This proportional brake controller is designed to keep towing simple. Includes an LED braking indicator, a slide-bar manual override, and a knob to adjust braking power. Mounts easily within a 90-degree vertical range.
Features:
Specs:
Once the brake controller is installed, you can use the knob on the right side of the unit to adjust the gain (also known as output). Gain lets you set the maximum amount of power that will be applied to your trailer's brakes. You want to set it as high as you can without locking up the brakes. Typically, this setting is only readjusted when you experience changing road conditions or if you switch over from a heavy, loaded trailer to a much lighter, empty trailer, or vice versa.
You can fine-tune the gain by adjusting the sensitivity of the internal sensor using the knob on the left side. This controls the aggressiveness of your trailer's braking, meaning how quickly the brakes reach the maximum braking level. You can adjust this when you're towing heavy loads and you need more umph to bring your trailer to a stop. Your tow vehicle doesn't need that much power to brake in time, but your heavy trailer does. A high sensitivity level will get the braking power to your trailer brakes faster and with more intensity so that it doesn't push your tow vehicle forward.
LED Indicator
Keeping with its simple design, the Voyager will not overwhelm you with information. An LED indicator on the top of the unit lights up green to show that your trailer is securely connected to your tow vehicle. The LED indicator will change to red when the brakes on your trailer are activated.
During installation and setup, this light is also used to ensure that the Voyager will be able to function correctly. Proper leveling of the internal sensor is crucial to the operation of this brake controller. When the sensor is level, the LED will change to a shade of orange.
The Voyager is designed to be mounted in your cab at a vertical angle that is between -20 degrees and 70 degrees. The brake controller needs to be horizontally level and parallel to the direction of travel in order to function properly.
To connect the Voyager, just plug the included harness into your vehicle. The other end plugs into the controller - no hardwiring required.
Once the controller is mounted and connected, you must level the internal sensor. First, set the overall power to the maximum using the knob on the side of the controller. Then, while pressing the tow vehicle's brake pedal, adjust the level knob on the other side of the brake controller (this is the same knob that is used to fine-tune the power output) until the LED monitor is a shade of orange.
Note: If you don't already have a 7-way plug at the back of your vehicle, take a look at our exclusive 7- and 4-way brake controller installation kit (ETBC7 - sold separately).
The Tekonsha Voyager brake controller comes equipped with proportional braking to give you the best towing experience. Proportional braking means that your trailer brakes mimic your tow vehicle's brakes. If you slam on the brakes in your vehicle, your trailer brakes will activate with the same intensity; if you brake lightly, your trailer brakes lightly too. The trailer's braking is in proportion to your vehicle's braking. This saves wear and tear on the tires and the brakes on both your vehicle and trailer.
The Voyager uses a pendulum system to sense how your vehicle is braking so it can send the right amount of braking power to your trailer. It measures the inertia of your tow vehicle and activates the trailer's brakes to slow at the same rate. The result is uniform braking across your towing setup. No push-pull action - just smooth, proportional braking every time.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi there, Colorado owners. Then your 2022 Chevrolet Colorado we're gonna be taking a look at and showing you how to install Tekonsha's Voyager proportional Brake Controller. This is a proportional brake controller so the inertia sensor inside will detect vehicle movement. So if you ever slam on the brake show your body like kind of slams forward the inertia sensor detects that, and it knows that it's your vehicle is slowing down based on that. And it uses that along with your adjustment controls to give you the best breaking performance at the back. This is a very simple brake controller beyond the adjustment for a level and the output control.
On the other side, you just have your manual slide which can be used for if your trailer starts to sway or anything you kind of hit the manual slide to apply the brakes on your trailer and to help straighten you back out and get rid of that sway. And that's kind of it. This brake controller is just very simple gives you that fully proportional break output. And it does work with trailers up to four axles. We'll begin our installation here on the driver's side.
We're right down here at the kick panel. There's the parking brake pedal. I'm gonna go ahead and push it down just to help make things a little bit easier to see. And this panel here we're gonna be removing to remove the panel. You're just simply gonna pull up on it.
