How to Install Prodigy P3 on a 2015 Dodge Durango Without Tow Package

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I do not have the trailer towing package on my durango but dodge installed the wiring connector wire plug behind the emergency brake. I have the Tekonsha 3045 2-Plug Brake Control Wiring Adapt.., Tekonsha P3 brake controller and the 7 pin trailer wiring harness. Question : where should I connect the blue brake wire ??? If I connect the brake controller to the adapter which connects to the wiring harness? Do I even need the blue wire when I connect it to the 4 pin or does the brake light activate the trailer brakes? I checked to see if the rear OME trailer towing plug, shown in your videos for the vehicles with towing package, was there located driver side behind rear bumper, it is not. I did not remember seeing it when I removed the rear bumper during my installed of a curt ,behind the bumper skin, tow hitch and 4 pin wiring harness last year.

asked by: Wade L

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That is a bit confusing as to why Dodge would have the plug installed on your 2015 Durango for the Adapter # TK93VR if your model didn't come with the tow package.

Since it didn't come with the tow package you need to hardwire everything. Basically just plug the Universal Wiring Kit # ETBC7 into your Curt T-Connector 56198 (replaced by part # C56336) and then route the wiring to your battery and cab for your Tekonsha Prodigy P3 # 90195 brake controller. Unless Dodge has already run the wiring for the brake controller back towards the rear of your Durango (which we haven't heard of) there is no other way for your P3 to activate your trailer brakes. Without the blue wire from the P3 connected to the blue wire on the ETBC7 connector your P3 is basically useless as there won't be any way for it to communicate with your trailer brakes.

I have attached the installation instructions for the ETBC7 as well as a video of us installing it with the Prodigy P2 # 90885 on a 2007 Durango that you can use as a reference.

expert reply by: Jon G

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

The best brake controller option to go with is one that activates the brakes proportionally instead of time delayed. A proportional brake controller will activate the trailer brakes at the same time and with the same intensity as the tow vehicle…

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

It's very easy to install a trailer brake controller on a 2021 Honda Ridgeline. I recommend the Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Trailer Brake Controller part #90195 which comes with a harness that you could simply attach to the one that came with the…

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Answer 10

The P3 brake controller, #90195, will go into a sort of sleep mode after it detects no movement for 15 minutes. While it is on it does not draw very much power. What you can do to make sure it goes to sleep is exit the truck after turning it off,…

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Answer 11

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Answer 12

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