Should Dead Trailer Breakaway Battery Cause Trailer Brakes to Not Work

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When I parked the camper I accidently pulled the break away switch. sat like that for a couple weeks. I insert the brake away and hook up my Nissan titan and now I have no trailer brakes. I have a Tekonsha Voyager Brake controller. tested and I am getting power to the trailer plug on the vehicle when the controller is manually activated. The green light is not lighting up on the controller either. does something need to be reset?

asked by: DJ

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You do want to charge the battery of the breakaway kit so that in the event you need it the brakes would activate like they need to.

That being said that shouldn't affect trailer brakes performance as long as it was install properly. Your best option would be to go over the wiring of the breakaway kit to see if it somehow is interrupting the brake controller output circuit for the trailer.

I attached a chart that shows a diagram of how the kits are supposed to install as well.

expert reply by: Jameson C

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Answer 12

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