So your fingers should be able to grip underneath of it here. And kind of at this middle point here we're gonna pull up and we're gonna be working our way towards the back of the panel, pulling up on it. There we go. Once you get the back released and get towards the front here, you're gonna kind of pivot it like this and pull away from the wall here. You got a clip right there and that'll pop out of there.
And then we can just set this panel aside behind our panel. You're gonna find your factory break controller wiring and it's just taped right here cut the tape and that'll expose our wires there. We've got four wires here and this will hook into our brake controller. We're gonna use a harness. It has four wires on it as well. So everything will just match right up to what we've got right here. So we can make our connections. Now for demonstration purposes today we're not gonna be fully mounting it. We're gonna use some hook fasteners to secure it and we're not gonna be opening up the little hardware pack that it comes with. So that way we can repackage that. So we're gonna strip back each one of these wires and hook them up. I like to do it one at a time just because the red wire here, is your hot wire. So once you strip it back, that wire's live there. So I kinda like to get that hooked up right away to prevent it being stripped and potentially shorting up. So we're gonna go ahead and just take our start with our red wire here. It has a green Stripe on it. That's our main power wire. So we're just gonna strip it back. You may wanna trim a little bit off cause it's got those little ends on it there. So we'll probably trim a little bit of this off and then strip it, just to make it easier to strip with that material that it had on there. So give it a little twist makes it slide into the butt connectors more easily. We'll slide our butt connector on there and then we'll attach our wire to it. We can now hook this up to the appropriate wire here on our new harness. That's gonna be the black wire on our harness to power up our module, our brake controller. So we'll slide that in the other end of our butt connector and make our connection. So now that we've got that connected there we're just going to repeat that process to connect the rest of our wires. We'll be hooking the blue wire in our harness to the blue wire here on the vehicle. That's the output from the brake controller. So that'll send it down this wire to the back. The uh, white wire here on our harness is ground. And that'll actually hook to the black wire here on our vehicle. That'll be our ground. And then the red wire here, on our harness is for the brake signal input to the brake controller. So that's coming from your brake pedal here. So it lets the brake controller know when you're pressing the brake pedal and that'll connect to the white wire with the small blue Stripe on it there. So I'm gonna strip each one of these back and then make those connections and then you'll see those here. All right. So now that we've got all of our connections made here I'm gonna reinstall this panel and kind of tuck my wiring out the top of it when I reinstall it and we're gonna be mounting our brake controller roughly in this location here, that way it's kind of out of the way our wiring will reach it easily position it just off to the left so we can still access our hood release switch. And that is now fully reinstalled. We still have access to our wiring there to be able to Mount our controller. Now, typically when you mount your controller you're gonna screw the bracket straight into the dash. But again, for demonstration purposes we're gonna be using some hook and loop fasteners just to stick it there. So that way we don't mess up the dash here. That is not really how you wanna leave your brake controller installed 'cause this is an inertia based controller. So it means to detect vehicle movement. So it is important you screw it in place. Now, after we've got it mounted up we'll simply just plug our controller in that'll plug right into that harness. Now this harness doesn't, did not come included with the Voyager controller here but you can buy it kitted that way here at e trailer, to ensure that you get it with your brake controller. But if you just need the brake controller maybe you've already got one of these harnesses, you can buy just the brake controller by itself without the harness kited with it. After you plug in your brake controller you can kind of hide the wiring behind the dash there. And at that point you can see it's powered up. I plugged in the tester here to simulate a trailer. And if we hit our manual slide you should see the gauges activating on our tester there. And we can see we've got output. It's actually pulling ampage and it was operating both or it was operating our brake lights as well. You can see you get a real time display on top of the amount of output that you're putting towards your trailer's brakes based on the L E D light on top. Green being basically like no output going to yellow for a minimal amount, transitioning up to red for maximum. And as you slide the manual slide, you can kind of control how much