HGL Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Have a 2006 LX470 with factory hitch & seven-wire plug. Checked at the dealer & there is a trailer brake controller wired into the system. There is no adjustment or manual overide associated with it. Is this a timed controller, inertia or proportional? If it is a timed controller should it be replaced with an inertia type like a Prodigy? Anyone with experience towing 5,000# with this factory controller, and is it satisfactory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3101 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Have a 2006 LX470 with factory hitch & seven-wire plug. Checked at the dealer & there is a trailer brake controller wired into the system. There is no adjustment or manual overide associated with it. Is this a timed controller, inertia or proportional? If it is a timed controller should it be replaced with an inertia type like a Prodigy?Anyone with experience towing 5,000# with this factory controller, and is it satisfactory? To my knowledge, there is NOT a controller in the vehicle. If there would be, there would be some place to adjust the gain etc. I think you need to add one if you want electric trailer brakes. There is no mention of a factory installed one in any literature I have found. This is my third LX 470 and I have never seen any info on any of them about a controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarfly Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Have a 2006 LX470 with factory hitch & seven-wire plug. Checked at the dealer & there is a trailer brake controller wired into the system. There is no adjustment or manual overide associated with it. Is this a timed controller, inertia or proportional? If it is a timed controller should it be replaced with an inertia type like a Prodigy?Anyone with experience towing 5,000# with this factory controller, and is it satisfactory? To my knowledge, there is NOT a controller in the vehicle. If there would be, there would be some place to adjust the gain etc. I think you need to add one if you want electric trailer brakes. There is no mention of a factory installed one in any literature I have found. This is my third LX 470 and I have never seen any info on any of them about a controller. I've heard in other posts on this forum that, although there isn't a factory installed trailer electric brake controller, the vehicle is PRE-WIRED for one of these controllers. However, apparently it's really difficult to find the wiring to connect the brake controller as it's hidden somewhere under the steering column/dash. My assumption is that it's pre-wired with the female connector and all one has to do is plug in the male connector from the electric brake controller... Can someone/anyone out there confirm this and, if possible, provide a photo or details of where the wiring is located? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electro992 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Instructions on ih8mud: http://forum.ih8mud.com/100-series-cruisers/18675-how-connect-trailer-brake-controller-late-100-series-tlc.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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