Draw-Tite Activator Brake Controller Install

nickmacgregor · Apr 8, 2015

Purchase an activator 5100 trailer brake controller for my 2006 Ram 1500 SWB.. should this be plug and play or is there more wiring involved? If so, does anybody have a step by step on the wiring.

Thanks

89gtcs · Jun 22, 2015

it depends. Do you have factory 4-pin or 7-pin harness already?

Trenton · Jun 27, 2015

its plug and play if you have the blue empty female plug up by the emergency brake against the fire wall

KansasBob · Dec 17, 2015

Only Plug and play if you have the Trailer Tow Option, and not just the factory flat 4 connector.
There is a plug for the brake controller under the dash either way, so you have your hot feed to your brake controller, and the needed brake lite signal, but if all you have is the flat 4 connector, the brake signal wire and hot wire dead end in a multi pin connector behind the front wheel well. You have to tap into the wire and install wiring to the back of the truck yourself. I think there is a factory "kit" for like $80, but I just ran my own wires.

Draw-Tite Activator Brake Controller Install

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