of that output you're putting up. So once you verify it's working we do need to level this system. It's this very quick calibration. So that way the inertia sensor knows the angle that you've tilted it at to adjust that with your trailer connected and everything hooked up you wanna make sure the knob here on the right side is set to the maximum. So turn it fully clockwise to maximum put it to maximum output. And then the adjustment knob you see here on the left this is your level adjustment. We're gonna turn that one fully counterclockwise. So that's gonna be kind of turning it this direction. We're then gonna press the brake pedal. Our output is red. Red is gonna be the most aggressive setting. We wanna turn our level knob clockwise. Now bringing it back towards us. Once it turns orange, that's kind of your typical setting. That's usually where you're gonna wanna set that level adjustment at to get the typical output. But if for whatever reason you need a little bit more aggressive breaking you can tilt it. You can turn it a little more counterclockwise to get to that darker orange or red to be more aggressive. But you kind of wanna hover around that area of orange between that orange and like lighter red like right when you're getting into the red that'll get you at a nice setting for the inertia sensor to operate properly. And then we can use our maximum control knob here. This is the output from our brake controller. Just properly set that for your trailer. The heavier your trailer is, the higher you're likely gonna need this set. The smaller your trailer is and you can might be able to back it off and turn it down. You'll again, when you adjust that knob when you hit the brakes that will affect the L E D. So I've got, it turned fairly low and you can see it's a very light shade of orange but as I increase that, it becomes more aggressive. So just find the setting that works best for your truck and trailer combination there. And then you're good to go..
I am very satisfied with the Voyager brake Controller I purchased. It is the easiest unit to adjust that I have ever owned. The controls are easy to adjust and it has worked well with my trailers.
etrailer makes the purchase easy. I have always used Tekonsha Voyagers, and on my new truck (2015 Silverado) I also wanted the convenience of having the plug and play wiring harness. etrailer had exactly what I needed and was very easy to find on the website. Installation was flawless and clean thanks to the good hardware supplied. Very excited to put some trailers behind the truck with the stopping power confidence that comes with the Voyager.
The Tekonsha Voyager trailer brake controller works well in my 99 Silverado 1500, which was easy to setup for my trailer. The option to allow for different settings of aggression for the trailer braking has allowed the stopping with different loads to be graceful with the turn of a knob. Decided to install the controller in CD storage with velcro for a nice look. Easy access when in place during use for easy observation and twicking during operation. The wife can assist with the twicking while I am driving. Excellent product!
This is truly a plug and go on my 2015 Forest River Berkshire 400ql on the left side is the plug coming off the harness and you will need to remove the cover on the plug and the harness will plug right in the adapter is a perfect fit and plug right in to the controller took me about 10 min to install the blue plug end is what your looking for about 4” long of the harness tight fit but not to hard
Completely plug and play installation and works flawlessly, very happy with this unit. I also ordered the exact harness for my 2005 f150 with tow package. Here are a couple of hints that may be helpful. My installation also required a 30 amp cartridge fuse to be installed in the fuse panel in location #105(electric trailer brakes) under the dash on the passenger side. I also installed a relay in location r05 (trailer tow battery charge) but I don't think this is needed for the controller to function. I still had the original trailer brake kit and it had the additional fuse panel instructions and the relay. The owners manual showed where the 30 amp fuse and relay plugs in. You cannot test this unit until a trailer with brakes is connected, ie the led will not light up until it senses a brake circuit.
This is my second Tekonsha; I had to replace my 10-year old one after I accidentally broke it.
This one is a bit of an upgrade, and is easily able to lock up the disc brakes on my 15,000 lb trailer. Adjusting it properly, I'm able to brake as though there were no trailer at all. Set it, and forget it. It doesn't get any easier than that.
Received this yesterday and was able to install it today. Instructions were very easy to follow and the only problem I had installing it was contorting myself to install the bracket. Once I got the bracket in place the rest was a piece of cake. Went for a test drive as the instructions suggested and did have to tweak it a little but it's doing exactly what I expect it to do. I'll be hauling a John Deere Tractor and wanted to make sure the brakes on the trailer worked.
