 and manual slider to 100%) and was only getting 7.5 volts. The reading should be closer to 12 volts. …”

“This is a particularly dangerous situation because there is no method to know, in advance, the factory integrated trailer brake module (itbm) will fail to provide full voltage to the electric trailer brakes I attached my 13,000 pound fifth wheel trailer to my truck and following the itbm setup steps in the owners' manual, the results were as expected. There were no warnings or indicators signaling an issue with the itbm's ability to apply the trailer's electric brakes. On typical city/urban driving the braking effort from the trailer was as expected. …”

“The itbcm ( integrated brake control module) on my new truck has been replaced twice and re-flashed once. The brake controller works inconsistently. There are times when it will stop the trailer as intended and then there are times when it won't work at all or either won't emit enough braking power. This is a real safety issue. I use the truck to pull a 8k lb trailer (empty). When load with 3 cars I gross a combined weight of over 20k lbs. On numerous occasions the truck onboard display would display the message saying trailer brakes disconnected/check trailer brake wires . …”

“I have the integral trailer brake controller on my truck and I hooked up to my camper for the first time with the new truck, [the trailer brakes worked fine with the truck that I replaced] I had very limited braking power on trailer brakes, I did some tests on the trailer brakes first and found that they are working properly, then I did a test on the brake controller and found out the trailer brake controller is only putting out around 9 volts when set to maximum gain and fully applied, it should be 12 volts or higher, I took it to the dealer and they replaced the trailer brake control…”

“The integrated trailer brake control in the 2015 Ram trucks does not provide adequate brake control to the trailer brakes. I traded in a 2013 Ram 3500 and the integrated controller allowed me to set up the brakes so I could lock the tires up, then I would back the voltage down slightly from there to get maximum braking performance from the trailer. With the new truck, there wasn't the ability to get much braking at all. Dealers are telling those with the same trucks, that it is working as designed and there isn't a problem. Monday, august 17th, I was approaching a stop sign, and began braking. …”