Installed in my 2018 Silverado Custom. I ordered the additional wiring harness and the install took less than thirty minutes. Plug and Play at its simplest. Thank You etrailer.
This was an easy install on my 2019 GMC truck using the appropriate wiring adapter. Instructions for setting up the control were clear. After a few adjustments my trailer brakes worked as they should. Minor adjustments of the controller are needed from time to time, but overall the controller is reliable. Good value.
Hard to adjust. Had tech at rv place adjust still grabby. Should have got more modern controller
OEM-quality product. Wires, plastic connectors, etc. seem identical to factory harness. Amy E. at eTrailer was great in helping me find the appropriate harness for my application. I wasn't sure if they'd be able to look it up so easily, but their systems are excellent - I told her I had a 2014 Fleetwood Discovery Class A diesel pusher, and she pulled up this p/n immediately. I technically could have used what I already had from prior owner, but I didn't like the butt-splices from the factory pigtail to the existing brake controller pigtail. For $15, it made sense to me to eliminate those splices and be "full factory." I used my terminal pin removal tool to remove 2 currently-unused stubs (key-on, and illumination?) from factory pigtail and transferred them to this new harness. That way, I have direct access to these OEM-supplied wires for any future accessories that may need them.
Plug it in and voila!
Installed in 2013 Tiffin 38 RED Freightliner. Was as easy as you said, just plugged in with harness #3027-P.
Nice controller, compact and good instructions. I cut the plug and hard wired on my application (98 Sierra) Had no issues.
We just installed this in our truck and install was fast and easy with adapter cable we ordered. and set up of controller was very simple.
The product was easy to install with the help of the F-250 adapter. I followed the direction and the product worked just as it was advertised from etrailer.com. If I had to give the Tekonsha Voyager Trailer Break Controller a star rating from 1-5, I would give it a 4.5.
Easy installation and seems to be a great product. I also used the harness for my 07 new body Silverado for a easy install. Videos are a great help as well . I will purchase all of my trailer and RV needs from ETrailer from now on.
Did not plug into the supplied brake controller in the kit. Had to cut and splice all of the wires. Might as well have just sent a pigtail instead of an adapter harness.
The correct items that fit properly were delivered in a timely manner.
This installation is in a 2010 Ford F-150 Lariat
The installation was very easy. It helps to have a 90 degree screwdriver to install the
screws on the right side. The screws will install easier if you install them first, remove them
and re-install after the bracket is installed on the vehicle.
I tried to purchase through my local business and was told that my vehicle was not wired for the brake control. They also refused to install since it was not factory wired for it. So I looked up etrailer and my vehicle info and sure enough my vehicle is factory wired and the picture you provided I was able verify the plug so I could order with confidence in a mater of 10 minutes. The unit showed up with correct wiring harness so my total install time was only 30 minutes. I can’t ask for anything more! Thank you!!!!
Came in a day early! Exactly as described. It was suggested by other from a Forum and they were right. Plugged right in and easy to mount. I far from home and the person from etrailer walked through order and assured me I would get it drop at the park I was staying at. He was right and made it a day early. All tuned and ready to pull
Last year I traded my Silverado for a Yukon to tow my 21’ camper. The hitch tube was integrated into the Yukon bumper and those 20” wheels raised the tube height 7”. I purchased your 13” drop shank to level my hitch/camper connection but experienced trailer “sway” because of that long shank. I fabricated a set of “sway bars” to tame that movement. Now I can tow my camper safely. Thank you for making this long drop shank available for taller tow vehicles!
I have a 12 ton backhoe pro trailer it has 4 short axles 2 on each side. It does not have dual wheels. It has 8 wheels with 8 sets of brakes so I needed a controller for 4 axles. This controller has worked well the settings are a little touchy but it works great. My truck is a 4 speed and i usually have the controller set so if I let off of the gas like coming to a stop the controller slows the whole rig without touching the brake. I like the indicator light to see what it is doing and that it is connected right
Great..easy installation..easy to adjust..worked fine
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